September 30, 2022- Agenda & Minutes

Time:  10:00am
Location: Exploratory Hall, Room 3301
Items to be considered on this agenda are due by 9/16/2022

When available, the meeting minutes will be indicated within bold brackets [ ] and are in draft form until they are approved by the committee.

Relevant Links: Undergraduate Council Meeting Minutes/ Graduate Council Meeting Minutes

I. Call to Order [10:10 AM]

II. Approval of the August 26, 2022 Meeting Minutes [Approved]

III. Announcements/Discussion

• Blackboard Replacement [Blackboard is scheduled to be replaced in the near future; faculty input regarding its replacement will be extremely important.]

IV. Old Business

V. New Business – Undergraduate

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

New Courses

• MATH 103T: Precalculus  [Approved pending an update of the title to Precalculus Part I.]

Modified Courses

• BIOL 106: Introductory Biology II Laboratory [Approved.]
• BIOL 308: Foundations of Ecology and Evolution [Approved.]
• BIOL 311: General Genetics [Approved.]
• BIOL 405: Microbial Genetics [Approved.]
• BIOL 407: Microbial Diversity [Approved.]
• BIOL 430: Advanced Human Anatomy and Physiology I [Approved.]
• BIOL 433: Selected Topics in Plant Biology [Approved.]
• BIOL 452: Immunology [Approved.]
• BIOL 484: Cell Signaling and Disease [Approved.]
• MATH 104: Trigonometry and Transcendental Functions [Approved.]
• MATH 105: Precalculus Mathematics [Approved.]
• MATH 108: Introductory Calculus with Business Applications [Tabled for further discussion.]
• MATH 125: Discrete Mathematics I [Approved.]

Deactivated Courses

•  BIOL 455: Marine Mammal Biology and Conservation Field Course[Approved.]
  • affected programs: Environmental Science, BS; Biology, BS; Ocean and Estuarine Sciences Minor (electives)
•  BIOL 470: Dinosaur Biology [Approved.]
  • affected programs: Geology, BS; Paleontology Minor (electives)

Modified Programs

• Biology, BA [Approved.]

VI. New Business – Graduate

Modified Courses

• NEUR 612: Neuroethics [Approved.]

Modified Programs

• Computational Science, MS [Tabled for further discussion.]
• Computational Social Science, PhD [Approved.]
• Neuroscience, PhD [Approved.]

VII. Adjournment [11:05 AM]

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