Faculty of Science
Meeting of Faculty
Tuesday April 18, 2017
3:00p.m., Leacock Council Room (232)
Research Presentations (3 Minutes)
Professor Vincent van Hinsberg, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Professor Thomas Brunner, Department of Physics
1. Adoption of Agenda 
facultyagenda18april2017.pdf
2. Minutes of 14 March 2017 (S-16-29) facultyofscienceminutes14march2017.pdf
3. Business Arising from the Minutes
4. Report of Committee - Academic Committee (S-16-30) acreporttofacultymtg18april2017.pdf
5. Dean's Business - Announcements
6. Reports of Director & Associate Deans
a) Director (Advising Services) Nicole Allard
b) Associate Dean (Graduate Education) Laura Nilson
c) Associate Dean (Research) Doina Precup
d) Associate Dean (Academic) Tamara Western
7. Reports on Actions of Senate
a) Prof. Peter Grütter: Senate Meeting of 15 February, 2017
b) Prof. David Stephens: Senate Meeting of 22 March, 2017
8. Members' Question Period
9. Other Business
The Academic Committee approved the following on Tuesday, 21 March, 2017:
I. New Psychology Course
PSYC 513 psyc_513_new.pdf
II. Psychology Course Revisions
1) Course Consolidation:
PSYC 337 (course to be retained) and PSYC 338 (course to be retired) (AC-16-61)
psyc_338retire-psyc_337keep_courserevision.pdf
2) Changes in Prerequisites:
PSYC 483 (AC-16-62)
psyc_483_courserevision-ac-16-62.pdf
PSYC 491D1/D2 (AC-16-63)
psyc_491_courserevision-ac-16-63.pdf
III. Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences/Physics Program Revisions
- Joint Major in Atmospheric Science & Physics (AC-16-65)
atocphysicsmajor_-_ac-16-65.pdf
IV. Other (For Approval)
1) Courses on Dean's Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research List (DMURL) (AC-16-60)
dmurl-201703_rev.pdf
2) Faculty of Science Proposed Shared Course Evaluation Questions (AC-16-57 [Rev])
science_course_evaluation_questions_revised_22mar2017.pdf