Category: 2025

May 9, 2025 Agenda & Minutes

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 4/25/2025.

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 April 25, 2025 Meeting Minutes

III. Announcements/Discussion

Bylaws Revision (attachment forthcoming)

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

VI. New Business – Graduate

VII. Adjournment

*Item added after the agenda was announced.

*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.

April 25, 2025 Agenda & Minutes

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 4/11/2025.

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 [10:01am]

II. Approval of the March 28, 2025 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

- BAM Template Updates Forthcoming [Jen conveyed that a new template will be implemented for all BAM catalog entries. The CIM edits will be made for each BAM and subsequently sent to the departments for review.]
- AOES Announcement* [The Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences will be renamed the J. Shukla Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences.]
- Bylaws amendments will be drafted for review at our May meeting.

IV. Old Business

New Courses- Graduate

CSI 671: Natural Language Processing for Complex Systems in Science [Approved pending the correction to graduate-level repeatability and correcting the Common Policies link.]

V. New Business – Undergraduate

Modified Course

COS 120: Introduction to Research [Approved pending a justification correction to “0-3 credits”.]

VI. New Business – Graduate

VII. Adjournment [10:31am]

*Item added after the agenda was announced.

*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.

March 28, 2024 Agenda & Minutes

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 3/14/2025.

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 [10:02 AM]

II. Approval of the February 28, 2024 Meeting Minutes [approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

Email vote from 4/1/2025
- Environmental Science, BS*[approved]
- Environmental Science Minor*[approved]
- Neuroscience, PhD*[approved]

IV. Old Business

Climate Resilience and Adaptation Minor* [approved]

V. New Business – Undergraduate

Modified Courses

CHEM 211: General Chemistry I [approved]
CHEM 212: General Chemistry II [approved]
COS 100: Introduction to Science as Profession [approved]

Course Deactivations

PHYS 346: Quarks to Strings [approved]

New Programs

Mathematics, BA or BS/Secondary Education, Accelerated MEd, (Secondary Education – Mathematics Concentration) [approved]

Modified Programs

Forensic Science, BS [approved]
Mathematics, BA [approved]
Mathematics, BS [approved]
Neuroscience, BS [approved]
Mathematics Minor* [Approved]

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

PHYS 670: Physics Teaching Seminar I [approved]
PHYS 671 Physics Teaching Seminar II [approved]

New Program

Physics, BS/Secondary Education, Accelerated MEd, (Secondary Education Physics Concentration) [approved]

Modified Programs

Atmospheric Sciences, BS/Climate Science, Accelerated MS [approved]
Applied and Engineering Physics, MS [approved]
Bachelor’s Degree (selected)/Environmental Science and Policy Accelerated Master’s [approved]
Environmental Science and Policy, MS [approved]
Environmental Science and Public Policy, PhD [approved]
Forensic Science, BS/Forensic Science, Accelerated MS [approved]
LA-BA-EVSS/Environmental and Sustainability Studies, BA [approved]
Mathematics, MS & Statistical Science, MS Dual Degree [approved]
Mathematics, PhD* [approved]
Mechanical Engineering, BS/Applied and Engineering Physics, Accelerated MS [approved]

Program Deactivations

VII. Adjournment [11:35 AM]

*Item added after the agenda was announced.

*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.

February 28, 2025 Agenda & Minutes

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 2/14/2025.

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 [11:02 AM]

II. Approval of the December 9, 2024 and January 24, 2025 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

IV. Old Business

MATH 726: Homological Algebra [Approved]
MATH 734: Commutative Algebra II [Approved pending the alignment of the proposal to match the syllabus’ prerequisites.]
MATH 735: Computational and Applied Topology [Approved pending the removal of “Tentative”.]
Biology, BA [Approved]
Biology, BS [Approved]

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

EVPP 425: RS: Ecological Sustainability* [Approved pending prerequisite update on the syllabus and adding academic standards wording.]
GEOL 403: Geochemistry [Approved pending update to 12 credit repeat maximum.]

Modified Courses

GEOL 103: Physical Geology Lab* [Approved]
GEOL 104: Historical Geology Laboratory* [Approved]

New Programs

Chemistry, BA or BS/Secondary Education, Accelerated MEd (Secondary Education -Science Concentration) [Approved]
Geology, BA or BS/Secondary Education, Accelerated MEd (Secondary Education – Science Concentration) [Approved]
Climate Resilience and Adaptation Minor* [Tabled for further conversations]

Modified Programs

Bachelor’s Degree (any)_Geographic and Cartographic Sciences, Accelerated MS [Approved]
Bachelor’s Degree (any)/Geoinformatics and Geospatial Intelligence, Accelerated MS [Approved]
Biology, BA or BS/Secondary Education, Accelerated MEd (Secondary Education – Science Concentration)* [Approved]
Chemistry, BS/Chemistry, Accelerated MS [Approved]
Geology, BS [Approved]
Geology, BS/Earth Systems Science, Accelerated MS [Approved]
Mathematics, BA or BS/Mathematics, Accelerated MS [Approved]

Program Inactivations

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

GEOL 603: Geochemistry [Approved]

Modified Courses

EVPP 630: Methods and Logic of Social Inquiry* [Approved]
GGS 531: Land-Use Modeling Techniques and Applications [Approved]
GGS 681: Social Media Analysis [Approved]

Course Inactivation

GGS 550: Geospatial Science [Approved]
GGS 615: Economic Geography [Approved]
GGS 704: Spatial Demography [Approved]

Modified Programs

Earth Systems and Geoinformation Sciences, PhD [Approved]
Geoinformatics and Geospatial Intelligence, MS [Approved]

VII. Adjournment [12:37pm]

*Item added after the agenda was announced.

*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.