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

• Mathematics, BA or BS/Curriculum and Instruction, Accelerated MEd, (Secondary Education Mathematics Concentration) [approved]
• Physics, BS/Curriculum and Instruction, Accelerated MEd, (Secondary Education Physics Concentration) [approved]

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.