Minutes of the Undergraduate Studies Committee

4/14/2015

 

Attending Voting Members: B. Steffenson (SSCI), G. Pulliam (HUM/CAC), J. Miller (PSYC), G. Popovic (MSED), A. Schachman (ARCH), J. Twombly (SSB); A. Unni (CHEM), J. Cesarone (MMAE), M. Bauer (CS), R. Trygstad (ITM), R. Ellis (AMAT), N. Menhart (BIOL), J Saniie (ECE),), J. Budiman (CAEE), M. Safar (INTM), N. Karuri (CHBE), L. Coffey (PHYS), R. Wadhwani (SGA).

 

Also attending: G. Welter (UGAA), G. Smith (UGAA), C. Emmons (Academic Affairs), P. Zachocki (Registrar), J. Kallend (ACE), D. Rempfer (ACE), C. Torres (CoA).

 

Absent departments:  ROTC, BME.

Quorum is declared at 12:48.

Documents pertaining to this meeting are at:

<http://www.iit.edu/~ugsc/documents/>

Meeting is chaired by Kathryn Spink.

Minutes recorded by Pulliam.

  

1)   Minutes of the 3/24/2015 meeting are approved.

 

Old Business

2)   Pass/Fail grading policy discussion.

a.    Applied Math proposes a series of amendments, which are discussed, but not adopted.

b.    Motion 1: Academic units may designate courses as P/F with the approval of the UGSC.  Passes 8-5.

c.     Motion 2: Students may take up to two courses as P/F.  (No vote.)

                                     i.         Amendment 1: Departments may designate their own courses as ineligible for P/F gradings (Passes 12-1).

d.    Moved and seconded: To eliminate Motion 2 entirely.  Passes 9-7.  Motion 2 is gone.

e.    Moved and seconded: Students may take up to 2 courses as P/F (no restrictions).  Fails 4-12.

 

New Business

3) Information item (Cesarone):  change to B.S. in MMAE.  Instead of requiring two Senior Capstone Design courses (MMAE 432 Mechanical Systems Design and MMAE 433 Thermal Systems Design), students may now take either one of the courses, and replace the other with a technical elective. This will still satisfy all ABET requirements while allowing greater flexibility in scheduling courses within a four year timeframe.  No change to total hours for degree.