December 9, 2014- Agenda & Minutes

Jennifer Bazaz

Time: 9:30am
Location: Exploratory Hall, Room L106
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 11/25/14

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 [9:33am]

II. Approval of the November 2014 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

IV. Old Business

  • NEUR 651 Molecular Neuropharmacology [Tabled until a presenter is available.]

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

  • COS 301 Computational Thinking and Programming Concepts [Approved pending SPACS review. Item withdrawn 12/13/2014]
  • COS 401 Big Data Management [Approved pending SPACS review. Item withdrawn 12/13/2014]
  • EVPP 494 Internship [Approved]

Modified Courses

  • EVPP 355 Ecological Engineering and Ecosystem Restoration [Approved]
  • EVPP 451 Fungi and Ecosystems [Approved]
  • EVPP 468 Vertebrate Natural History [Approved]
  • FRSC 302 Forensic Bio-Trace [Approved. Updated course description is forthcoming.]
  • MLAB 401 Orientation to the Problems and Practices of the Clinical Laboratory [Approved]
  • MLAB 402 Clinical Hematology and Coagulation [Approved]
  • MLAB 403 Clinical Microscopy [Approved]
  • MLAB 404 Serology and Immunology [Approved]
  • MLAB 405 Clinical Microbiology [Approved]
  • MLAB 406 Clinical Chemistry [Approved]

Modified Program

New Certificates

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

  • CONS 645 Estimating Animal Abundance and Occupancy [Approved]
  • GEOL 506 Soil Science [Approved]
  • GEOL 513 Hydrogeology [Approved]
  • GEOL 532 Paleoclimatology [Approved. Crosslisting with an EVPP course was suggested.]
  • GEOL 536 Paleontology Seminar [Approved. Crosslisting with a BIOL course was suggested.]
  • GEOL 553 Field Mapping Techniques [Approved]
  • GEOL 563 Coastal Morphology and Processes [Approved]
  • GEOL 565 Paleoceanography [Approved. Crosslisting with an EVPP course was suggested.]
  • GEOL 700 Comprehensive Exam [Approved]
  • GEOL 792 Seminar in Earth Systems Science, Geology, & Earth Science [Approved]
  • GEOL 798 Master’s Research Project in Earth Systems Science [Approved]
  • GEOL 799 Master’s Thesis in Earth Systems Science [Approved]
  • NEUR 592 Special Topics in Neuroscience [Tabled until a presenter is available.]

New Certificates

  • Environmental GIS and Biodiversity Conservation [Approved. Discussed changes include: alert students to certificate residency requirements. EVPP 505- mention that the course topic must be related to conservation. Add CLIM 690. Add CONS 645.]

Modified Course

  • EVPP 745 Environmental Toxicology [Approved]

Modified Program

VII. Adjournment [11:50am]