Curriculum Committee Minutes 2020 November 16

Attending

Arijit Banerjee, Ujjal Bhowmik, Zuofu Cheng, Peter Dragic, Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, Ravi Iyer, Volodymyr Kindratenko, Erhan Kudeki, Steve Lumetta, Andrew Miller, Umberto Ravaioli, Chris Schmitz, Jonathan Schuh, Ilan Shomorony

Time and Place

Monday, November 16, 2:00pm, https://illinois.zoom.us/j/96972752638?pwd=Z3hqdUxYamNJazNYRkR0V1JmM0padz09

Old Business

The committee has been asked to re-word  these proposals, before they are voted on by the department. Here is a proposed amended text of the motion to set before the department.

Proposal to the College of Engineering for a Change to the Electrical Engineering Curriculum:  The Electrical Engineering degree will replace MATH 286 by the sequence of (MATH 257 or MATH 416) and MATH 285.  With this change the number of required basic math and science hours is increased by 2, therefore the number of technical electives hours will decrease from 32 to 30.

Proposal to the College of Engineering for a Change to the Computer Engineering Curriculum: The Computer Engineering degree will replace MATH 286 by the sequence of (MATH 257 or MATH 416) and MATH 285, and remove CHEM 102/103 as a required course.  With this change the number of required basic math and science hours is reduced by 2, therefore the number of technical electives hours will increase from 27 to 29.

Proposed addition to the ECE list of Technical Electives: CHEM 102/103 General Chemistry (for Computer Engineering students), ATMS 201 General Physical Meteorology, CPSP 265 Genetic Engineering Lab, PSYC 204 Intro to Brain and Cognition.

Proposed change to the wording of the 2.25 rule: See attached: Revised_Eligibility_Rule.docx, Revised_Junior_Eligibility_Rule_with_curriculum_change.docx

Reference: the 2.25 rule.

Status: an informal vote was taken, to confirm the committee's belief that this wording should be placed before the department.  All members present voted in favor of doing so.