Approved: 

4 yes:0 no:1 abstention

Gabe Judkins

Course Create:  GEOG 495 – Internship. 

We have identified the need for the creation of an upper-division, undergraduate course for internship experiences for our Geoscience department, specifically, those with declared Earth and Environmental Sciences and Geology B.S. majors.  This will allow our students to gain valuable professional skills and experiences that can assist them to expand their knowledge and ability to be hired in relevant science and resources fields.

Approved: 

5 yes: 0 no: 0 abstention

Alison Sloat

Course Create:  GEOL 476 – Climate Ventures.

This is a request to make GEOL 479X: Climate Ventures a permanent course as GEOL 476. This course was successfully taught twice as an X-course. 

Approved: 

5 yes: 0 no: 0 abstention

Meg Hullinger

Undergraduate Program Change – BS General Science.

Adjusting admission requirements to the major, as well as updating a typo on GEOL/GEOG requirement from 4 credits to 3 - 4 credits (total credits unchanged). 

Approved: 

5 yes: 0 no: 0 abstention

Jen Utz

Course Deletion:  BIOL 189 – Fundamentals of Life Science.

BIOL 189 was previously offered as a 4 credit course that combined 3 credits of lecture and 1 credit of laboratory work. The course structure was changed. This course is now offered as distinct 3 credit lecture (BIOL 189A) and 1 credit lab (BIOL 189L) sections. The A and L versions of BIOL 189 were first implemented in Fall 2022 and have been offered every semester since then. The old 4 credit course is no longer offered and needs to be deleted.

Approved: 

5 yes: 0 no: 0 abstention

Jen Utz

Course Change:  BIOL 207 – Phage Discovery.

Prerequiste update for consistency with current course offerings. The purpose of this proposal is to update the BIOL 207 prerequistes as follows: remove "BIOL 189" and replace with "BIOL 189A & BIOL 189L".BIOL 189 (4 credit, combined lecture and lab) has not been offered since Spring 2022. Beginning in Fall 2022, the BIOL 189 course has been offered as separate lecture BIOL 189A (3 credit) and lab BIOL 189L (1 credit) sections.

Approved: 

5 yes: 0 no: 0 abstention

Jen Utz

Course Change:  BIOL 208 – Introduction to Human Genetics.

Prerequiste update for consistency with current course offerings. The purpose of this proposal is to update the BIOL 208 prerequistes as follows: remove "BIOL 189" and replace with "BIOL 189A & BIOL 189L". BIOL 189 (4 credit, combined lecture and lab) has not been offered since Spring 2022. Beginning in Fall 2022, the BIOL 189 course has been offered as separate lecture BIOL 189A (3 credit) and lab BIOL 189L (1 credit) sections.

Approved: 

5 yes: 0 no: 0 abstention

Jen Utz

Course Change:  BIOL 251A – General Microbiology Lecture.

Prerequiste update for consistency with current course offerings. The purpose of this proposal is to update the BIOL 251A prerequistes as follows: remove "BIOL 189" and replace with "BIOL 189A & BIOL 189L". BIOL 189 (4 credit, combined lecture and lab) has not been offered since Spring 2022. Beginning in Fall 2022, the BIOL 189 course has been offered as separate lecture BIOL 189A (3 credit) and lab BIOL 189L (1 credit) sections.

Approved: 

5 yes: 0 no: 0 abstention

Jen Utz

Course Change:  BIOL 251L – General Microbiology Laboratory.

Prerequiste update for consistency with current course offerings. The purpose of this proposal is to update the BIOL 251L prerequistes as follows: remove "BIOL 189" and replace with "BIOL 189A & BIOL 189L". BIOL 189 (4 credit, combined lecture and lab) has not been offered since Spring 2022. Beginning in Fall 2022, the BIOL 189 course has been offered as separate lecture BIOL 189A (3 credit) and lab BIOL 189L (1 credit) sections.