Time: 10:30am
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 2/22/2021
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 [10:32 AM]
II. Approval of the February 15, 2021 Meeting Minutes [Approved]
III. Announcements/Discussion
- Notification of the offering of COS 402/602 Special Topics in Science. Course title: Social Impacts of Technology Convergence: AI and Quantum Computing. Instructor: Dr. Greg Vigganio. COS 402 Class Syllabus/COS 602 Class Syllabus [Please let Jennifer know if your department sees any problem with the courses being offered under the COS prefix.]
IV. Old Business
- EVPP 566: Coral Reef Ecology, Health, and Conservation [Approved]
- EVPP 567: Coral Reef Ecology, Health, and Conservation Lab/Field Experience [Approved pending course number correction on syllabus.]
V. New Business – Undergraduate
New Courses
- GEOL 340: Modern Methods in Geology [Approved]
Modified Courses
- BIOL/EVPP/GEOL 309: Introduction to Oceanography [Approved]
- BIOL 334: Vertebrate Paleontology [Approved]
- BIOL 336: Invertebrate Paleontology [Approved]
- CLIM 301: Weather Analysis and Prediction [Approved]
- GEOL 308: Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology [Approved]
- GEOL 312: Invertebrate Paleontology [Approved]
- GEOL 334: Vertebrate Paleontology [Approved]
- GEOL 401: Structural Geology [Approved]
Modified Programs
- Atmospheric Sciences, BS [Approved pending the addition of a more robust “why” explanation.]
- Environmental Science Minor [Approved]
- Geology, BS [Approved]
VI. New Business – Graduate
New Courses
- GEOL 510: Advanced Structural Geology [Approved pending the addition of a more robust “why” explanation. Also, a grading scale update.]
VII. Adjournment [11:20am]