Minutes of the Undergraduate Studies Committee
Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Attending Voting Members: S. Hong (CHBE), F. Weening (AMAT), A. Moller (PSYC), E. Hazard (HUM), N. Menhart (BIO), J. Twombly (SSB), R. Trygstad (SAT), R. Guan (CHEM), C. Adams (ROTC), S. Argamon (CS), R. Steffenson (SSCI), M. Mercado (SGA), E. Kultermann (ARCH), E. Corradi (CAEE), E. Oruklu (ECE), P. Troyk (BME).

Also attending: G. Smith (UGAA), N. Novak (Galvin Library), S. O’Leary (UGAA), M. Lopez (Academic Affairs), R. Ellis (CoS), J. Gorzkowski (UGAA), J. Rosenberg (SSCI), K. Spink (Pre-med), B. Katz (Digital Learning), S. Pariseau (Acad. Curr. Mgr.), M. Safar (INTM).

Absent Departments: MSED.

Documents for this meeting are available at: http://www.iit.edu/~ugsc/documents/2018-2019/
Meeting chaired by Greg Pulliam
Minutes recorded by Pulliam
Quorum declared at: 12:49 p.m.
Adjourn at: 1: 45 p.m.

1. Minutes of the 11/27/2018 meeting.  Approved unanimously.

Old Business

2. New BS in Science, Technology & Society (Rosenberg). Approved unanimously (14-0) with a friendly amendment—that decisions about substituting a designated set of courses for an existing STEM minor will be made with advice and consent of the associate deans of the colleges (Science, Armour, SAT) which offer those courses.

New Business

3.  Information item: INTM’s Manufacturing Technology specialization updated (Safar):

· Add three courses:  INTM 434 Manufacturing 4.0 (established), INTM 436 Lean Manufacturing (new), and INTM 437 Smart Factory Automation (new)

· Remove two courses:  INTM 412 Manufacturing Processes for Metals and Mechanical Systems, and INTM 431 Mfg Processes for Electronics and Electrical Systems

4.  Information item: New specialization available in the MS portion of the Physics/Health Physics Co-terminal (Snopok).

5.  New Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (Trygstad). Eligible for a vote at 2/12/2019 meeting.

6.  Information item: Pre-med program needs interviewers for 9-11 a.m. Friday 2/15 practice interviews (Spink).

7.  Draft report and proposal from the UFC IPRO committee (Troyk, Alexis). Eligible for a vote at 2/12/2019 meeting.

Adjourn.