February 29, 2024 Agenda & Minutes
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Microsoft Teams. If anyone in addition to the COSCC would like to attend, please email Jen for details.
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 2/15/2024.
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 [1:11pm]
II. Approval of the January 11, 2024 Meeting Minutes [Approved]
III. Announcements/Discussion*
- March’s COSCC agenda is our last chance at course and program proposals for the 2024-2025 catalog.
- Regarding the upcoming Transfer of Credit/Reduction of Credit graduate policy changes:
- Programs are welcome to make their requirements more stringent than the university’s policy- if that is desired, please reach out to Jen soon so we can add the requirements to the proposal making its way to the COSCC for March.
- March’s COSCC agenda will be full of grad program modifications.
- Jen welcomes your thoughts on updated wording to highlight the ability to transfer in credits (thanks to SSB for the suggestion):
- Current:
Policies
For policies governing all graduate programs, including the transfer of credit into this program, see AP.6 Graduate Policies.
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- Proposed:
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Policies
For policies governing all graduate programs, see AP.6 Graduate Policies.
Transferring Previous Graduate Credit into this Program
Previously earned and relevant graduate credits may be eligible for transfer into this program; details can be found in the Credit by Exam or Transfer section of this catalog.
If the COSCC agrees that this is a better format, Jen will make program updates before March’s COSCC meeting.
IV. Old Business
V. New Business – Undergraduate
New Courses
- CDS 351: Elements of High Performance Computing [Approved]
- COS 302: College of Science Transfer Transition [Approved]
- GGS 346: Geography of Religions and Belief Systems [Approved]
- GGS 432: Spatial Modeling for Public Health [Approved]
Modified Courses
- BIOL 101: Biology Freshman Seminar [Approved]
- BIOL 124: Human Anatomy and Physiology [Approved]
- BIOL 125: Human Anatomy and Physiology [Approved]
- BIOL 213: Cell Structure and Function [Approved]
- BIOL 405: Microbial Genetics [Approved]
- CHEM 460: Chemistry in the Kitchen [Approved]
- COS 401: RS: Discipline Based Education Research [Approved]
- EVPP 494: Internship [Approved]
- MATH 441: Deterministic Operations Research [Approved]
- MATH 442: Operations Research [Approved]
Modified Programs
- Environmental Science, BS [pending the internship section moving from the core into the concentrations.]
- Environmental and Sustainability Studies, BA (please contact Jen if you’d like a non-COS representative to attend the meeting and present this modification) [Approved]
- STEM in Society Minor (please contact Jen if you’d like a non-COS representative to attend the meeting and present this modification.) [Approved]
Deleted Courses
- EVPP 326: Animal Physiology [Approved]
- EVPP 355: Ecological Engineering and Ecosystem Restoration [Approved]
- EVPP 401: Integrated Environmental Assessment [Approved]
VI. New Business – Graduate
New Courses
- GGS 557: Urban Planning [Approved]
- GGS 632: Spatial Modeling for Public Health [Approved]
Modified Courses
- CSI 772: Data Driven Modeling and Learning [Approved]
- GGS 754: Earth Science Data and Advanced Data Analysis [Approved]
Deleted Courses
- EVPP 525: Economics of Human/Environment Interactions [Approved]
- EVPP 572: Tools and Techniques for International Development [Approved]
- EVPP 645: Freshwater Ecology [Approved]
- EVPP 684: Environmental Conflict Resolution and Collaboration: Leadership Practicum/Capstone [Approved]
- EVPP 792: Seminar in Earth Systems Science [Approved]
Modified Program
- Mathematics, MS (This includes some of the modifications approved last month… pre-Graduate Council we received some suggestions that have been implemented into this version.) [Approved]
VII. Adjournment [2:48pm]
* Added after the agenda’s announcement.
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