November 14, 2017-Agenda & Minutes

Time: 9:30 am
Location: Exploratory Hall, Room 3301
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 10/31/2017

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 [9:34 AM]

II. Approval of the October 2017 Meeting Minutes  [Approved. Dr. Parsons thanked Dr. Klinger for filling in as chair last month.]

III. Announcements/Discussion

• Spring 2018 Meeting Schedule Coordination [The committee discussed what day and time would be best to host next semester’s COSCC meetings. It was agreed upon that Wednesdays at 10AM would be best.]

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

• CONS 440 Ecology Field Skills [Approved]
• EVPP 112 Ecosphere: Introduction to Environmental Science II- Lecture [Approved]
• EVPP 113 Ecosphere: Introduction to Environmental Science II- Lab [Approved]
• GEOL 325 Planetary Geology [Approved]

Modified Courses

• CONS 497 Special Topics in Conservation [Approved. In an effort to reduce confusion going forward, it was suggested that the syllabus be deleted from the proposal as it isn’t necessary for this modification.]

Deleted Concentrations

• B.S. in Chemistry: Concentration in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry [Approved]

Modified Degrees

• B.S. in Chemistry: Concentration in Analytical Chemistry [Approved]
• B.S. in Chemistry: Concentration in Chemistry Education [Approved]
• B.S. in Chemistry: Concentration in Environmental Chemistry [Approved]
• Minor in Geographic Information Systems [Approved]

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

• CONS 540 Ecology Field Skills [Approved pending review by the Chairs for the Biology and Environmental Science departments.]
• CONS 597 Special Topics in Conservation [Approved pending review by the Chairs for the Biology and Environmental Science departments and the receipt of a more concrete syllabus]

New Programs

• Accelerated Master’s: Geography, B.A. to Geographic and Cartographic Sciences, MS  [Approved]
• Accelerated Master’s: Geography, B.S. to Geographic and Cartographic Sciences, MS [Approved]
• Accelerated Master’s: Geography, B.S. to Geoinformatics and Geospatial Intelligence, MS [Approved]

Modified Degrees

•  M.S. in Applied and Engineering Physics  [Approved. It was requested that the PHYS prefix be added in front of the courses listed in the proposal.]

VII. Adjournment [10:24 AM]