February 25, 2019- Agenda & Minutes

Time: 10:00 am
Location: Exploratory Hall, Room 3301
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 2/11/2019

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

Relevant Links: Undergraduate Council Meeting Minutes/ Graduate Council Meeting Minutes

I. Call to Order [10:05 AM]

II. Approval of the January 21, 2019 Meeting Minutes [Approved with an update that includes the committee’s vote in approval of the guidelines, pending discussion in February surrounding if one or two categories will be required.]

III. Announcements/Discussion

• Environmental and Sustainability Studies, BA [Approved]
• Guidelines for Providing Justifications for New Programs [Approved. The committee voted that one category of justification will be required. Dr. Hakami will update all departmental chairs via email.]

Results from Email Vote

• New Course
  • PHYS 325: Intermediate Methods of Experimental Physics [Approved]
• New Program
  • Environmental and Sustainability Management Graduate Certificate [Approved]
• Modified Program
  • Earth Systems and Geoinformation Science, PhD [Approved]

IV. Old Business

New Courses

• MLAB 410: Medical Virology  [Approved]
• MLAB 411: Board Exam Preparation  [Approved]
• MLAB 412: Medical Mycology  [Approved]
• MLAB 413: Medical Parasitology  [Approved]
• MLAB 414: Molecular Detection of Infectious Disease  [Approved]
• MLAB 415: Medical Bacteriology  [Approved]
• MLAB 417: Advanced Methods in Clinical Molecular Biology  [Approved]
• MLAB 418: Human Molecular and Chromosomal Applications and Pathology  [Approved. For all MLAB courses, Jennifer suggested that the department now officially apply the courses to the BS curriculum.]

V. New Business – Undergraduate

Modified Courses

• MATH 113: Analytic Geometry and Calculus I  [Approved]
• MATH 123: Calculus with Algebra/Trigonometry, Part A  [Approved]
• PHYS 244: College Physics Lab  [Approved]
• PHYS 246: College Physics Lab  [Approved]
• PHYS 332: Solar Cells  [Approved]
• PHYS 385: Materials Science with Applications to Renewable Energy  [Approved, Jennifer will update wording to be sure the “or” prerequisite courses are clear.]

VI. New Business – Graduate

Modified Courses

• EVPP 503: Field Mapping Techniques  [Removed from consideration per department request.]
• PHYS 510: Computational Physics I  [Approved]
• PHYS 613: Computational Physics II  [Approved]

VII. Adjournment [10:40AM]