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. 听Adoption of Agenda
2. 听Minutes of 20 October 2015听
s-15-12.pdf
3. 听Business Arising from the Minutes
4. Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Christopher Manfredi
5. 听Report of Committee:
Academic Committee: Associate Dean, Tamara Western 听 听听 s-15-13.pdf
6. 听Dean's Business
a) Announcements
b) Budget
7. 听Reports of Associate Deans
a) Associate Dean (Graduate Education) Laura Nilson
b) Associate Dean (Research) Doina Precup
c) Associate Dean (Academic) Tamara Western
8. 听Reports on Actions of Senate
Prof. Gregory Dudek: 听 听Senate Meeting of 21 October 2015
Prof. Peter Grutter: 听 听 听 Senate Meeting of 3 November 2015
9. 听Members' Question Period
10. Other Business
Academic Committee Documents
The Academic听Committee approved the following on Tuesday, 27 October 2015:
SECTION A; 听NEW COURSES
(1) Earth & Planetary Sciences
-EPSC 520/Earthquake Physics and Geology/3 credits 听 听听 ac-15-13.pdf
(1A) Associate Program:
Physics/Earth & Planetary Sciences
-Joint Major in Physics & Geophysics 听 听听 ac-15-14.pdf
(2) Computer Science
-COMP 551/Applied Machine Learning /4 credits 听听 ac-15-18_combined.pdf
SECTION B: 听COURSE REVISIONS
(1) Physics
-PHYS 434/Optics/Change in description/3 credits 听听 ac-15-15.pdf
(2) Computer Science
-COMP 303/Software design/Changes: 听title, description/3 credits 听听 ac-15-16.pdf
-COMP 350/Numerical Computing/Restriction added/3 credits 听听 ac-15-17_combined.pdf
(3) Mathematics & Statistics
-MATH 317/Numerical Analysis/Restriction added/3 credits 听 听 ac-15-17a.pdf听
SECTION C: 听PROGRAM CHANGES:
McGill School of Environment
- Major in Environment, Ecological Determinants of Health (Cellular) 听 听 ac-15-20_combined.pdf
- Major in Environment, Ecological Determinants of Health (Population) 听 ac-15-21_combined.pdf
SECTION D: 听OTHER (For Information only)
(1) McGill 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 听 听 听 听听 ac-15-22_combined.pdf
(4) Courses on Dean's Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research List (DMURL) 听 听 ac-15-12.pdf
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Next Meeting: 听8 December 2015
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