Proposal for Graduate Program in Planetary Science
Proposal for Graduate Program in Planetary Science
The proposal is available at this link, version 2010 Dec 21.
The tentative schedule of classes can be found here.
The proposed course contents are being worked on. Please review the drafts below and send comments to contributors.
History
- 07 Jan 2010: PS faculty meeting and call for creating PS curriculum
- Jan 2010: Informal discussions with PS faculty
- 29 Jan 2010: Report of discussions sent to PS faculty
- 01 Feb 2010: PS faculty pre-meeting to discuss PS curriculum
- 02 Feb 2010: PS faculty meeting to discuss PS curriculum
- 18 Feb 2010: Report of meeting sent to PS faculty
- 08 Mar 2010: Description of PS efforts at ESS-wide faculty meeting
- 31 Mar 2010: Report "Towards PS Curriculum" sent to PS faculty
- 05 Apr 2010: Presentation of PS grad program proposal at ESS-wide faculty meeting. 26 attended.
Motion to "charge Chair, Vice Chair,
Graduate Advisor, and Curriculum Committee Chair to
organize a proposal for a new graduate degree program
in planetary sciences that is envisioned to be the
first step towards a more coherent degree program in
our Department" was unanimously approved.
- Apr 2010-Nov 2010: Formal proposal being worked on according to required format
- 17 Nov 2010: Review of proposal draft by PS faculty
- 19 Nov 2010: Review of proposal draft by PS faculty
- 01 Dec 2010: Review of proposal draft by ESS Curriculum Committee
- 06 Dec 2010: Presentation of PS grad program proposal at ESS-wide faculty meeting. 27 attended.
Unanimous approval for proposal submission.
- 04 Jan 2011: Proposal submitted to Kyle McJunkin (College Faculty Executive Committee).
- 06 Jan 2011: Received comments from Kyle McJunkin and his counterpart on the Graduate Council (Kyle Cunningham).
- 21 Apr 2011: Revised proposal submitted to Kyle McJunkin.
- 13 May 2011: McKeegan and Margot present proposal at College Faculty Executive Committee (FEC).
- 17 May 2011: FEC endorses proposal and forwards to Graduate Council for review.
- 09 Sep 2011: Eric Zarate clarifies under what circumstances expedited reviews may be considered by CCGA.
- 26 Oct 2011: Received comments from Graduate Council. Proposal being reviewed by Council on Planning and Budget.
- 29 Oct 2012: Faculty voted to change department name to "Department of Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences".
