revised minutes of the 1/22/01 meeting follow (see item 2).
Undergraduate Studies Committee
Minutes of Meeting 1/22/01
Present: A. Myerson (chair), P. Anderson, M.Bauer, S.
Elbaz, J. Kallend, J.
LoCicero, A. Megri, J. O'Leary, C. Orze, G. Pulliam, G.
Saletta, J. Saniie,
R. Schleser, S. Sitton, J. Stetter, E. Stueben, D. Venerus,
J. Way.
1. The minutes of the December 2000 meeting were approved.
2. Prof. LoCicero proposed (a) that the General Education Requirement for
Introduction to the Professions (ITP) be a minimum of two
credit hours for
all programs, to be taken in the freshman year, and (b) that
two contact
hours every other week be the common ITP100 course. Prof. LoCicero
suggested that with the approval of the chair, parts (a) and
(b) be taken
separately. A short discussion on part (a) followed
(Venerus, LoCicero,
Saniie, Bauer, O'Leary, Myerson). Part (a) of the motion was
approved with
10 votes in favor and 3 votes against.
Part (b) of LoCicero's motion was then discussed (Schleser,
Saletta,
Pulliam, Bauer, Myerson, Way). Consideration of part (b) was
postponed to a
later date until issues of quality and content have been
resolved. Sitton
asked for clarification of scheduling the common section of
ITP for this
fall. Dean Myerson stated that participation in the common
section will be
at the discretion of each department for Fall, 2001.
3. There was a discussion of issues relating to internet
courses for
undergraduates (Bauer, Pulliam, Myerson, Venerus, Way,
Elbaz, Saniie). Dean
Myerson asked Bauer and LoCicero to survey their
departmental colleagues to
determine if any problems had arisen, and indicated that
Dean Cinar would be
surveying IIT Online users.
4. Prof. LoCicero informed the committee that he was
considering a request
for a special meeting of the Undergraduate Studies Committee
to discuss the
administration of undergraduate programs. Dean Myerson stated that it would
be inappropriate for him to chair such a meeting and that he
would recuse
himself
jk 01/01,
Revised 02/02/01