Undergraduate Studies Committee
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
12:45 p.m. On-line via Zoom Platform
Meeting Minutes
Attending Voting Members: F. Weening (AMAT), J. Twombly (SSB), R. Trygstad (ITM), E. Kultermann (ARCH), E. Hazard (HUM), K. Krishnamurthy (FDSN), N. Legate (PSYC), E. Oruklu (ECE), M. Vural (MMAE), Y. Lin (BIOL), Y. Mansury (SSCI), S. Kleps (CAEE), V. Perez-Luna (CHBE), R. Klasky (ROTC), K. Leight (CHEM) B. Glavic (CS).
Also Attending: J. Orgel (VPAA), G. Pulliam (CAC), J. Gorzkowski (UGAA), C. Himes (Dean LCSL), M. Haynes (UGAA), K. Cassel (ACE), T. McGee (ELS), N. Menhart (DVP Accreditation), K. Hawkins (AMP), A. Lagunas (Registrar), N. Novak (Galvin), S. Okhai (LCSL), Z. Robinson (Academic Success), G. Smith (UGAA), C. Kocurek (HUM), A. McGrath (Academic Affairs), W. Rodda (IPRO).
Units with absent voting members: BME, PHYS, SGA.
Documents for this and all 2021-22 meetings are available at: <https://www5.iit.edu/~ugsc/documents/2021-2022/>.
Meeting chaired by Kathryn Spink.
Minutes recorded by Greg Pulliam.
Quorum declared at 12:46 p.m.
Adjourn at: 1:43 p.m.
1. Approval of minutes from 4/12/2022: The minutes were approved by unanimous consent.
2. Vote New Program BS in Game and Interactive Media Design. Passes by unanimous consent.
3. Vote on Proposal Relating to Intensive Courses. Passes 13-1.
4. Information item [Glavic]: Changes to CS minor in Programming Languages.
5. Periodic Review Psychology Department Programs and Dual Programs with Biology and Psychology Departments [Legate/Spink].
b. Dual Biochemistry/Psychology
c. BS in Psychological Science
d. BS in Behavioral Health and Wellness
All were accepted by the committee by unanimous consent.
6. Information Item [Gorzkowski]: The Deans will be removed from the credit hour overload approval process and be replaced with advisor approval.
7. iCourse Extension [Rodda]:
Extension of the iCourse Pilot project for another year was approved by unanimous consent.
8. New Business: Report [Orgel]: IIT's retention and graduation rates have improved significantly over the past 2 years.
Adjourn.