March 2007 – Agenda & Minutes

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Members Present: Sheryl Beach, Geoffrey Birchard,, Tim Born, Dan Cox (acting chair),
Rick Diecchio, Robert Ellsworth, Rebecca Goldin, Dimitri Klimov, Barry Klinger, Barry
Kronenfeld
Members Absent: Peter Becker and Estela Blaisten
Guests Present: Maria Dworzecka (Dean’s Office) and David Walnut (Mathematics)

Call to order. Meeting was called to order at 11:10 am

  1. Approval of minutes:
    • Minutes from the January 14 meeting were approved.
  2. Announcements and comments:
    • Dr. Dworzecka presented a proposal of having the COS prefix for courses in the college which are interdisciplinary and may belong in more than two departments, courses which are central-based college courses, technology apprenticeships such as a future course (The History of Science). Institution of the COS prefix was Approved.
    • The Global and Environmental Change undergraduate degree was approved by SCHEV. This is the first joint academic program between ESGS and EVPP.
  3. Old Business
    • Review of postponed courses
      • **CHEM 660 – [Approved]
      • **CHEM 661 – [Tabled] because it was not shown in advance to EVPP faculty.
      • **CHEM 662 – [Approved]
  4. New Business
    • **EVPP 335 – [Approved]
    • **EVPP 490/505 – [Tabled] until a new submission in appropriate forms and format
    • **GEOG 588 – [Tabled]
    • **GEOG 644 – [Tabled]
    • **EOS 600 – [Tabled]
    • **EOS 650 – [Tabled]
    • **EOS 670 – [Tabled]
    • **EOS 685 – [Tabled]
    • **EOS 691 – [Tabled]
    • **EOS 747 – [Approved]
    • **EOS 777 – [Approved]
    • **MATH 624 – [Approved]
    • **Dual MS in Mathematics and Statistics. Approved (with one objection on the philosophy of the dual MS degrees containing a total of 48 credit hours)
    • ** Geospatial Intelligence Graduate Certificate new program. Discussed with no
    • voting.

Meeting adjourned at 1:02pm

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Agenda: March 2007
Minutes: March 2007