March 30, 2020- Agenda & Minutes

Time: 10:30 am
Location: Via WebEx. COSCC members have the password in their email and online calendars, but email Jen if needed.

Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 3/16/2020

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 [10:35 AM]

II. Approval of the February 24, 2020 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

  • “Earth Science, BS” to revert to “Geology, BS” title.* [This title change will go into effect next year.]
  • An all campus draft catalog review is underway until April 1, 2020. Alert Jen to any issues that may need to be resolved.*

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

  • CHEM 480: Fundamentals of Nanoscience and Nanomaterials
  • CLIM 401: Midlatitdue Synoptic Meteorology* [Approved, will need to be updatedto 3 contact hours, change the repeat code to N3, and 9 repeatable credits.]

Modified Courses

  • EVPP 427: Disease Ecology and Conservation [Approved]

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

  • BIOL 502: Adaptation in Biosystems [Approved]
  • BIOL 667: Signal Transduction in Cancer [Approved]
  • CHEM 680: Fundamentals of Nanoscience and Nanomaterial [Approved]
  • CLIM 601: Midlatitude Synoptic Meteorology* [Approved, will need to be updated to 3 contact hours, and change the repeat code to NR.]

Modified Courses

  • BIOL 508:  Selected Topics in Animal Biology [Approved]
  • BIOL 669: Pathogenic Microbiology [Approved]
  • EVPP 527: Disease Ecology and Conservation [Approved]

VII. Adjournment [11:16 am]

*Item added after the agenda was announced.