Time: 9:30am
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 2/6/2026.
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 [9:30am]
II. Approval of the January 23, 2025 Meeting Minutes [Approved]
III. Announcements/Discussion
- Update on modifying courses (prerequisites, corequisites) impacted by the decoupling of BIOL 213 (+ new lab 215), BIOL 311 (+ new lab 313), and the new sequence of BIOL 308+BIOL 338.
- Department of Biology* [Approved]
IV. Old Business
V. New Business – Undergraduate
New Courses
- GGS 352: Sport and Place [Approved]
- GGS 355: Cities of the World [Approved]
- GGS 356: Transportation Geography [Approved]
- GGS 421: Remote Sensing of Natural Hazards [Approved]
- GGS 484: Geospatial Intelligence Process & Information [Approved]
- NEUR 585: Transforming Academia with Generative AI [Approved, with modified pre-reqs]
Modified Courses
- CHEM 211: General Chemistry I [Approved]
- CHEM 212: General Chemistry II [Approved]
- COS 315: Science Policy Internship Preperation* [Approved]
- COS 320_Science Policy in Practice* [Approved]
- COS 390: Learning Assistant Seminar [Approved]
- COS 391: Continuing Learning Assistant Seminar [Approved]
- FRSC 325: Molecular Biology [Approved]
- FRSC 326: Molecular Biology Lab [Approved]
- FRSC 460: Forensic DNA Analysis [Approved]
- FRSC 461: Forensic DNA Analysis Lab [Approved]
- FRSC 470:Forensic Genomics [Approved]
- GGS 399: Special Topics in GGS [Approved]
Modified Programs
- Atmospheric Sciences, BS [Approved]
- Conservation Biology Minor [Approved]
- Forensic Science, BS/Forensic Science, Accelerated MS* [Approved pending 3.0 GPA wording correction]
- Geographic Information Systems Minor [Approved]
- Geography, BA [Approved]
- Geography, BS [Approved]
- Urban Informatics Minor [Approved]
Modifications Re: Biology Lecture and Lab Decoupling
- Biology Minor [Approved]
- Bioinformatics Minor [Approved]
- Chemistry, BA [Approved]
- Chemistry, BS [Approved]
- Environmental Science, BS [Approved]
- Forensic Science, BS [Approved]
- Forensic Science Minor [Approved]
- Geology, BS [Approved]
- Medical Laboratory Science, BS [Approved]
- Neuroscience Minor [Approved]
- Paleontology Minor [Approved]
- Pre-Medical Undergraduate Certificate [Approved]
Course Deactivation
VI. New Business – Graduate
New Courses
- GEOL 520: Resource Geology [Approved, pending updating graduate grading scale and “NR” repeat status]
- GGS 621: Remote Sensing of Natural Hazards [Approved, update course objectives to fit a graduate level understanding]
- MATH 515: Advanced Calculus I [Approved pending updating graduate grading scale]
- MATH 521: Abstract Algebra [Approved pending updating grading clarification]
- MATH 531: Topology [Approved pending updating graduate grading scale]
- MATH 742: Differential Geometry [Approved pending updating graduate grading scale and “NR” repeat status]
Modified Courses
- GGS 533: Issues in Regional Geography [Approved]
- GGS 590: Selected Topics in Geography [Approved]
- GGS 684: Selected Topics in Geospatial Intelligence [Approved]
- GGS 787: Scientific Data Mining for Geoinformatics [Approved]
Deactivated Courses
- FRSC 690: Capstone – Moot Court & Expert Testimony [Approved]
- FRSC 799: Master’s Thesis [Approved]
- GGS 777: Remote Sensing Natural Hazards [Approved]
New Programs
- Bachelor’s Degree (Selected), COS/Quantum Science and Engineering, Accelerated MS [Approved pending removal of “pathway specific requirements” as there aren’t any.]
Modified Programs
- Biology, BS/Biology, Accelerated MS* [Approved]
- Forensic Science, MS [Approved]
- Earth Systems and Geoinformation Science, PhD [Approved]
- Geoinformatics and Geospatial Intelligence, MS [Approved]
- Geology and Earth Science, PhD [Approved]
- Mathematics, BA or BS/Mathematics, Accelerated MS [Tabled to e-vote]
- Mathematics, MS [Approved]
- Neuroscience, BS/Biology, Accelerated MS* [Approved]
- Remote Sensing and Image Processing Graduate Certificate [Approved]
VII. Adjournment [11:30am]
*Item added after the agenda was announced