MINUTES, GRADUATE CURRICULUM SUBCOMMITTEE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO 5241 N. Maple, M/S TA 43 Fresno, California 93740-8027 Office of the Academic Senate Ext. 8-2743 October 15, 2012 Members present: Ming Xiao (Chair), Cricket Barakzai, Kurt Cline, Lizhu Davis, Keith Johnson, Luke Wang Absent: Steven Hart (excused), Sharon Brown-Welty Chairman Ming Xiao called the meeting to order at 1:05pm. 1. MSC to approve minutes of 10/8/12. 2. MSC to approve Agenda of 10/15/12. 3. Communications and Announcements None 4. Old Business College of Health and Human Services Second Reading New Graduate Course Request (Item #16) Nursing NURS 255 Advanced Topics for the Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist MSC to approve 5. New Business College of Science and Mathematics First Reading New Graduate Course Request (Item #36) Earth and Environmental Sciences EES 264 Climatology MSC to approve with minor changes to the syllabus pending for the review of full proposal 1 Graduate Curriculum Subcommittee October 15, 2012 Page 2 New Graduate Course Request (Item #37) Earth and Environmental Sciences EES 265 Hydrological Systems MSC to approve with minor changes to the syllabus pending for the review of full proposal New Graduate Course Request (Item #38) Earth and Environmental Sciences EES 266 Agriculture and Natural Water Use MSC to approve pending for review of the full proposal. New Graduate Course Request (Item #39) Earth and Environmental Sciences EES 267 Urban and Industrialized Water Use MSC to approve pending for review of the full proposal. New Graduate Course Request (Item #40) Earth and Environmental Sciences EES 268 Water and Politics MSC to approve pending for review of the full proposal. New Graduate Course Request (Item #41) Earth and Environmental Sciences EES 269 Enviro Impact Assess: Policy/Science MSC to approve with minor changes in the syllabus, pending for review of the full proposal. MSC to postpone the following requests for future reviews due to time constraints New Graduate Course Request (Item #42) Earth and Environmental Sciences EES 270 Water Economics 2 Graduate Curriculum Subcommittee October 15, 2012 Page 3 New Graduate Course Request (Item #43) Earth and Environmental Sciences EES 271 Water Resource Management Practicum Meeting adjourned at 2:00 p.m. 3