Time: 11:00am
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 11/25/2024.

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 [11:02AM]

II. Approval of the November 18, 2024 Meeting Minutes [Approved with one abstention]

III. Announcements/Discussion

• Spring 2025 Meeting Schedule* [Greg and Jennifer will poll committee members to find a time that works for all]

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

Modified Courses

• FRSC 401: Crime Scene Investigations [Approved]
• FRSC 405: Independent Research Methods [Approved]
• FRSC 406: Forensic Internship [Approved]
• FRSC 418: Analytical Thinking and Violent Crime Profiling [Approved]
• FRSC 499: Comprehensive Examination [Approved]
• GEOL 312: Invertebrate Paleontology* [Approved]

Modified Programs

• Biology, BA* [Tabled pending cross-departmental discussions between ESP and BIOL.]
• Biology, BS* [Tabled pending cross-departmental discussions between ESP and BIOL.]

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

• MATH 726: Homological Algebra [Approved, pending updated syllabi over email]
• MATH 734: Commutative Algebra II [Approved, pending updated syllabi over email]
• MATH 735: Computational and Applied Technology and Topology [Approved, pending updated syllabi over email]

Modified Courses

• CSI 678: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting [Approved]
• CSI 772: Data Driven Modeling and Learning [Approved]
• FRSC 560: Advanced Forensic DNA Sciences [Approved]
• FRSC 610: Forensic Research Project [Approved]
• FRSC 790: Internship in Forensic Science [Approved]

VII. Adjournment [12:14PM]

*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.

Time: 11:00am
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 11/4/2024.

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 [11:01 AM]

II. Approval of the October 28, 2024 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

• College of Science: Requirements for the BA [Approved]

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

Modified Courses

• FRSC 304: Forensic Chemistry [Approved]
• FRSC 305_Forensic Chemistry Lab [Approved]
• FRSC 325: Molecular Biology [Approved]
• FRSC 326: Molecular Biology Lab [Approved]
• FRSC 404: Advanced Instrumentation in Forensic Chemistry [Approved]
• FRSC 460: Forensic DNA  Analysis [Approved]
• FRSC 461: Forensic DNA Analysis Lab [Approved]
• FRSC 470: Forensic Genomics [Approved]

Modified Programs

• Forensic Science, BS [Approved]

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

• BINF 761: AI and Deep Learning in Bioinformatics [Approved, pending the update to a graduate-level repeat status and adding CDS as an impacted department. ]

Modified Programs

• Geology and Earth Sciences, PhD [Approved]

Elisabeth Epstein brought to the committee’s attention a survey request from the Grade Process Task Force- faculty completion before 12/10 is encouraged!

VII. Adjournment [11:30 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.

Time: 11:00am
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 10/14/2024.

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 [11:00AM]

II. Approval of the September 23, 2024 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

• COSCC Bylaws Revision FINAL VOTE (Bylaws are in the Teams under “files”). [Approved]

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Courses

• BIOL 410: Biology and Society  (Approved pending “what” and “why,” and updating the effective term to fall 2024.)

Modified Courses

• BIOL 323: Lab for Developmental Biology* (Approved pending update to fall 2024 effective term.)
• BIOL 429: Biological Foundations of Pharmacology* (Approved allowing for departmental reconsideration to instead  move the pre-reqs to recommended as opposed to required. Also approved pending a fall 2024 effective term.)
• BIOL 495: Directed Studies in Biology (Approved)
• CHEM 321: Quantitative Chemical Analysis (Approved)
• CHEM 322: Quantitative Chemical Analysis Lecture (Approved pending an elaborated course description)

Modified Programs

• Forensic Science, BS (Approved with the addition of “or EVPP 460” where appropriate.)

VI. New Business – Graduate

New Courses

• GGS 515: Economic Geography [Approved, pending changes to syllabus to address crosslisting UG and GR courses.]

Modified Courses

• CSI 690: Numerical Methods [Approved]

VII. Adjournment [12:00pm]

*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.

Time: 11:00am
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 9/9/2024.

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 [11:00AM]

II. Approval of the August 26, 2024 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

• New COSCC webpage: https://coscc.science.gmu.edu/ [Website was moved to the newer version of WordPress after a security issue was uncovered with the old site.]
• Please note the updated syllabus guidance here. [The Sterns Center has posted new syllabus recommendations.]
• COSCC Bylaws Revision (available in Teams under “Files”) [The bylaws were discussed by the committee and will be voted on next month.]
• A reminder to spread out curricular proposals so the committee won’t have to shoulder overloaded agendas before the catalog deadline [Please work with your departments to bring proposals to the COSCC sooner rather than later. For the best results, program proposals should be to the COSCC by December 2024 and course proposals should be to the COSCC by February 2025.]

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

New Programs

• Clean Energy Studies Minor [Approved. After a post-meeting email communication, EVPP 362 was added to the electives list with COSCC agreement.]

VI. New Business – Graduate

VII. Adjournment [12:14pm]

*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.

Time: 11:00 AM
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 8/12/2024.

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 [11:05 AM]

II. Approval of the April 25, 2024 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

• Greta Ann Herin (NEUR) was welcomed as a new member of the committee. The COSCC also welcomed Christine Rosenfeld and Gerald Weatherspoon (Undergraduate and Graduate Council Representatives, respectively) to August’s meeting and to any future COSCC meetings.]
•  COSCC Bylaws Revision [COSCC Members were asked to review the document in Teams and make any suggestions. A vote is expected to take place at the September meeting
• Kimberly Rule was voted in to serve as the COSCC chair for the follow upcoming academic year. 

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

Modified Programs

• Environmental Science, BS [Approved]
• Science and Technology Policy Minor [Approved]

VI. New Business – Graduate

VII. Adjournment [11:39AM]

*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.