December 2008 – Agenda & Minutes

Members Present: Cheryl Beach (GGS sub), Geoff Birchard (acting chair), Rick Diecchio, Bob Ellsworth, Igor Griva, Dimitri Klimov, Barry Klinger, David Singman, Yuntao Wu
Members Not Present: Peter Becker, Tim Born (chair), George Taylor

Meeting called to order 10:36am

  1. Minutes
    • Minutes from 11.19.08 meeting approved with one change, the new master’s in
    • Geoinformatics and Geospatial Intelligence was listed as the Geographic and
    • Geospatial Intelligence.
  2. Announcements and Comments
    • Tim Born wasn’t able to attend. Geoff Birchard was the acting chair for the meeting.
    • The schedule for the spring 2009 meetings will be determined via email.
  3. New Business
    • Course Deletions
      • BIOL 371 [Approved]
      • BIOL/EVPP 546 [Approved]
      • These courses were already deleted at Grad Council in October.
    • Course/Program Modifications
      • BIOL 492 [Approved]
      • Minor in Ocean and Estuarine Science  [Approved]
    • New Courses
      • FRSC 420/440460 [Tabled]
      • MATH 104 [Approved]
      • PHYS 331 [Approved]
      • PHYS 412 and 440 [Approved]
      • PHYS 410 and 475 [Approved]*
      • *Pending approval from chairs in CDS and AOES.
    • New Programs
      • Honors in Astronomy Approved
      • BA and BS Biology Concentration in Education [Approved]
      • BS in Earth Science Concentration in Education* [Approved]
      • *This is actually a modification but was considered with all the education
      • concentrations
      • BA and BS Mathematics Concentration in Education [Approved]
      • Accelerated 5-year BA/BS and M.Ed. in Mathematics [Approved]
      • Sustainability Minor [Approved]
      • Forensic Science Minor [Approved]

Meeting adjourned at 11:49am

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Agenda: December 2008
Minutes: December 2008