Undergraduate Studies Committee
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
12:45 p.m. Online 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), P. Dhar (BME), K. Leight (CHEM), Y. Lin (BIOL), V. Perez-Luna (CHBE), M. Vural (MMAE), Y. Mansury (SSCI), D. Gidalevitz (PHYS), E. Oruklu (ECE), K. Krishnamurthy (FDSN), R. Keating (PSYC), R. Klasky (ROTC).
Also Attending: J. Orgel (VPAA), J. Gorzkowski (UGAA), N. Novak (Libraries), D. Fifles (Accreditation), K. Hawkins (AMP), J. Johnson (UGAA), L. Wegman (SSB/CSL), R. Calia (SSB), C. Lee (Registrar), S. Okhai (LCSL), J. Mohammadi (Graduate College), N. Menhart (CCAC), M.J. Sullivan (ELS), J. deWinter (LCSL), M. Jones (Armour Academy), A. McGrath (Enrollment Services), M. Lopez (UGAA), P. Houser (INTM), G. Papavasiliou (Armour), M. Shapiro (SSCI).
Units with absent voting members: CS, SGA.
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: 1:52 p.m.
1. Minutes from 2/28/2023 meeting approved by unanimous consent.
2. Continued discussion on Common Core Learning Objectives (Menhart)
Both were approved 15-0.
3. Final ESOL Report -Spring 2023 (Gorzkowski) Information item.
4. English language proficiency requirements for admission (Jorgenson Sullivan) Information item.
5. Coursera-ITM Degree program name change from BS in Cloud Computing to Bachelor of Information Technology at the request of Coursera (Trygstad). Approved by unanimous consent.
6. Updates in Administration (including CIM administration) (Orgel) Information item.
7. Courses recommended by S-subcommittee for (S) designation (Twombly)
● BUS 371: Marketing Fundamentals
● ECON 251: Introduction to Econometrics
● ECON 311: Intermediate Microeconomics
● ECON 312: Intermediate Macroeconomics
● ECON 382: Business Economics
Approved by unanimous consent.
8. New Degree Programs under Incubator Policy (Twombly)
● BS in Business and Information Technology
● BS in Economics and Cybersecurity
● BS in Economics and Data Science
● BS in Business and Psychology
First reading—vote to be taken at next meeting.
9. Placing programs in Hiatus status (Mansury)
● Science, Technology, and Society (STS)
Approved by unanimous consent.
10. New Program: Public Policy (Mansury) First reading—vote to be taken at next meeting.
11. Change in CIP code (Twombly) Information item.
● Bachelor of Science in Finance
● Bachelor of Science in Financial Economics
12. Change in CIP code (Hazard) Information item.
● Bachelor of Science in Game Design and Experimental Media