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November 17, 2015

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. ÌýAdoption of Agenda


2. ÌýMinutes of 20 October 2015ÌýPDF icon s-15-12.pdf


3. ÌýBusiness Arising from the Minutes


4. Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Christopher Manfredi


5. ÌýReport of Committee:

Academic Committee: Associate Dean, Tamara Western Ìý ÌýÌýPDF icon s-15-13.pdf


6. ÌýDean's Business

a) Announcements

b) Budget


7. ÌýReports of Associate Deans

a) Associate Dean (Graduate Education) Laura Nilson

b) Associate Dean (Research) Doina Precup

c) Associate Dean (Academic) Tamara Western


8. ÌýReports on Actions of Senate

Prof. Gregory Dudek: Ìý ÌýSenate Meeting of 21 October 2015

Prof. Peter Grutter: Ìý Ìý Ìý Senate Meeting of 3 November 2015


9. ÌýMembers' Question Period


10. Other Business


Academic Committee Documents

The AcademicÌýCommittee approved the following on Tuesday, 27 October 2015:

SECTION A; ÌýNEW COURSES

(1) Earth & Planetary Sciences

-EPSC 520/Earthquake Physics and Geology/3 credits Ìý ÌýÌýPDF icon ac-15-13.pdf

(1A) Associate Program:

Physics/Earth & Planetary Sciences

-Joint Major in Physics & Geophysics Ìý ÌýÌýPDF icon ac-15-14.pdf

(2) Computer Science

-COMP 551/Applied Machine Learning /4 credits ÌýÌýPDF icon ac-15-18_combined.pdf


SECTION B: ÌýCOURSE REVISIONS

(1) Physics

-PHYS 434/Optics/Change in description/3 credits ÌýÌýPDF icon ac-15-15.pdf

(2) Computer Science

-COMP 303/Software design/Changes: Ìýtitle, description/3 credits ÌýÌýPDF icon ac-15-16.pdf

-COMP 350/Numerical Computing/Restriction added/3 credits ÌýÌýPDF icon ac-15-17_combined.pdf

(3) Mathematics & Statistics

-MATH 317/Numerical Analysis/Restriction added/3 credits Ìý ÌýPDF icon ac-15-17a.pdfÌý

SECTION C: ÌýPROGRAM CHANGES:

91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ School of Environment

- Major in Environment, Ecological Determinants of Health (Cellular) Ìý ÌýPDF icon ac-15-20_combined.pdf

- Major in Environment, Ecological Determinants of Health (Population) ÌýPDF icon ac-15-21_combined.pdf


SECTION D: ÌýOTHER (For Information only)

(1) 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ 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 Ìý Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýPDF icon ac-15-22_combined.pdf

(4) Courses on Dean's Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research List (DMURL) Ìý ÌýPDF icon ac-15-12.pdf

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Next Meeting: Ìý8 December 2015

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