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 11/10/2025.
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 [11:03 AM]
II. Approval of the October 27, 2025 Meeting Minutes [Approved]
III. Announcements/Discussion
- Bylaws [Requested edit includes: 1. Adding “may” to the last sentence of VI.B. (“…and may provide their recommended votes”.] The bylaws will be voted on in December.
IV. Old Business
- Graduate Admissions Requirements Project [Project postponed until 2026.]
V. New Business – Undergraduate
Modified Courses
- EVPP 425: RS: Ecological Sustainability [Approved with one abstention and 10 in favor]
- GGS 485: Capstone in Geography and Geoinformation [Approved]
Course Deletions
- GEOL 458: Chemical Oceanography [Approved]
New Programs
- Geology and Earth Science Minor [Approved pending an expanded “Why” section.]
- Marine Science Minor [Tabled by the department]
Modified Programs
- Climate Resilience and Adaptation Minor [Approved]
- Environmental and Sustainability Studies, BA* [Approved]
- Environmental Science, BS [Approved]
- Geography, BA [Approved]
- Geography, BS [Approved]
- Geographic Information Systems Minor [Approved]
- Paleontology Minor [Approved]
- Sustainable Studies Minor [Approved]
Program Deletions
- Earth Science Minor [Approved]
- Ocean and Estuarine Science Minor [Approved]
- Geology Minor [Approved]
VI. New Business – Graduate
Modified Courses
Course Deletions
Modified Programs
VII. Adjournment [12:12pm]
*Item added after the agenda was announced