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SGA Academics Affairs Committee looks to create course syllabus bank

Ethan Castro
COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBER

Vhen students at Illinois Tech are

not busy stress 10 out about passing cl 5,
they are busy ng out about picking
\ iile the general pandemonium of

cl regist tion is by no means e lusive
to this university, it is still a very real ssue
for many students here. Thus, the senators
and volunteers of the Student Government
Association (SGA) Academic Aff 'rs
Committee are looking to ease this source of
contention by reviving a project to create what

is referred to as a “Course Syllabus Bank", as
worded by senator Sydney Smith.

The underlying idea of this project
will be to have the syllabus of every university
cla available to all students to brox e before
regular regist tion, and thus give every
student suflicient information about e4 h
beyond what is currently available in
iptions. By letting student
exact details of their prospective classes, Smith
hopes that SGA can “lower the withdrawal
rate for students and increase the average
number of credit hours c ~ried by Illinois Tech
students." Indeed, any and all efforts to better
f tate the registration process will likely be

course des

very much appreciated by staff and students
alike. University teaching staff will likely see
less earlyesemester turnover as students are
les likely to enroll for classes th little idea
of its structure or expectations and students
will be able to make much more informed
decisions on how they go about planning their
schedules.

Currently, the project is still in
its infancy. Smith noted that x e it was a
priority of senators in years past, little actual
administrative change had come out of it thus
far. Efforts at reviving and developing this
project into a reality consists of contacting
the previous SGA senators who have worked

Advanisa in

on it and beginning talks with university
admii ~ation. Smith expresses a very
optimistic outlook for the progiam, noting
that “if all goes well, the project should begin
affecting coui regis .ation in 172 ye ‘

Like every SGA project, this
endeavor is entirely open to student feedback
and suggestioi 'hat are your thoughts
on having a to every syllabus
before oflic 1 registration? Let Smith know
at ss1nithé$®liawk.iit.edu and be sure to stay
up to date with official project updates on
TechNews as they come!

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