Undergraduate Studies Committee
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
12:45 p.m. On-line via Zoom Platform
Meeting Minutes
Attending Voting Members: D. Maslanka (AMAT), J. Twombly (SSB), R. Trygstad (ITM), K. Nagle (ARCH), E. Hazard (HUM), S. Kleps (CAEE), B. Glavic (CS), P. Dhar (BME), K. Leight (CHEM), Y. Lin (BIOL), R. Klaszky (ROTC), K. Krishnamurthy (FDSN), R. Keating (PSYC), V. Perez-Luna (CHBE), M. Vural (MMAE), E. Oruklu (ECE).
Also Attending: J. Orgel (VPAA), J. Gorzkowski (UGAA), M.J. Sullivan (ELS), D. Savage (Libraries), G. Smith (UGAA), A. McGrath (Enrollment Services), D. Fifles (Accreditation), K. Hawkins (AMP), N. Menhart (CCAC). J. Johnson (UGAA), M. Haynes (UGAA), G. Papavasiliou (ACE), L. Wegman (SSB/CSL), E. Kultermann (ARCH), R. Calia (SSB), C. Lee (Registrar). S. Okhai (LCSL), P. Houser (INTM), M. Lopez (AA), T. McGee (ELS), J. Mohammadi (Graduate College), K. Spink (CCAC).
Units with absent voting members: PHYS, SGA, SSCI.
Documents for this and all 2022-23 meetings are available at: <https://www5.iit.edu/~ugsc/documents/2022-2023/>.
Meeting chaired by Fred Weening.
Minutes recorded by Greg Pulliam.
Quorum declared at 12:45 p.m.
Adjourn at: 1:50 p.m.
1. Minutes from 1/24/2023 approved by unanimous consent.
2. Changes to Bachelors of Architecture program (Kultermann), including a specialization name change from "Visual Media" to "Visual Studies." approved 11-0.
3. Continued discussion on Certificates in (Twombly)
● Quantitative Methods for Business
Approved 12-0.
4. Designation of four Economics courses: (Twombly)
ECON 251, ECON 311, ECON 312, ECON 382
as Social Science Courses. Referred to the UGSC's S-course subcommittee.
5. Incubator program for rapid development of new degree programs (Orgel) 1st reading.
6. Posthumous awarding of degree (Orgel) Discussion of similar degree for incapacitated students. Discussion to continue.
7. Undergraduate Certificates Policy Proposal (Orgel) 1st reading.
8. Small change in Minor in Manufacturing Engineering (Vural) Information item.
9. Change to BS in Computer and Cybersecurity Engineering program (Oruklu) Unanimous consent that this is a non-significant change.
10. Changes to INTM programs (Houser)
· Minor in Industrial Technology and Management
· Minor in Supply Chain Management
Unanimous consent these are all non-significant changes.
11. Changes to two ITM Bachelor degree programs: (Trygstad)
● Bachelor of Information Technology and Management (BITM)
● Bachelor of Science in Applied Cybersecurity and Information Technology (BSACIT)
Unanimous consent that these are both non-significant changes.
Adjourn.