College of Science Curriculum Committee

October 2009 – Agenda & Minutes

Time: 10:30 am
Location: S&T 1, room 103

Members Attending: Born, Diecchio, Griva, Klimov, Klinger, Parsons, Rubin, Singman, Taylor
Guests Attending: Bob Jonas and Chris Jones (ESP)

Meeting called to order at 10:35 a.m.

  1. Approval of minutes of the September 17, 2009 meeting [approved]
  2. Announcements and comments
    • [The chair reminded everyone to make certain that all boxes were marked properly on the new forms that are required for all curriculum matters.]
    • [Suggestion was made to ask the registrar’s office to include an “other” box when dealing with modifications to courses.]
  3. Policy for Courses and Programs shared between COS and CHSS (R. Diecchio)
    • A joint committee consisting of faculty from COS and CHSS will be on the committee and will review and vote on new courses and programs.
  4. Joint Programs with CHSS (information only, no votes on programs/courses)
  5. Old business
  6. Special business
    • GGS, EOS, and GEOG course and program changes [approved]
  7. New business
    • Graduate
      • Modifications
        • EVPP 568 [approved]
      • New Courses
        • CLIM 690 [approved]
        • PHYS 580 [approved]
    • Undergraduate
      • Modifications
        • BIOL 307 [approved]
        • EVPP 350 [approved]
        • GEOL 305 [approved]
        • MATH 105 [approved]
        • MATH 113 [approved]
        • MATH 213 [approved]
        • MATH 214 [approved]
        • MATH 215 [approved]
      • Deletions
        • EVPP 339 [approved]
      • New Courses
        • CLIM 301 [approved]
        • EVPP 468 [approved]
        • GEOL 320 [approved (pending GEOL 405 deletion)]
        • GEOL 321 [approved (pending GEOL 405 deletion)]
      • New Programs
        • BS in Environmental Science [approved]
          • EVPP 305 [approved]
          • EVPP 306 [approved]
          • EVPP 430 [approved]
          • EVPP 445 [approved]

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Agenda: October 2009
Minutes: October 2009

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