Date, Time, and Location
Tuesday, February 5, 2018, 15:00-16:00, ECEB 5070
New Business
ECE 498 NS. ECE398-NS-V1.2.pdf, 398NS.19.pdf; Status: Approved as a 498NS
Open Discussion
Should Chemistry be a requirement for students in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering degrees? Summary of opinions:
- If college chemistry was not required, there would be room in the curriculum for another course, e.g., biology
- Computer engineers ask: why should we take chemistry? Why should we take quantum?
- It would be shortsighted to disconnect electrical and computer engineering from foundations in the physical sciences. Many groundbreaking innovations come from our foundation in the physical sciences.
- Without chemistry, students could not take many of the currently listed technical electives.
- Currently, about 2/3 of students take chemistry at UIUC, about 1/3 AP out of it.