1. Minutes from March 24, 2016, were approved as written.
2. Current Postings
The following postings were discussed and approved:
BIOL 453 – Physiological Bases of Behavior
BIOL 454 – Vision Science – approved pending revisions
BIOL 456 – Plant Molecular Biology
BIOL 457 – Physiology of Marine and Estuarine Animals
BIOL 463 – Theoretical and Quantitative Biology
BIOL 466 – Population and Quantitative Genetics
BIOL 468 – Ecology of Rivers and Streams – approved pending department removes junior standing from prerequisites
BIOL 483 – Evolution: From Genes to Genomes
BIOL 495 – Seminar in Bioinformatics
BIOL 487 – Medical Case Studies (New) – Revisions
Global Studies ( Program Changes)
AGNG 320 – Introduction to the Management of Aging Services (Change: Title, Transcript Title & Description) Revisions 3/23/16
AGNG 460 – Internship in the Management of Aging Services (Change: Title, Transcript Title & Credits) – Revisions 3/23/16
AGNG 462 – InternsIhip in Aging Service (Change: Title, Transcript Title & Credits) – Revisions 3/23/16
3. Revised Postings Received from Departments
The following courses will be discussed at the meeting held on 4/21/16:
EDUC 431 – Methods for Teaching STEM in the Middle Grades (New) – Revisions
EDUC 435 – Integrated STEM Content and Pedagogy (New) – Revisions
ENGL 241 – Currents in British Literature (Change: Total Max Credits & Description) – Revisions
ENGL 243 – Currents in American Literature (Change: Total Max Credits & Description) – Revisions
4. Tabled Postings
The following courses were discussed and tabled at the 4/7/16 meeting:
BIOL 405 – Advanced Topics in Comparative Physiology – The UGC tabled the following course because it didn’t state how many credits were required.
BIOL 410 – Modeling in the Life Sciences
BIOL 443 – Advanced Topics in Developmental Biology
BIOL 481 – Advanced Topics in Evolutionary Biology – The UGC tabled the course because it was built as not repeatable and the committee needs to know how many credits the department wants (8-12 possible credits).
ENES 103 – Introduction to MATLAB for Engineering Applications – The UGC tabled the course because it is a college level course and the college needs to be made aware. Also, the course needs an updated syllabus.
PSYC 310 – Psychology: Exploring the Discipline and Careers (New) – The UGC tabled the course because PYSC 310 is not available, this will hold all other courses.
PSYC 311 – Research Methods in Psychology I (New)
PSYC BA Program changes add PSYC 310 (Program Changes)
PSYC BS Program changes add PSYC 310 (Program Changes)
AGING Major Program Change (Program Change) – The UGC tabled the course because the department is going to update the program change.