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 10/13/2025.
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 [11:02AM]
II. Approval of the September 29, 2025 Meeting Minutes [Approved]
III. Announcements/Discussion
- Bylaws [Updates were reviewed, discussion and voting will resume in November. The document will be emailed to the COSCC Members.]
- Zombie Courses [The list will be emailed to the COSCC Members, please take these courses back to your departments and initiate inactivation in CIM as appropriate.]
IV. Old Business
- Graduate Admissions Requirements Project [Discussions will continue next month.]
- BAM Template Project [COSCC Members were advised to keep an eye out for this required formatting shift. The template will also be emailed to the COSCC Members.]
V. New Business – Undergraduate
New Courses
- CLIM 425: Unlocking Past Climate: Models & Proxies [Approved pending updates to CLIM 625 syllabi.]
- NEUR 430: Introduction to Computational Neuroscience [Approved pending catalog description, repeat status, prerequisite, and syllabus updates.]
- NEUR 431 Neuroinformatics Methods [Approved pending allowable credit, prerequisite, and syllabus updates.]
Modified Courses
- COS 301: Great Ideas in Science [Approved]
Modified Programs
- Science and Technology Minor [Approved]
VI. New Business – Graduate
New Courses
- CLIM 625: Unlocking Past Climate: Models & Proxies [Approved, pending updates to the repeatable status and the syllabus.]
Modified Programs
- Climate Dynamics, PhD [Approved]
- Computational Social Science, PhD* [Approved]
VII. Adjournment [12:14pm]
*Item was added after the agenda was announced.