February 6, 2017-Agenda & Minutes

Time: 10:30am
Location: Exploratory Hall, Room 3301
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 1/23/2017

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 [10:34am]

II. Approval of the January 2017 meeting minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

IV. Old Business

New Courses

  • BIOL 107 Intro Biology II Lecture [Approved pending the addition of equivalency to BIOL 104 (BIOL 106 + BIOL 107 = BIOL 104)]

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

  • BIOL 351 Conservation Seminar* [Approved]
  • BIOL 352 Monitoring and Assessment of Biodiversity* [Approved]
  • BIOL 353 Small Population Management* [Approved]
  • BIOL 354 Research in Conservation* [Approved]
  • BIOL 356 Landscape and Macrosystems Ecology* [Approved]
  • EVPP 437 Ornithology [Approved but add “or EVPP 301” to the list of  pre-requisites]
  • EVPP 438 Mammalogy [Approved but add “or EVPP 301” to the list of  pre-requisites]
  • EVPP 439 Herpetology [Approved but add “or EVPP 301” to the list of  pre-requisites]
  • EVPP 460 Infectious Diseases of Wildlife [Approved]
  • EVPP 472 Tools and Techniques for International Development [Approved]

*= items were added after agenda announcement was distributed

Modified Courses

  • BIOL 246 Introductory Microbiology [Approved]
  • BIOL 330 Biodiversity Lab and Recitation [Approved]
  • BIOL 377 Applied Ecology [Approved]
  • BIOL 404 Medical Microbiology [Approved]
  • BIOL 418 Current Topics in Microbiology [Approved]
  • BIOL 452 Immunology [Approved]
  • BIOL 460 Infectious Diseases of Wildlife [Approved]

Modified Degrees

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

  • EVPP 560 Infectious Diseases of Wildlife [Approved]

Modified Courses

  • CSI 685 Fundamentals of Materials Science* [Approved]
  • CSI 788 Simulation of Large Scale Physical Systems* [Approved]
  • PHYS 684 Quantum Mechanics I* [Approved]
  • PHYS 685 Classical Electrodynamics I* [Approved]

*= items were added after agenda announcement was distributed

VII. Adjournment [11:00am]