Undergraduate Studies Committee

Tuesday, April 25, 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), K. Krishnamurthy (FDSN), R. Keating (PSYC), B. Glavic (CS), R. Klasky (ROTC).

Also Attending: J. Orgel (VPAA), J. Gorzkowski (UGAA), N. Novak (Libraries), K. Hawkins (AMP),  J. Johnson (UGAA), L. Wegman (SSB/CSL), R. Calia (SSB), C. Lee (Registrar), S. Okhai (LCSL), N. Menhart (CCAC), M.J. Sullivan (ELS), M. Jones (Armour Academy), A. McGrath (Enrollment Services), G. Papavasiliou (Armour), M. Shapiro (SSCI), T. McGee (ELS), G. Smith (UGAA), M. Haynes (UGAA), Z. Robinson (Academic Success), G. Martinez (Armour Academy), D. Bliss (UFC), J. deWinter (LCSL), P. Houser (INTM), R. Ellis (AMAT), E. Hildt (CSEP), M. Krishnamurthy (ECE).

Units with absent voting members: ECE, SSGA.

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: 1:57 p.m.

1. The minutes from 4/11/2023 meeting approved by unanimous consent.

2. Updates from Academic Affairs (Orgel)

· Talks proceeding about updating the Core Curriculum.

· Discussion beginning about the high number of credit hours required by some programs.

· We need to begin discussing the university's TOEFL and IELTS score requirements.

3. IPRO learning objectives (M. Krishnamurthy) Approved 14-0.

4. CCAC report on ITP Assessment   (Jorgenson Sullivan) Accepted 15-0.

5. Info item: Minor changes to ITM Coursera Degree Programs    (Trygstad)

6. New Program: Economics and Business Analytics   (Twombly) Approved 14-0.

7. Second reading: New program in Economics and Data Science, including modifications (Twombly) Email vote to be taken when modifications have been formally integrated into the program.

8. Info Item: Update to Honors Law Program regarding undergraduates   (Shapiro) Asks that departments with UG programs compatible with the HLP create 3-year articulations of those programs for insertion into the bulletin.

9. Info Item: Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) update   (Okhai)

10. Nominations for UGSC secretary for 2023-2024       (Weening) Ray Trygstad has agreed to be nominated.

Adjourn.