March 20, 2026 Agenda & Minutes

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 3/6/2026.

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

II. Approval of the February 20, 2026 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

IV. Old Business

• February 2026 E-vote: Mathematics, BA or BS/Mathematics, Accelerated MS [Approved]

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Course

• COS 303: Introduction to AI Applications in Science* [Tabled]

Modified Courses

• BIOL 246: Introductory Microbiology* [Approved, pending outreach to Nursing]
• BIOL 405: Microbial Genetics* [Approved]
• BIOL 486: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory* [Approved]
• CDS 403: Machine Learning Applications in Science* [Approved]
• CLIM 103: Global Warming: Weather, Climate, and Society Laboratory [Approved]
• MATH 213: Analytics Geometry and Calculus III* [Approved]
• MATH 300: Introduction to Advanced Mathematics* [Approved]
• MATH 446: Numerical Analysis I* [Approved]

Modified Programs

• Computational Data Science Minor [Approved]
• Geography Minor [Approved]
• Mathematics, BA [Approved]
• Mathematics, BS [Approved]
• Neuroscience, BS* The program is still in CIM process for previous edits. Upon approval, today’s edits would be inserted into CIM once possible. [Approved]
• STEM in Society Minor [Approved]

Program Inactivation

• Biology, BA or BS/Secondary Education, Accelerated MEd (Secondary Education – Science Concentration) [Approved]
• 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]
• Mathematics, BA or BS/Secondary Education, Accelerated MEd, (Secondary Education – Mathematics Concentration)* [Approved]

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

• COS 503: Introduction to AI Applications in Science* [Tabled]
• GEOL 538: Paleoceanography Seminar [Approved]
• GGS 662: Agentic GeoAI [Approved]
• MATH 546: Numerical Analysis I [Approved]
• MATH 642: Enumerative Graph Theory [Approved, pending catalog description edits]
• MATH 720: Algebraic Combinatorics [Approved]
• NEUR 560: AI & Data Exploration* [Due to time, item moved to a future spillover meeting]
• NEUR 562: AI Research & Scholarly Communication* [Due to time, item moved to a future spillover meeting]

Modified Programs

• Bioinformatics Management, MS [Due to time, item moved to a future spillover meeting]
• Bioinformatics Management, Professional Science Master’s* [Due to time, item moved to a future spillover meeting]
• Computational Sciences and Informatics, PhD [Due to time, item moved to a future spillover meeting]
• Computational Social Science, PhD* [Due to time, item moved to a future spillover meeting]
• Environmental Science, MS* [Due to time, item moved to a future spillover meeting]
• Environmental Science and Public Policy, PhD* [Due to time, item moved to a future spillover meeting]
• Geoinformatics and Geospatial Intelligence, MS [Due to time, item moved to a future spillover meeting]

VII. Adjournment [11:32am]

*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.