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.