Time: 9:30am
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 2/11/2022
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 [9:36 AM]
II. Approval of the January 28, 2021 Meeting Minutes [Approved]
III. Announcements/Discussion
- Reviewing Undergraduate and Graduate Council Agendas [Jen reminded the COSCC members to please review all UGC and GC agendas when the announcement is distributed.]
- 2022-2023 Catalog Edits Jen reminded the committee that catalog edits are due today, late submissions are allowable, just be in touch.]
IV. Old Business
New Programs
- Human Biology Graduate Certificate [Approved via email vote 2/7/2022]
Deactivated Programs
- Personalized Medicine Graduate Certificate [Approved via email vote 2/7/2022]
V. New Business – Undergraduate
Modified Courses
- GEOL 316: Computers in Geology [Approved]
Inactivated Courses
- MATH 006_Prep Quant Rsn, Self-Pace [Approved]
- MATH 009: Prep Coll Algeb-In Class [Approved]
- MATH 044: Business Math Preparation [Approved]
- MATH 112_ Discrete Mathematics for IT [Approved]
New Programs
- Science and Technology Policy Minor [Approved pending correction in the curriculum from COS 300 to COS 310. Other internship courses were suggested by committee members; FRSC 406 and GGS 480 were added. Additional internship course suggestions are welcomed for future modifications.]
Modified Programs
- Environmental and Sustainability Studies, BA [Approved]
- Geology Minor [Approved]
- STEM in Society Minor [Approved. It was noted that the curriculum could be enhanced by more science offerings. Course suggestions should be sent to Jen so they can be added to a future modification of this minor.]
Inactivated Programs
- Career Changer’s Biological Sciences Undergraduate Certificate [Approved]
- GeoManagement Undergraduate Certificate [Approved]
VI. Modifications Related to the Lecture/Lab Split of GEOL 101
Modified Courses
- EVPP 336: Human Dimensions of the Environment [Approved]
- EVPP 503: Field Mapping Techniques [Approved. Jen will double check the prerequisites with the department prior to submission to the Graduate Council.]
- GEOL 102: Historical Geology [Approved]
- GEOL 302: Mineralogy [Approved]
- GEOL 304: Sedimentary Geology [Approved]
- GEOL 305: Environmental Geology [Approved]
- GEOL 306: Soil Science [Approved]
- GEOL 308: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology [Approved]
- GEOL 312: Invertebrate Paleontology [Approved]
- GEOL 313: Hydrogeology [Approved]
- GEOL 315: Topics in Geology II [Approved]
- GEOL 317: Geomorphology [Approved]
- GEOL 320: Geology of Earth Resources [Approved]
- GEOL 321: Geology of Energy Resources [Approved]
- GEOL 325: Planetary Geology [Approved]
- GEOL 334: Vertebrate Paleontology [Approved]
- GEOL 340: Modern Methods in Geology [Approved]
- GEOL 364: Marine Geology [Approved]
- GEOL 403: Geochemistry [Approved]
- GEOL 404: Geological Field Techniques [Approved]
- GEOL 441: Great Events in Earth History [Approved]
- GEOL 504: Sedimentary Geology [Tabled by the department to address prerequisites.]
- GEOL 521: Geology of Energy Resources [Tabled by the department to address prerequisites.]
Modified Programs
- Biology, BA [Approved. SSB might suggest courses beneficial to the program’s students; these would be submitted to the COSCC under a separate modification.]
- Biology, BS* [Approved]
- Chemistry, BS* [Approved]
- Environmental Science Minor [Approved]
VII. New Business – Graduate
New Courses
- GEOL 540: Modern Methods in Geology [Approved, pending changes to the learning outcomes; these changes will be emailed to the COSCC. Also, changing the repeat status to NR.]
- GEOL 603: Geochemistry [Approved, pending changes to the learning outcomes; these changes will be emailed to the COSCC. Also, changing the repeat status to NR.]
- GEOL 720: Bayesian Methods in Geology and Earth Sciences [Approved pending a change of repeat status to NR.]
- GEOL 734: Paleobiology [Approved pending a change of repeat status to NR.]
- GEOL 741: Isotopes in Geology [Approved pending a change of repeat status to NR.]
- GEOL 752: Earth Sciences in Academia [Approved pending a change of repeat status to NR.]
- GEOL 996: Doctoral Reading & Research [Approved]
- GEOL 998: Doctoral Dissertation Proposal [Approved]
- GEOL 999: Doctoral Dissertation [Approved]
New Programs
- Geology and Earth Sciences, PhD [Approved]
Modified Programs
- Biology, BS/Biology, Accelerated MS [Approved]
- Earth Systems Science, MS [Approved pending clarity to the wording in the justification section.]
- Forensics Graduate Certificate [Approved]
Inactivated Programs
- Data Journalism Graduate Certificate [Approved]
VIII. Adjournment [11:20 AM]