May 1, 2017-Agenda & Minutes

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Time: 10:30am
Location: Exploratory Hall, Room 3301
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 4/17/2017

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

*= came after agenda announcement

I. Call to Order

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

III. Announcements/Discussion

  • COS CIM Process*, New Curriculum Inventory Management (CIM) Software [J. B. Gettys provided an update on the CIM software and fielded questions from the committee:
    • Question 1. If the committee decides that another department’s chair needs to sign off before it continues down the approval route, can that person be added? ANSWER: The short answer is “yes”.
    • Question 2. Is this software linked to DegreeWorks (which becomes slow during high-traffic periods)? ANSWER: No, although the degree auditors will reference CIM.
    • Question 3. Will we be able to see all courses and programs that have a relationship with any of one department’s courses or programs? ANSWER: Possibly, we’ll need to investigate this once the software is live.]
  • Fall 2017 Meeting Schedule* [Potentially, Tuesdays at 10:00 am.]

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

Modified Courses

  • BIOL 303 Animal Biology [Approved]
  • BIOL 304 Plant Biology [Approved]
  • BIOL 314 Introduction to Research Design and Analysis [Approved with suggestion to add CHEM 211/213; 212/214]
  • BIOL 322 Developmental Biology [Approved]
  • BIOL 326 Animal Physiology [Approved]
  • BIOL 330 Biodiversity Lab and Recitation [Approved]
  • BIOL 334 Vertebrate Paleontology [Approved]
  • BIOL 335 Forensic Entomology [Approved]
  • BIOL 336 Invertebrate Paleontology [Approved]
  • BIOL 402 Applied and Industrial Microbiology Biology [Approved]
  • BIOL 403 Techniques in Applied and Industrial Microbiology [Approved]
  • BIOL 409 Medical Mycology [Approved]
  • BIOL 418 Current Topics in Microbiology [Approved]
  • BIOL 423 Biology of Obesity and Weight Loss [Approved]
  • BIOL 425 Human Physiology [Approved]
  • BIOL 426 Mechanisms of Aging [Approved]
  • BIOL 482 Introduction to Molecular Genetics [Approved]
  • BIOL 483 General Biochemistry [Approved]
  • BIOL 489 Teaching Practicum [Approved]
  • BIOL 498 Research Seminar [Approved]
  • BIOL 499 Research in Biology [Approved]
  • CHEM 313 Organic Chemistry I [Approved]
  • CHEM 314 Organic Chemistry II [Approved]
  • CHEM 315 Organic Chemistry Lab I [Approved]
  • CHEM 318 Organic Chemistry Lab II [Approved]
  • CHEM 331 Physical Chemistry I [Approved]
  • CHEM 455 Honors Research in Chemistry [Approved]
  • CHEM 456 Honors Research in Chemistry [Approved]
  • PHYS 308 Modern Physics with Applications [Approved]

Modified Programs

VI. New Business – Graduate

Modified Courses

  • ASTR 998 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal [Approved]
  • ASTR 999 Doctoral Dissertation [Approved]
  • BIOL 506 Selected Topics in Microbiology [Approved]
  • BIOL 515 Developmental Neurobiology [Approved]
  • BIOL 556 Advanced Topics in Microbial Physiology and Metabolism [Approved]
  • BIOL 583 General Biochemistry [Approved]
  • BIOL 685 Emerging Infectious Diseases [Approved]
  • PHYS 998 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal [Approved]
  • PHYS 999 Doctoral Dissertation [Approved]

Modified Programs

VII. Adjournment [11:20 am]