September 24, 2021- Agenda & Minutes
Time: 10:00am
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 9/10/2021
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 [10:03 AM]
II. Approval of the August 27, 2021 Meeting Minutes [approved]
III. Announcements/Discussion
- New Catalog Schedule
- [Going forward, the catalog is going to published in June, not April. Jennifer is going to send out the catalog non-curricular Word docs to the departments in October as planned, but will not ask for them back until February. Please have course changes in by the March 2022 COSCC and program changes in bythe February 2022 COSCC meeting.]
- College Requirements for the BA [Tabled to the October meeting to allow departments more time to review the changes.]
- Impacted programs:
- Biology, BA
- Chemistry, BA
- Geography, BA
- Geology, BA
- Mathematics, BA
- Impacted programs:
IV. Old Business
V. New Business – Undergraduate
New Courses
- BIOL 428: Planetary Health*[Approved.]
- GEOL 103: Physical Geology Lab [Approved pending grading information added to syllabus.]
- NEUR 301: Cross-Cultural Studies in Scientific Research [Approved]
- NEUR 424 : Sleep and Circadian Rhythms [Approved and the proposal was changed to allow 9 max credits.]
- NEUR 473: Current Neuroscience in Germany [Approved.]
Modified Courses
- GEOL 101: Introductory Geology I [Approved, pending that the syllabus includes updated Grading information.]
- NEUR 335: Molecular, Developmental, and Systems Neuroscience [Approved, pending an expanded justification.]
- NEUR 422: Glutamatergic Systems [Approved.]
Deactivated Courses
- GGS 210: Introduction to Spatial Computing [Approved.]
- GGS 322: Issues in Global Change [Approved.]
- GGS 330: Geography of the Soviet Succession States [Approved.]
- GGS 398: Selected Topics in Global Change [Approved.]
- GGS 410: Introduction to Hyperspace Imaging [Approved.]
VI. New Business – Graduate
New Courses
- BIOL 528: Planetary Health*[Approved.]
- BIOL 638 Sensory Ecology* [Approved.]
- BIOL 639: Community Ecology* [Approved. Pending review with SSB for potential overlap.]
- EVPP 530: Evidence-Based Environmental Policy Making [Tabled to October.]
- NEUR 632: Glutamatergic Systems [Removed from the agenda per NEUR’s request.]
Modified Courses
- BIOL 682: Advanced Eukaryotic Cell Biology* [Approved.]
Deactivated Courses
- GGS 501: Geography and Geoinformation Science Distance Education Orientation [Approved.]
- GGS 520: Geography for Teachers [Approved.]
- GGS 524: Introduction to Environmental and Resource Economics [Approved.]
- GGS 525: Economics of Human/Environment Interactions [Approved.]
- GGS 644: Fundamentals and Interpretation of Imaging Radar [Approved.]
- GGS 660: Automated Cartography [Approved.]
- GGS 661: Map Projections and Coordinate Systems [Approved.]
- GGS 674: Environmental Impact Analysis [Approved.]
- GGS 792: Seminar in Earth Systems [Approved.]
- GGS 795: Seminar in Regional Analysis [Approved.]
New Programs
- Science Policy Graduate Certificate [Approved, pending clarity on the restricted electives and adding a list of elective courses.]
VII. Adjournment [11:42am]
*= agenda item was added after the announcement
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