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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1990
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1990] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 123 Administrative Staff WILLIAM G. CUMMINGS, associate director, University Office for Capital Programs, Chicago, beginning October 1, 1990 (NY), at an annual salary of $67,500. LUCILLE B. ISDALE, director of McKinley Health Center, Urbana, beginning October 1, 1990 (NY), at an annual salary of $67,626. LESLIE J. SANDLOW, associate dean for graduate medical education, professor of clinical medicine, and professor of medical education, College of Medicine at Chicago, beginning October 1, 1990 (NY), at an annual salary of $147,760. A. GEORGE SHOFFNER, director of Housing Division, Urbana, beginning November 1, 1990 (N), at an annual salary of $75,000. On motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, these appointments were confirmed. Establishment of the Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies, Chicago (7) T h e senate at Chicago has approved a proposal from the College of Architecture, Art, and Urban Planning to establish a new undergraduate preprofessional degree program, the Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies. T h e proposed degree is intended to replace the current five-year professional degree in architecture, which will be phased out when all students now enrolled in that curriculum have completed their studies. After the five-year Bachelor of Architecture program is terminated, the professional architecture program will be offered only at the graduate level (Master of Architecture). T h e decision to establish a four-year preprofessional degree in architectural studies and to phase out the undergraduate professional program comes as a result of extensive studies of the state of undergraduate architecture education, not only at the Chicago campus but also among the nation's premier schools of architecture. Throughout the nation, the rapid development of graduate level programs in architecture raised questions regarding the appropriateness of undergraduate, first professional degree programs. Many universities chose to avoid the issue by offering both undergraduate and graduate level professional degree programs, but the best of the architecture schools in the United States chose to prepare their undergraduates through four-year preprofessional programs in architecture emphasizing a broad liberal arts education. T h e professional component was offered at the graduate level. This two-level curriculum was recommended by the American Institute of Architects as early as 1967, and in succeeding years the model has been endorsed by all of the professional organizations in architecture. In addition, the Chicago campus School of Architecture sought the advice of leading experts from outside the University, and they recommended in a report to the chancellor that the fiveyear Bachelor of Architecture program be replaced by a four-year preprofessional baccalaureate in architectural studies and a first professional graduate degree. By placing the first professional degree at the graduate level, the School of Architecture is able, through the proposed B.A. in Architectural Studies, to expand and deepen the liberal arts education of its students. T h e interim chancellor at Chicago and the vice president for academic affairs recommend approval. T h e University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I concur, pending further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. On motion of Mrs. Gravenhorst, this recommendation was approved. (Mr. Hahn asked to be recorded as not voting on this item.)
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