March 31, 2023 Agenda & Minutes

Time:  9:30am
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 3/17/2023.

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

Attendees:

I. Call to Order [9:30AM]

II. Approval of the February 24, 2023 Meeting Minutes [approved.]

III. Announcements/Discussion

• The Crosslisting Policy updates are not yet available, they will be brought to a future COSCC meeting.

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

• CDS 465: Modeling Interactive Populations [Approved, pending change to grading percentages.]
• COS 150: Women Leaders in STEM*[Approved]
• GGS 485: Capstone in Geography and Geoinformation Science [Approved]

Modified Courses

• CDS 411: Modeling and Simulation II [Approved]
• CDS 461: Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulations [Approved]
• EVPP 336: Human Dimensions of the Environment [Approved, pending clarification on course description and pre-reqs.]
• EVPP 436: The Human Dimensions of Global Climate Change [Tabled]
• MATH 312: Geometry [Approved]
• MATH 411: Functions of a Complex Variable [Approved]

Inactivated Courses

•  EVPP 409: Medical Mycology
  • impacted programs: Environmental Science, BS [Approved]
• EVPP 472: Tools and Techniques for International Development
  • impacted programs: Renewable Energy Interdisciplinary Minor [Approved]
• GGS 412: Air Photography Interpretation
  • impacted programs: Geographic Information Systems Minor, Intelligence Studies Minor, Computing, BS
  • impacted courses: GEOL 317: Geomorphology, GGS 562: Photogrammetry, GGS 579: Remote Sensing [Approved]

Modified Programs

• Astronomy, BS*[Approved with a clarified “what” and “why”]
• Environmental and Sustainability Studies, BA Approved with the suggestion to update the concentration code.]
• Geography, BA [Approved]
• Geography, BS [Approved]
• IN-BA-P002,IN-BPRE-P002,IN-BS-P002: INTO-Mason: Science Undergraduate Pathways [Approved with an included statement that the COSCC is simply moving the proposal along as it did not notice any science-related changes.]
• Mathematics, BS [Approved via post-meeting email vote.]
• Physics, BS*[Approved]

VI. New Business – Graduate

Modified Courses

• CSI 798: Research Project [Approved pending clarity on the repeat status]
• EVPP 536: The Diversity of Fishes [Approved]
• GGS 533: Issues in Regional Geography [Approved]
• GGS 590: Selected Topics in Geography [Approved]

Modified Programs

• Earth Systems and Geoinformation Sciences, PhD*[Approved]
• Environmental Science, MS [Approved]
• Forensic Science, BS/Forensic Science, Accelerated MS [Approved]
• Forensic Science, Graduate Certificate [Approved]
• Forensic Science, MS [Approved]
• Neuroscience, PhD* [Approved]

VII. Adjournment [11:40AM]

*Item added after the agenda was announced.