S-00-20 FACULTY OF SCIENCE Meeting of Faculty Tuesday, December 5, 2000 Leacock Council Room - L232 ATTENDANCE: As recorded in the Faculty Appendix Book. DOCUMENTS: S-00-16 to S-00-19 Dean Shaver called the meeting to order at 3:05 p.m. (1) ADOPTION OF AGENDA Prof. GowriSankaran moved, seconded by Prof. Barrette, that the Agenda be approved. The motion carried. (2) MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 14, 2000 S-00-16 Prof. GowriSankaran moved, seconded by Prof. Moore, that the minutes be approved. The motion carried. (3) BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES There was no business arising from the minutes. (4) ANNOUNCEMENTS There were no announcements. (5) REPORTS OF COMMITTEES a) Committee on Student Standing There was no report from the Committee on Student Standing. b) Academic Committee S-00-18 SECTION A: NEW PROGRAMS (1) MINOR IN TECHNOLOGICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR SCIENCE STUDENTS (AC- 00-31) (Approved by the Academic Committee on October 24, 2000. Referred back by the Faculty of Science on November 14, 2000.) 405.1 Associate Dean Mendelson said that the Faculty of Management would be bringing this item to the appropriate committee for a full discussion. The item would be brought back to the next Faculty of Science meeting on January 9, 2001. (2) AD HOC B.Sc. JOINT HONOURS PROGRAM IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS & ECONOMICS(AC-00-57) Prof. GowriSankaran moved, seconded by Prof. Panangaden, that the ad hoc program be approved. The motion carried. SECTION B: MAJOR PROGRAM REVISIONS None SECTION C: MINOR PROGRAM REVISIONS (1) BIOLOGY - Faculty Program in Biology and Mathematics (AC-00-60) Ms. Sanagan moved, seconded by Prof. Pasztor, that the program changes be approved. The motion carried. (2) ANATOMY & CELL BIOLOGY - Faculty Program in Anatomy and Cell Biology (AC-00-61) Prof. Pasztor moved, seconded by Mr. Wilson, that the program changes be approved. The motion carried. (3) SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE - Major in Computer Science (AC-00-73) - Honours in Computer Science (AC-00-74) - Minor in Computer Science (AC-00-75) Prof. Panangaden moved, seconded by Prof. GowriSankaran, that the program changes be approved. The motion carried. (4) EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCES - Honours Program in Planetary Sciences (AC-00-79) - Honours Program in Earth Sciences (AC-00-80) - Major Program in Earth and Planetary Sciences (AC-00-81) Prof. Mucci moved, seconded by Prof. Paquette, that the program changes be approved. The motion carried. (5) McGill SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT - Water Environments and Ecosystems: Biological Stream (AC-00-82) - Water Environments and Ecosystems: Physical Stream (AC-00-83) - Ecological Determinants of Health: Population Stream (AC-00-84) - Ecological Determinants of Health: Cellular Stream (AC-00-85) - Food Production and Environment (AC-00-86) - Renewable Resource Management (AC-00-87) Mr. Wilson moved, seconded by Ms. Abdurrahmen, that the program changes be approved. The motion carried. SECTION D: NEW COURSES 1. GEOGRAPHY 183-210B Global Places and People (3 credits) (AC-00-63) Prof. Moore moved, seconded by Prof. Roulet, that the course be adopted. The motion carried. 183-508A Resources, People and Power (3 credits) (AC-00-64) Prof. Roulet moved, seconded by Prof. Moore, that the course be adopted. The motion carried. 2. SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE 308-304A Object-oriented Design (3 credits) (AC-00-65) Prof. Panangaden moved, seconded by Prof. GowriSankaran, that the course be adopted. The motion carried. 308-423B Data Compression (3 credits) (AC-00-66) Prof. Panangaden moved, seconded by Prof. GowriSankaran, that the course be adopted. The motion carried. 308-522A Modelling and Simulation (4 credits) (AC-00-67) Prof. Panangaden moved, seconded by Prof. GowriSankaran, that the course be adopted. The motion carried. 308-526B Reasoning Under Uncertainty (3 credits) (AC-00-68) Prof. Panangaden moved, seconded by Prof. GowriSankaran, that the course be adopted. 405.2 Prof. Panangaden said that after consultation with the Department of Psychology, it had been decided that the title should be changed to: Probabilistic Reasoning and AI Prof. Panangaden proposed a friendly amendment to this effect. The motion carried. 308-562A Computational Biology (3 credits) (AC-00-69) Prof. Panangaden moved, seconded by Prof. GowriSankaran, that the course be adopted. 405.3 Prof. Pasztor proposed a friendly amendment that the course title be changed to: Computational Biology Methods The motion carried. 308-567B Discrete Optimization 2 (3 credits) (AC-00-71) Prof. Panangaden moved, seconded by Prof. GowriSankaran, that the course be adopted. The motion carried. 308-646A Computational Perception (4 credits) (AC-00-72) Prof. GowriSankaran moved, seconded by Prof. Panangaden, that the course be adopted. The motion carried. 3. EARTH & PLANETARY SCIENCES 186-455A Sedimentary Geology (3 credits) (AC-00-76) Prof. Paquette moved, seconded by Prof. Mucci, that the course be adopted. 405.4 Prof. Paquette pointed out that under Prerequisites, 186-210 should read 186-312. The motion carried. 186-525B Subsurface Mapping (3 credits) (AC-00-77) Prof. Mucci moved, seconded by Prof. Paquette, that the course be adopted. The motion carried. 186-552A,B Selected Topics 3 (3 credits) (AC-00-78) Prof. Paquette moved, seconded by Prof. Mucci, that the course be adopted. The motion carried. 4. CHEMISTRY/PHYSICS - Consultation Documents (AC-00-129) 180-334/198-334 Advanced Materials(3 credits) (AC-00-123/AC-00- 124) Prof. GrÃ…tter moved, seconded by Prof. Barrette, that the courses be adopted. The motion carried. 180-534/198-534 Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (3 credits) (AC-00-125/AC-00-126) Prof. Lennox moved, seconded by Prof. Barrette, that the courses be adopted. The motion carried. 180-634/198-634 Seminars in Advanced Materials (3 credits) (AC-00-127/AC-00-128) Prof. Lennox moved, seconded by Prof. Barrette, that the courses be adopted. The motion carried. 405.5 For all the above double-prefix courses, a member suggested that under Assessment, the word quizzes should be replaced by tests. This was accepted as a friendly amendment by the mover and seconder. SECTION E: MAJOR COURSE REVISIONS None SECTION F: Minor Course Revisions & Other (For Information Only) 1. Minor Course Changes (AC-99-56) 2. McGill School of Environment - B.A. Ecological Determinants of Health in Society (AC-00-88) c) Other (i) Ad hoc Graduate Studies Committee - Prof. B. Lennox S-00- 19 405.6 Prof. Lennox introduced the report, described the highlights, and gave the main recommendations. 405.7 After much discussion, Prof. GowriSankaran moved, seconded by Mr. Organek, to refer the report back to the Ad Hoc Graduate Studies Committee, with the report to come back to the Faculty of Science meeting on February 6, 2001. (6) DEAN'S BUSINESS There was no Dean's business. (7) MEMBERS' QUESTION PERIOD There were no questions. (8) REPORT ON ACTIONS OF SENATE There were no reports. (9) OTHER BUSINESS There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:50 p.m.