Time: 10:00 am
Location: Exploratory Hall, Room 3301
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 4/2/2018
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
II. Approval of the March 2018 Meeting Minutes [Approved]
III. Announcements/Discussion
- COSCC Quorum Clarification and Voting
[It was discussed and approved that at the beginning of each semester, the committee would vote on which programs would be counted toward a voting quorum.]
IV. Old Business
New Courses
- PHYS 391: Special Topics in Physics [Approved. This course meets a different need than PHYS 390]
V. New Business – Undergraduate
New Courses
- COS 402: Special Topics in Science [Tabled- pending further review of how this class would fit into students’ degree programs and concerns of possible overlap with the departments.]
Modified Courses
- CDS 230: Modeling and Simulation I* [Approved]
- MATH 203: Linear Algebra* [Approved]
- MATH 453: Advanced Mathematical Statistics* [Approved with the original title in place.]
- MATH 493: Topics in Applicable Mathematics* [Approved]
Modified Programs
- Biology, B.A. [Approved]
- Biology, B.S. [Approved]
- Environmental Science, B.S. [Approved]
VI. New Business – Graduate
New Courses
- COS 602: Special Topics in Science [Tabled per COS 402 discussion above.]
- MATH 553: Advanced Mathematical Statistics in Actuarial Sciences* [Approved]
VII. Adjournment [10:37 AM]