December 6, 2016

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
PDF icon facultyagenda6december2016.pdf  

2.  Minutes of 15 November, 2016      
PDF icon facultyminutes15november2016.pdf   

3.  Business Arising from the Minutes

4.  Report of Committees:

a) Academic Committee (S-16-16 On Web)
PDF icon 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:

PDF icon anatomy_cell_biology.pdf

PDF icon atmospheric_oceanic_sciences.pdf

PDF icon bachelor_of_arts_science.pdf

PDF icon bio-physical_sciences_umbrella_alignment_exercise.pdf

PDF icon chem_505.pdf

PDF icon comp_550.pdf

PDF icon neuroscience.pdf

PDF icon phys_404.pdf

PDF icon qls_phd_program_proposal.pdf

 

Next Meeting:  17 January, 2017

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