Faculty of Science, Meeting of Faculty
Tuesday, 6 December, 2016 at 3:00 p.m.
Leacock Council Room (232)
- Presentation by Deputy Provost (Student Life & Learning) Prof. Ollivier Dyens & the Executive Directors of the Office of Student Life and Learning (15 minutes)
Research Presentations (3 minutes)
- Peter M.J. Douglas, Assistant Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences
1. Adoption of Agenda
facultyagenda6december2016.pdf
2. Minutes of 15 November, 2016
facultyminutes15november2016.pdf
3. Business Arising from the Minutes
4. Report of Committees:
a) Academic Committee (S-16-16 On Web)
acreportfacultymtg6december2016.pdf
b) Committee on Student Services (S-16-17 To Be Circulated)
5. Dean's Business
- a) Announcements
- b) Quantitative Life Sciences PhD Program
6. Reports of Director and Associate Deans:
- a) Associate Dean (Graduate Education)- Laura Nilson
- b) Associate Dean (Research) - Doina Precup
- c) Associate Dean (Academic) - Tamara Western
- d) Director (Advising Services) - Nicole Allard
7. Report on Actions of Senate
- Prof. Hans Larsson: Senate meeting of 23 November, 2013
8. Members' Question Period
9. Other Business
The Academic Committee approved the following on Tuesday, 22 November 2016:
SECTION A: NEW COURSES & PROGRAMS
(1) Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
ATOC 404 - Climate Physics - AC-16-14 Circulated
(2) Physics
PHYS 404 - Climate Physics - AC-16-18 Circulated
(3) Chemistry
CHEM 505 - Computer Modeling of Molecules & Materials - AC-16-19 Circulated
(4) Computer Science
COMP 550 - Natural Language Processing - AC-16-20 Circulated
SECTION B: COURSE REVISIONS
(1) Anatomy & Cell Biology
ANAT 323 - Clinical Neuroanatomy - AC-16-10 Circulated
ANAT 365 - Cellular Trafficking - AC-16-11 Circulated
SECTION C: PROGRAM CHANGES
(1) Anatomy & Cell Biology
- Major in Anatomy and Cell Biology - AC-16-12 Circulated
- Honours in Anatomy and Cell Biology - AC-16-13 Circulated
(2) Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
- Major in Atmospheric Science - AC-16-15 Circulated
- Honours in Atmospheric Science - AC-16-16 Circulated
- Minor in Atmospheric Science - AC-16-17 Circulated
(3) Neuroscience
- Major in Neuroscience - AC-16-21 Circulated
- Honours in Neuroscience - AC-16-22 Circulated
(4) Bachelor of Arts & Science
- Minor Concentration History and Philosophy of Science - AC-16-23 Circulated
- Major Concentration Political Science - AC-16-24 Circulated
- Joint Honours Component Political Science - AC-16-25 Circulated
- Minor Concentration Political Science - AC-16-26 Circulated
SECTION D: OTHER (For Information)
(1) Bio-Physical Sciences Umbrella & Alignment Exercise - AC-16-27 Circulated
(2) Minor in Nanotechnology - AC-16-5 Circulated
(3) Quantitative Life Sciences PhD Program - AC-16-9 Circulated
Documents:
atmospheric_oceanic_sciences.pdf
bio-physical_sciences_umbrella_alignment_exercise.pdf
Next Meeting: 17 January, 2017