September 1, 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 8/18/2023.

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 [9:34AM]

II. Approval of the May 12, 2023 Meeting Minutes [This item was inadvertently missed and will be addressed at the next meeting]

III. Announcements/Discussion

• 2023-2024 COSCC Chair Vote [Postponed to next meeting]
• COS 402/602 Syllabus for Spring 2024* [Tabled to allow more time for review. Syllabi must come into alignment with University Policy 3002.]

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

• CLIM 103: Global Weather, Climate, and Society Laboratory [Approved pending clearer schedule alignment with the CLIM 101 lecture.]
• EVPP 435: The Diversity of Fishes* [Approved]
• EVPP 485: R Programming and Statistics for Environmental Scientists* [Tabled for a larger cross-departmental discussion.]

Modified Courses

• BIOL 177: Ecological Applications [Approved]
• BIOL 480: The Diversity of Fishes*[Approved]
• NEUR 328: Cellular Neuroscience Lab* [Approved with max allowable correction and What/Why format.]
• NEUR 406: Zebrafish Neurodevelopment Laboratory* [Approved with What/Why format.]

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Course

• EVPP 585: R Programming and Statistics for Environmental Scientists* [Tabled for a larger cross-departmental discussion.]

VII. Adjournment [10:48AM]

*Item added after the agenda was announced.