December 5, 2016-Agenda & Minutes

Vicki Hough

Time: 9:30am
Location: Exploratory Hall, Room 3301
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 11/21/2016

When available, the meeting minutes will be indicated within bold brackets [ ] and are in draft form until they are approved by the committee.

I. Call to Order [9:34 AM]

II. Approval of the  November 2016 Meeting Minutes  [Approved with a change to PHYS 695: “Approved with six in favor and one abstained…”]

III. Announcements/Discussion

  • Spring 2017 Meeting Coordination [The committee agreed to have COSCC meetings on Mondays at 10:30am next semester. We will coordinate specific days in the near future.]
  • Updates from the Registrar’s Office  [J.B. Gettys relayed the following:
    1. The Registrar’s Office has put a temporary hold on processing course changes (Course Approval Forms) so that they can focus on getting the new catalog ready. They will resume processing in January 2017. If anyone has a course change that needs immediate attention (i.e. a change desired for spring 2017 registration), please let me know.
    2. There are new course schedule types available for use. For the most part, this is an FYI… However, courses that involve research (many INDs) should have their code updated to “RSC”; these changes are requested by January 2017.
    3. The new catalog will list prerequisites as being “recommended” or “required”. If your department would like to add hard coding to any of its courses (whereby making the prerequisites “required” as opposed to “recommended” in the new catalog), please let me know. Again, we have a quick deadline for this to make it into the new catalog: January 2017.
    4. There’s a new Course Approval Form on the COSCC’s website– please use this updated form going forward. The electronic version of this form is now expected around summer 2017.]

IV. Old Business

New Course

  • MATH 401 Mathematics Through 3D Printing [Tabled pending Math department representation]

Modified Course

  • MATH 685 Numerical Methods [Tabled pending Math department representation]

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

  • BIOL 437 Ornithology [Approved]
  • BIOL 438 Mammalogy [Approved]
  • BIOL 439 Herpatology [Approved]
  • GEOL 392 Geology and Earth Science Seminar [Approved]
  • GGS 462 Web Mapping [Approved pending 1) Modifying the syllabus to reflect the undergraduate course number. 2) Adding a statement to the syllabus to communicate how undergraduate and graduate student assignments and grading will differ. 3) Add wording “Students who take GGS 462 may not receive credit for GGS 692 unless an override is granted by the instructor.”]
  • MLAB 407 Clinical Molecular Biology [Approved, but change credit hours to 1-15.]

Modified Courses

  • BINF 401 Bioinformatics and Computational Biology [Approved]
  • CHEM 422 Instrumental Analysis [Approved]
  • CHEM 423 Instrumental Analysis Laboratory [Approved]

Modified Programs

  • Biology, BS new Microbiology concentration [Approved]
  • Medical Laboratory Science, BS: Degree Modification and new concentrations- Molecular Biology and Microbiology [Approved, including both new concentrations.]
  • Physics, BS new Applied and Engineering Physics, Astrophysics, Computational Physics and Teacher Education concentrations [Approved-pending signature from the Engineering department.]

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

  • GEOL 525 Modeling Earth Signals and Systems [Approved]
  • GEOL 535 Quantitative Stratigraphy [Approved]

Modified Courses

  • CSI 606 Scientific Graphics and Visualization Tools [Approved]
  • CSI 775 Graphical Models for Inference and Decision Making [Approved]
  • CSI 854 Hyperspectral Images Application [Approved]
  • CSI 877 Geometric Methods in Statistics [Approved]
  • CSI 885 Atomistic Modeling of Materials [Tabled, pending consultation with the PHYS Department]

Modified Programs

VII. Adjournment [10:35AM]