Time: 10:00am
Location: Microsoft Teams. If anyone in addition to the COSCC would like to attend, please email Jen for details.
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 1/10/2025.
When available, the meeting minutes will be indicated within bold brackets [ ] and are in draft form until they are approved by the committee.
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of the December 9, 2024 Meeting Minutes [The minutes will be posted for review in February.]
III. Announcements/Discussion
IV. Old Business
V. New Business – Undergraduate
New Courses
- BIOL 400: News & Views: Selected Topics* [Approved with departmental request to add a required prerequisite of 60+ credits.]
- EVPP 115: Special Topics in Environmental Science [Approved with departmental request to specify that the course can only be repeated under different topics, and the addition of “sample” to the provided syllabus.]
- GEOL 301: Geological Field Experience [Approved pending the addition of a syllabus link to the common policies.]
- GEOL 407: Geological Field Mapping [Approved pending the addition of a syllabus link to the common policies.]
Modified Courses
- CDS 461: Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulations [Approved]
- COS 100: Introduction to Science as a Profession* [Tabled per proposer]
- GEOL 308: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology [Approved]
- GEOL 320: Geology of Earth Resources [Approved]
- GEOL 334: Vertebrate Paleontology [Approved]
- GEOL 404_Geological Field Techniques [Approved]
- MLAB 300: Science Writing [Approved]
Deactivated Courses
- GEOL 321: Geology of Energy Resources [Approved]
Modified Programs
- Biology, BA [Not approved due to cross-departmental conflict: 1 opposed, 5 abstained, and 5 in favor; proposal did not meet the 80% threshold.]
- Biology, BS [Not approved due to cross-departmental conflict: 1 opposed, 5 abstained, and 5 in favor; proposal did not meet the 80% threshold.]
- Environmental Science, BS [Approved pending clarity that EVPP 115 can only be repeated under differing topics.]
- Geology, BA [Approved]
- Geology, BS* [Tabled per department]
- Medical Laboratory Science, BS [Approved]
VI. New Business – Graduate
Modified Programs
- Computational Science, MS [Approved]
- Geographic and Cartographic Sciences, MS [Approved]
VII. Adjournment [11:30 AM]
*Item added after the agenda was announced.