Undergraduate Studies Committee

September 25, 2018 Minutes

Attending Voting Members: S. Hong (CHBE), M. Bilgic (CS), F. Weening (AMAT), A. Moller (PSYC), E. Hazard (HUM),E. Dell’Aquq (CAEE), N. Menhart (BIO), J. Twombly (SSB), R. Steffenson (SSCI), E. Nelson (SGA), R. Trygstad (SAT), C. Wark (MMAE), P. Snopok (PHY), X. Guan (CHEM), P. Troyk (BME). G. Popovic (MSED) E. Oruklu (ECE), E. Kulterman (ARCH), C. Adams (ROTC).

Also attending: M. Bauer (CS), G. Smith (UGAA), N. Novak (Galvin Library), S. Pariseau (UGAA), K. Spink (PreHealth), J. Gorzkowski (UGAA), V. Foster (Compliance), G .Welter (UGAA), S. O’Leary (UGAA), J. Sanie (ECE), A. Patelidas (Registrar), Cheryl Turrise (UGA), C. Himes (LCHS), C. Torres (CoA), M. Gosz (Provosts), J. Alexis (ID).

Departments with absent voting members:

Documents for this meeting are available at:http://www.iit.edu/~ugsc/documents/
Meeting chaired by Greg Pulliam
Minutes recorded by Gorjana Popovic
Quorum declared at: 12:45
Adjourn at: 1:50

1. Minutes of the 9/11/2018 meeting.

Unanimous approval of minutes.

Old Business

2. VOTE: Program changes to BS EE (Oruklu)
Consolidation of ECE 211 Circuit Analysis I, ECE  213 Circuit Analysis II, ECE 311 Engineering Electronics, and ECE 312 Electronics Circuits is part of an effort by the ECE to restructure our BS curricula to position our students to be competitive in research and industry careers by

• creating program flexibility and program tracks with a balance between wider breadth of knowledge and strong foundation in core areas;
• providing an effective learning experience to students consistent with their interest and potential; and
• upgrading our undergraduate program consistent with advances in Electrical and Computer Engineering and being more competitive with peer universities in a timely fashion.

In short, changes are as follows:

• ECE 211, ECE 213, and ECE 311 course contents are revised to remove any redundancy and cover the important topics from ECE 312.
• ECE 312 (4 hours) was therefore eliminated in the BS EE and is now replaced by a Free Elective (3 hours).
• The range of total credit hours is thus reduced from 131-134 to 130-133.

A vote to accept the change to the program was taken and motion passed, 16 to 0

A vote to accept this as a minor change was taken and motion passed, 16 to 0

• Pulliam informed everyone that the proposal should be in CIM by Friday, September 28, 2018.
• Some members suggested to set clear criteria for what constitutes a major and a minor change to the program. For example, the reason for a difference in credit hours was shuffling content among the courses, therefore this is a minor change. Meanwhile, decisions on major vs. minor change will be decided in the committee on a case-by-case basis.

3. VOTE: New BS in Artificial Intelligence from CS dept (Bauer).

A vote was taken and motion passed, 18 to 0

4. 2 revised Co-terminals in CS (both are CS-internal) (Bauer):

1. Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Master of Computer Science.
2. Bachelor of Science in Computer Science/Master of Science in Computer Science.

The only change is to the GPA required to enter these co-terminal programs—from 3.0 to 3.25. There are no curricular changes. (Minor change.)

A vote was taken for both Co-terminals and motion passed unanimously.

• Some members expressed concern that students that might be successful in this program would be excluded because of this decision.

5. VOTE: ARCH - Change of Undergraduate Program’s CIP Code (Kultermann).

A vote was taken on the change to the undergraduate program’s CIP code and motion passed unanimously.

A vote was taken that this change be categorized as informational and motion passed unanimously.

• The change is considered informational because it does not have effect on the curriculum.

6. VOTE: New Dual BS Degree program in PSYC-BIOCHEM (Menhart-Moller).

A vote was taken and the motion passed unanimously.

7. Transfer credit proposal from LCHS (Himes, Cheryl Turrise).

Some members expressed that the mechanism for transferring courses exists on a case-by-case bases, therefore did not see a reason to include the third bullet of the proposal:

Departments may approve counting two, 3-hour, 200-level courses as the equivalent of a single, 3-hour, 300-level (or-higher) course to be applied to core curriculum requirements. Departments have the right to consent to or deny the substitution on a case-by-case or wholesale basis. This type of substitution can replace only one 300+ level course for ech of the H and S requirements in the core curriculum.

Presentation on transfer students – enrollment is decreasing. Our core curriculum is not compatible with the courses completed at the community colleges. Illinois Articulation Initiative – students complete the general education courses at community colleges and they need to be accepted at IIT as completed core curriculum requirement. Because of this, transfer students do not choose IIT to continue their education but choose DePaul or UIC.

A vote was taken to remove the third bullet from the proposal and motion passed, 8 to 4.

• Some members suggested to include modified third bullet point of the proposal:

Departments may approve counting two, 3-hour, 200-level courses as the equivalent of a single, 3-hour, 300-level (or-higher) course to be applied to core curriculum requirements. Departments have the right to consent to or deny the substitution on a case-by-case or wholesale basis.

No time for proper discussion on the proposed modification, discussion to be continued.