March 15, 2021- Agenda & Minutes

Time:  10:30am
Location: Zoom invite sent to committee members. If anyone else would like to attend, please email Jen for details.
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 2/22/2021

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 [10:32 AM]

II. Approval of the February 15, 2021 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

• Notification of the offering of COS 402/602 Special Topics in Science. Course title: Social Impacts of Technology Convergence: AI and Quantum Computing. Instructor: Dr. Greg Vigganio. COS 402 Class Syllabus/COS 602 Class Syllabus [Please let Jennifer know if your department sees any problem with the courses being offered under the COS prefix.]

IV. Old Business

• EVPP 566: Coral Reef Ecology, Health, and Conservation  [Approved]
• EVPP 567: Coral Reef Ecology, Health, and Conservation Lab/Field Experience [Approved pending course number correction on syllabus.]

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

• GEOL 340: Modern Methods in Geology [Approved]

Modified Courses

• BIOL/EVPP/GEOL 309: Introduction to Oceanography [Approved]
  • Previously approved, included for reference: GEOL 109 (lec) and GEOL 110 (lab): Introduction to Oceanography
• BIOL 334: Vertebrate Paleontology [Approved]
• BIOL 336: Invertebrate Paleontology [Approved]
• CLIM 301: Weather Analysis and Prediction [Approved]
• GEOL 308: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology [Approved]
• GEOL 312: Invertebrate Paleontology [Approved]
• GEOL 334: Vertebrate Paleontology [Approved]
• GEOL 401: Structural Geology [Approved]

Modified Programs

• Atmospheric Sciences, BS [Approved pending the addition of a more robust “why” explanation.]
• Environmental Science Minor [Approved]
• Geology, BS [Approved]

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

• GEOL 510: Advanced Structural Geology [Approved pending the addition of a more robust “why” explanation. Also, a grading scale update.]

VII. Adjournment [11:20am]