October 28, 2014- Agenda & Minutes

Jennifer Bazaz

Time: 9:30am

Location: Exploratory Hall, Room L106

Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 10/7/14

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

I. Call to Order [9:30am]

II. Approval of the September 2014 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

IV. Old Business

New Concentration

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

  • BIOL 330 Biodiversity Lab and Recitation [Approved]
  • EVPP 301 Environmental Science: Biological Diversity and Ecosystems [Approved]

Modified Courses

  • BIOL 310 Biodiversity [Approved]
  • CHEM 314 Organic Chemistry II [Approved]
  • CHEM 315 Organic Chemistry Lab I [Approved]
  • CHEM 318 Organic Chemistry Lab II [Approved]
  • CHEM 321 Elementary Quantitative Analysis [Approved]
  • CHEM 331 Physical Chemistry I [Approved]
  • CHEM 336 Physical Chemistry Lab I [Approved pending the addition of MATH 114 or MATH 116 as prerequisites]
  • CHEM 413 Synthetic and Mechanistic Organic Chemistry [Approved]
  • CHEM 427 Aquatic Environmental Chemistry [Approved]
  • CHEM 446 Bioinorganic Chemistry [Approved]
  • CHEM 458 Chemical Oceanography [Tabled pending further conversation with ESP]
  • CHEM 463 General Biochemistry I [Approved]
  • CHEM 464 General Biochemistry II [Approved]
  • CHEM 465 Biochemistry Lab [Approved]
  • CHEM 467 The Chemistry of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions [Approved pending the deletion of CHEM 464 as a prerequisite]
  • CHEM 468 Bioorganic Chemistry [Approved]
  • MATH 112 Discrete Mathematics for IT [Approved]
  • MATH 124 Calculus with Algebra/Trigonometry, Part B [Approved]
  • MATH 125 Discrete Mathematics I [Approved]
  • MATH 215 Analytic Geometry and Calculus III (Honors) [Approved as is or if MATH desires to add prerequisite hard-coding]
  • MATH 307 Mathematical Modeling [Approved]
  • MATH 312 Geometry [Approved with adding “either” before the prerequisite course listings]
  • MATH 453 Advanced Mathematical Statistics [Approved]

Modified Program

Modified Minor

  • Renewable Energy Minor [Approved via email vote on 11/5/2014 with the addition of CHEM 212 as an “Other Science or Engineering” option]

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

  • NEUR 651 Molecular Neuropharmacology [Tabled pending someone being available to present]
  • PHYS 628 Relativity [Approved]

Modified Courses

  • ASTR 765 High-Energy Accretion Astrophysics [Approved]
  • ASTR 790 Advanced Topics in Astronomy and Astrophysics [Approved]
  • CHEM 500 Selected Topics in Modern Chemistry [Tabled by CHEM]
  • CHEM 513 Synthetic and Mechanistic Organic Chemistry [Approved]
  • CHEM 670 Teaching Practicum [Approved pending the removal of erroneous instructor detail on the “Scheduling and Proposed Instructors” section of the COSCC form]
  • CSI 672 Statistical Inference [Approved]
  • CSI 674 Bayesian Inference and Decision Theory [Approved]
  • CSI 676 Regression Analysis [Approved]
  • CSI 678 Time Series Analysis and Forecasting [Approved]
  • CSI 771 Computational Statistics [Approved]
  • CSI 772 Statistical Learning [Approved]
  • CSI 773 Statistical Graphics and Data Exploration I [Approved]
  • CSI 775 Graphical Models for Inference and Decision Making [Approved]
  • CSI 789 Topics in Computational Physics [Approved]
  • GGS 772 Distributed Geographic Information Systems [Approved]
  • PHYS 575 Atmospheric Physics I [Approved]
  • PHYS 780 Advanced Selected Topics in Physics [Approved]

Deleted Courses

  • ASTR 535 Space Instrumentation and Exploration [Approved]
  • ASTR 628 Relativity [Approved]
  • ASTR 761 N-Body Methods and Part Sim [Approved]
  • ASTR 769 Topics in Space Sciences [Approved]
  • CSI 655 Atmospheric Physics I [Approved]
  • CSI 660 Space Instrumentation and Exploration [Approved]
  • CSI 661 Stellar Astrophysics [Approved]
  • CSI 765 High-Energy and Accretion Astrophysics [Approved]
  • CSI 766 Relativity and Cosmology [Approved]
  • CSI 769 Topics in Space Sciences [Approved]
  • GGS 503 Problems in Environmental Management [Approved]
  • GGS 575 Reconstructing Past Environments: Seminar in Geoarchaeology [Approved]
  • GGS 600 Communication Skills for Scientists [Approved]
  • GGS 603 Geographic Perspectives on Complex Natural Resource Management [Approved]
  • GGS 674 Environmental Impact Analysis [Approved]
  • GGS 681 Environmental Applications of Integrated Geographic Information Technologies [Approved]
  • GGS 690 Advanced Practicum in Geographical Applications [Approved]
  • GGS 722 Regional and Global Issues in the Earth Sciences [Approved]
  • GGS 725 Advanced Hydrosphere [Approved]
  • GGS 750 Advanced Geographical Research Applications [Approved]
  • GGS 785 Geographic Field Work [Approved]
  • GGS 854 Air Pollution Dispersion [Approved]
  • GGS 855 Introduction to Mesoscale Atmospheric Modeling [Approved]
  • PHYS 676 Atmospheric Physics [Approved]
  • PHYS 728 Simulation of Large-Scale Physical Systems [Approved]

Modified Programs

VII. Adjournment [11:38am]

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