College of Science Curriculum Committee

April 2007 – Agenda & Minutes

Members Present: Geoffrey Birchard, Estela Blaisten (chair), Zafer Bobeyi (ESGS
substitute), Tim Born, Rick Diecchio, Rebecca Goldin, Dimitri Klimov, Barry Klinger[br]Members Absent: Peter Becker, Sheryl Beach, Dan Cox, Robert Ellsworth, Barry
Kronenfeld,

  1. Announcements and procedures:
    • There was a lengthy discussion concerning the absentee votes. It was agreed by all members present that absentee votes will be counted, as long as the absent member sends his/her vote in written form to the chair of the committee. Additionally, if a member is going to be absent and the department can provide a substitute, the name of the substitute should be communicated to the chair prior to the meeting.
    • It was agreed that a positive vote of 80% of the committee membership was needed to approve an item of business. A memo to the Executive Council prepared by Geoffrey Birchard requesting a change of the COS Standing Rules to incorporate this point was unanimously voted and signed.
  2. Old business
    • CHEM 661 new course [Approved]
    • EOS 600 new course [Tabled]
    • EOS 650 new course [Tabled]
    • EOS 670 new course [Tabled]
    • EOS 685 new course [Tabled]
    • EOS 691 new course [Tabled]
    • EOS 745 new course [Tabled]
  3. New business
    • CLIM 101 new course [Approved]
    • Gen Ed request for CDS 101 [Approved]
    • MATH 290 modification [Approved]
    • MATH 302 modification [Approved]
    • EOS 399 new course [Approved]
    • BIOL 103 modification [Approved]
    • BIOL 104 modification [Approved]
    • BIOL 105 new course [Approved]
    • BIOL 106 new course [Approved]
    • CHSS Science & Society minor: This minor was discussed in length. All members thought that the CHSS college had not consulted when producing the proposal. It was determined that Rick Diecchio would collect comments from the various departments and the matter would be considered again at the following meeting [Tabled]
    • PHYS 614 new course [Approved]
    • CSI 612 deletion [Approved]
    • MATH 781 new course [Approved]
    • MATH 784 new course [Approved]
    • MATH 790 new course [Approved]
    • CHEM 567 new course [Approved]
    • CHEM 568 new course [Approved]
    • CHEM 665 new course [Approved]
    • GEOG 550 modification [Tabled]

The meeting was adjourned at 1:00 PM

Download original PDF documents:[br]Agenda: April 2007[br]Minutes: April 2007[br]Majority Voting Memo: April 2007

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