Category: 2021

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 11/5/2021

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 [10:08 AM]

II. Approval of the November 19, 2021 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

• Dates for Spring 2022 COSCC  [The dates are agreeable to the committee.]

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

Modified Courses

• NEUR 327: Cellular, Neurophysiological, and Pharmacological Neuroscience [Approved. Jen will contact the Undergraduate Council to shorten the title of NEUR 328 before it is brought for a vote. The title is currently Cellular, Neurophysiological, and Pharmacological Neuroscience Lab.]

Modified Programs

• Geography, BA* [Approved]
• Geography, BS* [Approved]
• Neuroscience, BS [Approved pending the removal of NEUR 301 (per the department), updating “Electives” to “Major Electives”.]

VI. New Business – Graduate

Modified Programs

• Data Journalism Graduate Certificate [Approved]
• Environmental GIS and Biodiversity Conservation Graduate Certificate [Approved]
• Geographic Information Science Graduate Certificate [Approved]
• Geology, BS/Curriculum and Instruction, Accelerated MEd (Secondary Education Earth Science Concentration [Approved]
• Geology, BS/Earth Systems Science, Accelerated MS [Approved]
• Geospatial Intelligence Graduate Certificate [Approved]
• Mathematics, BA or BS/Mathematics, Accelerated MS [Approved]
• Neuroscience, BS/Biology, Accelerated MS [Approved]
• Remote Sensing and Image Processing Graduate Certificate [Approved]

VII. Adjournment [11:00AM. Thanks to everyone for their invaluable service on the committee this semester!]

• *The programs and services offered by George Mason University are open to all who seek them. George Mason does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic national origin (including shared ancestry and/or ethnic characteristics), sex, disability, military status (including veteran status), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, pregnancy status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. After an initial review of its policies and practices, the university affirms its commitment to meet all federal mandates as articulated in federal law, as well as recent executive orders and federal agency directives.

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 11/5/2021

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 [9:59 AM]

II. Approval of the October 22, 2021 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

• Days/Times for Spring 2022 COSCC Meetings [The general consensus was that the committee would meet at 9:30am on Fridays via Zoom in Spring 2022.]

IV. Old Business

• College of Science: Requirements for the BA [Approved]

New Programs

• Atmospheric Sciences, BS/Climate Science, Accelerated MS [Approved]

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

• BINF 260:Diversity of Scientific Traditions [The COSCC requested additional information on the title and if it could be more specific. The committee also requested a sample of readings that will be required. The course was approved via email vote on November 23, 2021.]
  • We would like to add this course as an elective option to as many programs as possible. Please let Jen know if this course can be added to your department’s undergraduate offerings.
• BINF 480: Gateway to a Medical Career [Approved]
  • We would like to add this course as an elective option to as many programs as possible. Please let Jen know if this course can be added to your department’s undergraduate offerings.
• COS 320: Science Policy in Practice* [Approved]
• NEUR 328: Cellular Neurophysiological, Pharmacological Neuroscience Lab [Approved]

Modified Courses

• CHEM 422:Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis [Approved]
• CHEM 441: Properties and Bonding of Inorganic Compounds [Approved]

Modified Programs

• Atmospheric Sciences, BS [Approved]
• Environmental and Sustainability Studies, BA [Approved]
• Geology, BA [Approved]

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

• COS 520: Science Policy in Practice* [Approved, pending change from “memo” to “final paper” on the grading scale and changing the repeat status to the standard graduate status.]

Modified Courses

• CLIM 712: Physical and Dynamical Oceanography [Approved]

Modified Programs

• Bachelors degree (any)/Geographic and Cartographic Sciences, Accelerated MS [Approved]
• Bachelors degree (any)/Geoinformatics and Geospatial Intelligence, Accelerated MS [Approved]
• Biology, MS* [Approved]
• Biosciences, PhD* [Approved]
• Climate Science, MS [Approved]
• Computational and Data Sciences, BS/Computational Science, Accelerated MS [Approved]
• Forensic Science, MS [Approved]
• Forensic Science, BS/Forensic Science, Accelerated MS [Approved]
• Mechanical Engineering, BS/Applied and Engineering Physics, Accelerated MS [Tabled to explore with the CEC clarifying some items and bringing it more in line with our BAM template.]
• Physics, BS/Applied and Engineering Physics, Accelerated MS [Approved]

VII. Adjournment [11:45am]

• *The programs and services offered by George Mason University are open to all who seek them. George Mason does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic national origin (including shared ancestry and/or ethnic characteristics), sex, disability, military status (including veteran status), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, pregnancy status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. After an initial review of its policies and practices, the university affirms its commitment to meet all federal mandates as articulated in federal law, as well as recent executive orders and federal agency directives.

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 10/8/2021

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 September 24, 2021 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

IV. Old Business

• College Requirements for the BA  [Tabled, some departments need more time for review.]
  • Impacted programs:
    • Biology, BA
    • Chemistry, BA
    • Geography, BA
    • Geology, BA
    • Mathematics, BA
• New Courses
  • EVPP 530: Evidence-Based Environmental Policymaking [Approved pending a syllabus update on the grading scale and information on where the readings will be housed.]

V. New Business – Undergraduate

Modified Programs

• Environmental Science, BS [Approved]

VI. New Business – Graduate

Modified Programs

• Bachelor’s Degree (selected)/Environmental Science and Policy Accelerated Master’s [Approved]
• Chemistry, BS/Chemistry, Accelerated MS [Approved]
• Computational and Data Sciences, BS/ Computational Science, Accelerated MS [Approved]
• Environmental Science and Policy, MS [Approved]
• Geographic and Cartographic Sciences, MS [Approved]
• Geoinformatics and Geospatial Intelligence, MS [Approved]
• Geospatial Intelligence Graduate Certificate [Tabled to reconsider TOEFL statement. Friendly comment to correct “letters or recommendation”.]

New Program

• Atmospheric Sciences, BS/Climate Science, Accelerated MS [Tabled]

VII. Adjournment [10:38 am]

• *The programs and services offered by George Mason University are open to all who seek them. George Mason does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic national origin (including shared ancestry and/or ethnic characteristics), sex, disability, military status (including veteran status), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, pregnancy status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. After an initial review of its policies and practices, the university affirms its commitment to meet all federal mandates as articulated in federal law, as well as recent executive orders and federal agency directives.

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

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

• *The programs and services offered by George Mason University are open to all who seek them. George Mason does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnic national origin (including shared ancestry and/or ethnic characteristics), sex, disability, military status (including veteran status), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, pregnancy status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. After an initial review of its policies and practices, the university affirms its commitment to meet all federal mandates as articulated in federal law, as well as recent executive orders and federal agency directives.