Undergraduate Studies Committee
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
12:45 p.m. On-line via Zoom Platform
Meeting Minutes
Voting Members: J. Twombly (SSB), F. Weening (AMAT), R. Trygstad (ITM), C. Wetzel (ARCH), B. Glavic (CS), M. Vural (MMAE), V. Perez-Luna (CHBE), D. Gidalevitz (PHYS), E. Hazard (HUM), K. Leight (CHEM), K. Krishnamurthy (FDSN), R. Klaszky (ROTC), J. Georgiadis (BME), Y. Lin (BIOL) N. Legate (PSYC), S. Kleps (CAEE)
Also Attending: S. Okhai (LCSL), N. Menhart (BIOL/VP Accreditation), G. Pulliam (CAC), K. Hawkins (AMP), Z. Robinson (Academic Success), P. Houser (INTM), J. Gorzkowski (UGAA), N. Novak (Libraries), C. Himes (LCSL), Anthoula Lagunas (Registrar), Melisa Lopez (AA), T. McGee (ELS), J. Orgel (VP UGAA), G. Smith (UGAA), M. Haynes (UGAA, T. Diel FDSN), D. Bliss (UFC), S. Argamon (CS), K. Ong (AM), L. Kang (AM).
Departments with absent voting members: ECE, SSCI, SGA.
Documents for this meeting are available at: <https://www5.iit.edu/~ugsc/documents/2021-2022/>.
Meeting chaired by Kathryn Spink.
Minutes recorded by Greg Pulliam.
Quorum declared at 12:47 p.m.
Adjourn at: 1:57 p.m.
1. Approval of minutes from 11/23/2021: The minutes were approved by unanimous consent.
2. BSBA change [Twombly]
a. Change Math requirement from MATH151 to Minimum MATH122
b. Rationale: the requirement for MATH151 will depend on specialization
c. Previous 2 AY changes: none to the core degree, specializations modified
Approved by unanimous consent; Information item status approved by unanimous consent.
3. ITM Dual Degree Submissions [Trygstad/Twombly/Hazard] 2nd reading
and vote.
a. Bachelor of Information Technology & Mgt and Bachelor of Industrial Technology & Mgt
b. Bachelor of Information Technology & Mgt and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
All three approved by unanimous consent.
4. BME-Cell and Tissue track changes [Georgiadis] Approved by
unanimous consent; information item status approved by unanimous consent.
5. Certificate in Foundations of Computer Science [Glavic] Approved by
unanimous consent; Appendix P process recommended by chair.
6. Minor in Manufacturing Technology [Houser]
a. The Minor in Manufacturing Technology (MT) covers a range of topics integral to management of manufacturing operations, to include advanced technologies, process optimization, automation, quality control, information systems, advanced CNC machining processes, and other topics.
b. The minor requires completion of 15 credits from the following set of INTM electives: INTM 406 Quality Management Systems (3), INTM 434 Manufacturing 4.0 (3), INTM 435 Performance Management in Food Operations (3), INTM 436 Lean Manufacturing (3), INTM 437 Smart Factory Automation (3), INTM 438 Advanced Metals Manufacturing I (3), INTM 439 Advanced Metals Manufacturing II (3), INTM 446 Manufacturing and Logistics Information Systems (3), INTM 448 Agile Methodologies for New Product/Process Dev. (3)
Approved by unanimous consent; information item status approved by unanimous consent.
7. On the oversight of interdisciplinary programs (IDPs) [Spink].
The UFC has proposed designating the standing committee formerly known as the IPRO Oversight Committee as the Interdisciplinary Program Oversight Committee. This committee will appoint a new Steering Committee for each new IDP approved by the faculty; these steering committees will oversee each IDP's implementation and any subsequent changes. The UFC has asked for UGSC discussion and comment on this proposal. The UGSC approves of this proposal by unanimous consent.
8. New Program Proposal from Applied Math: BS in Data Science [Kang, Ong], first reading
and discussion; to be voted on at next UGSC meeting.
Adjourn.