Faculty Senate Report

Graduate Council Report

September 3, 2009

The below listed New Course Requests were approved by Graduate Council with friendly amendments:

ATMO 677      Introduction to Geophysical Data Assimilation

BIOL 622        Microbial Physiology

BIOL 698        Special Topics Behavior, Genes, and Evolution

BMEN 604      FDA Good Laboratory and Clinical Practices

ECEN 600       Experimental Optics

ECEN 699       Advances in VLSI Logic Synthesis

ECEN 730       CMOS RFIC Engineering

ECEN 770       Organic Semiconductor

GEOL 651       Paleoecological Community Analysis

MEEN 616      Foundation of Continuum Mechanics

MEEN 672      Introduction to Finite Element Method

MEEN 686      Composite Materials Processing and Performance

MEEN 688      Advanced Solid Mechanics

OCNG 677      Introduction to Geophysical Data Assimilation

OCNG 678      Costal Dynamics

SCSC 623       Natural Resources and Agricultural Sustainability in UK

STAT 618        Statistical Aspects of Machine Learning and Data Mining

WGST 603      The Contemporary Family

The below listed Course Change Requests were approved by Graduate Council:

MARB 681      Seminar

MARS 681       Seminar

MEEN 601      Advanced Machine Design

OCNG 641      Marine Chemistry

OCNG 681      Seminar

WMST 685     Directed Studies

WMST 689     Selected Topics in an Identified Area of Women’s and Gender Studies

Special Consideration Item approved by Graduate Council:

Women’s Studies – Graduate Course Prefix Change