Faculty of Science, Meeting of Faculty
Tuesday, 17 November, 2015
3:00 p.m., Leacock Council Room (232)
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Research Presentations (3 minutes)
Prof. Lauren Human, Department of Psychology
Prof. Graham MacDonald, Department of Geography
1. ÌýAdoption of Agenda
2. ÌýMinutes of 20 October 2015Ìý s-15-12.pdf
3. ÌýBusiness Arising from the Minutes
4. Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Christopher Manfredi
5. ÌýReport of Committee:
Academic Committee: Associate Dean, Tamara Western Ìý ÌýÌý s-15-13.pdf
6. ÌýDean's Business
a) Announcements
b) Budget
7. ÌýReports of Associate Deans
a) Associate Dean (Graduate Education) Laura Nilson
b) Associate Dean (Research) Doina Precup
c) Associate Dean (Academic) Tamara Western
8. ÌýReports on Actions of Senate
Prof. Gregory Dudek: Ìý ÌýSenate Meeting of 21 October 2015
Prof. Peter Grutter: Ìý Ìý Ìý Senate Meeting of 3 November 2015
9. ÌýMembers' Question Period
10. Other Business
Academic Committee Documents
The AcademicÌýCommittee approved the following on Tuesday, 27 October 2015:
SECTION A; ÌýNEW COURSES
(1) Earth & Planetary Sciences
-EPSC 520/Earthquake Physics and Geology/3 credits Ìý ÌýÌý ac-15-13.pdf
(1A) Associate Program:
Physics/Earth & Planetary Sciences
-Joint Major in Physics & Geophysics Ìý ÌýÌý ac-15-14.pdf
(2) Computer Science
-COMP 551/Applied Machine Learning /4 credits ÌýÌý ac-15-18_combined.pdf
SECTION B: ÌýCOURSE REVISIONS
(1) Physics
-PHYS 434/Optics/Change in description/3 credits ÌýÌý ac-15-15.pdf
(2) Computer Science
-COMP 303/Software design/Changes: Ìýtitle, description/3 credits ÌýÌý ac-15-16.pdf
-COMP 350/Numerical Computing/Restriction added/3 credits ÌýÌý ac-15-17_combined.pdf
(3) Mathematics & Statistics
-MATH 317/Numerical Analysis/Restriction added/3 credits Ìý Ìý ac-15-17a.pdfÌý
SECTION C: ÌýPROGRAM CHANGES:
¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ School of Environment
- Major in Environment, Ecological Determinants of Health (Cellular) Ìý Ìý ac-15-20_combined.pdf
- Major in Environment, Ecological Determinants of Health (Population) Ìý ac-15-21_combined.pdf
SECTION D: ÌýOTHER (For Information only)
(1) ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ School of Environment
Program Changes:
-B.A. Faculty Program in Environment, Ecological Determinants of Health in Society
-B.Sc. (AgEnvSc) Major in Environment, Ecological Determinants of Health (Cellular)
-B.Sc. (AgEnvSc) Major in Environment, Ecological Determinants of Health (Population)
(2) Mathematics & Statistics
- B.A. Minor concentration in Statistics (Deletion of Complementary Course)
(3) Chemistry Minor Course Changes Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌý ac-15-22_combined.pdf
(4) Courses on Dean's Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research List (DMURL) Ìý Ìý ac-15-12.pdf
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Next Meeting: Ìý8 December 2015
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