AC-99-148 FACULTY OF SCIENCE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE Minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday, March 21, 2000, at 3:00 p.m. in the Arts Council Room (160). PRESENT: Dean Shaver (Chair), Associate Dean Mendelson (Vice- Chair), Professors Cline, Farrell, Klemes, Lin (in the absence of Prof. Yau) Panangaden, Paquette, Pasztor, Wechsler; Associate Dean Hendershot; Ms. H. Waluzyniec; A. Kovacs, W. Maricar, A. Organek, J. Tsang, C. Ward; J. D'Amico. REGRETS: Professors Baines, Baker, Brawer, MÅller-Wille, Rasmussen and Silvius; N. Nurmohamed, T. Samanta; Mr. D. Crawford. DOCUMENTS: AC-99-122(Rev), -123(Rev), -125(Rev), -126(Rev) AC-99-129(Rev), AC-99-132(Rev), AC-99-135(Rev), AC-99-136(Rev) AC-99-137 to AC-99-147 Dean Shaver called the meeting to order at 3:06 p.m. Dean Shaver welcomed a new student representative, Mr. Andrew Organek, and welcomed Ms. Colleen Bronson, who was to speak about the Split Internships for IYES, Item #5. (1) ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA Split Internships for IYES, Item #5, to be considered after Item #1, Adoption of the Agenda. Department of Mathematics & Statistics courses (AC-99- 135[Rev], AC-99-136[Rev] and AC-99-137, AC-99-138 to be considered under Other Business, Item #10. Mr. Kovacs moved, seconded by Prof. Cline, that the modified Agenda be adopted. The motion carried. (2) MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 22,2000 AC-99- 139 Prof. Klemes moved, seconded by Ms. Waluzyniec, that the minutes be approved. The motion carried. (3) BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES There was no business arising from the minutes. (4) REPORT ON MINOR COURSE CHANGES AC-99- 140 (for information) (5) SPLIT INTERNSHIPS FOR IYES - MS. COLLEEN BRONSON 705.1 Associate Dean Mendelson introduced the issue of split internship programs. IYES is a program whereby a student can take an eight-month to 16-month internship in a work setting related to his/her area of study. These internships are mainly followed by students in the School of Computer Science and in the Faculty of Engineering, although there are internship programs for other departments in the Faculty of Science. It had already been agreed that an eight-month internship could be split into two four-month summer periods, with the assumption being that the two periods would take place in the same company; this split would be more suitable for students. However, companies were reluctant to commit for the second summer. 705.2 The question for the Academic Committee to consider was whether or not having a split internship in two different companies in two summers was different from an eight-month period in one work setting. If the Academic Committee did consider it to be different, then there would be a second question of whether or not working in two different companies would be an appropriate work arrangement for the IYES Program in the Faculty of Science. 705.3 Ms. Bronson said that she was trying to work out ways to replicate the success of the IYES Program for Computer Science and Engineering students, with regard to students from other Science departments. She said the COOP experience was one model that could work. 705.4 Following a long discussion, the Academic Committee agreed by unanimous vote to support the concept of splitting an eight-month IYES internship into two four- month summer periods, even if the periods were to take place in different companies. This split could possibly be expanded in the future to include other portions of the year. 705.5 Dean Shaver said that the split would be revisited in two years, to see how it has worked. (6) McGILL SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT - Cover Memo for Course Resubmission AC-99-141 New Courses: - Summary of "Topics in Environment" Course Set AC-99- 142 170-380A/B Topics in Environment 1 AC-99- 122(Rev) 3 credits 170-480A/B Topics in Environment 2 AC-99- 123(Rev) 3 credits Prof. Cline moved, seconded by Prof. Paquette, that the above courses be adopted. 706.1 After some discussion, Prof. Farrell moved a friendly amendment, seconded by Prof. Pasztor, that 'under special circumstances' should be removed from the course descriptions, item # 13 in the course proposal forms for 170-380, -480, -580, -680. The amended motion carried. New Courses: 170-580A/B Topics in Environment 3 AC-99- 125(Rev) 3 credits 170-680A/B Topics in Environment 4 AC-99- 126(Rev) 3 credits Prof. Cline moved, seconded by Prof. Wechsler, that the courses be adopted. 706.2 Secretary's Note: The amendment described above applies also to 170-580 and 170-680. The motion carried. - Summary of "Readings in Environment" Course Set AC-99-143 - Guidelines - Readings in Environment AC-99-144 170-485A/B Readings in Environment 1 AC-99- 129(Rev) 3 credits 170-585A/B Readings in Environment 2 AC-99- 132(Rev) 3 credits Following a short discussion, Prof. Cline moved, seconded by Associate Dean Hendershot, that the courses be adopted. The motion carried. (7) ATMOSPHERIC & OCEANIC SCIENCES 195-700A/B/C Ph.D. Proposal Seminar AC-99-145 1 credit Changes: from full-year[D] to single semester, course title, credit weight [from 0 to 1]) 707.1 There was some discussion, following which Prof. Lin moved, seconded by Associate Dean Hendershot, that the changes be approved, pending clarification of the hours per week with the Associate Dean. The motion carried. (8) SCHOOL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE New Course: 308-303B Advanced Programming Techniques AC-99-146 4 credits 708.1 It was noted that the course title exceeded the 30- character limit, that the course description and course outline needed to be rewritten, and that the lectures should be listed in hours. Prof. Panangaden moved, seconded by Prof. Cline, that the course be adopted. The motion carried. (9) AD HOC JOINT PHYSICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE PROGRAM AC-99-147 709.1 Prof. Panangaden explained the reasons for the late submission of the above ad hoc proposal, and the reasons for the total number of required credits in the above proposal exceeding the number in a recently approved Joint Physics and Computer Science Program. 709.2 Prof. Panangaden moved, seconded by Ms. Tsang, that the ad hoc program be approved pending formal written approval from the Department of Physics. The motion carried. (10) OTHER BUSINESS MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS New Course: 189-326A Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos AC-99- 135(Rev) 3 credits New Course: 189-376A Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics AC-99- 136(Rev) 3 credits 710.1 It was agreed that the course descriptions should be rewritten to make them clearer and more complete, and that more details should be included in the course outline. 710.2 Associate Dean Mendelson agreed to consult with Prof. M. Crago concerning the course titles. Course Retirement: 189-322A/B Dynamical Systems, Fractals and Chaos AC-99-137 3 credits Course Retirement: 189-382 A/B/C/L/T Dynamical Systems, Fractals and Chaos AC-99-138 3 credits Prof. Klemes moved, seconded by Prof. Panangaden, that the first two courses (189-326 and 189-376) be approved, and that the second two (189-322 and 189-382) be retired. The motion carried The meeting adjourned at 4:55 p.m. josie\academic\acmn1999f.doc