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department transfer has occurred (i.e., from July 1, 1991, to June 30, 1996) in order to accommodate continuing and readmitted students. Continuing undergraduate majors currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Science Curriculum in Speech and Hearing Science degree program, therefore, will be permitted the option of continuing their studies through to completion of their degree in applied life studies. Undergraduates who had previously been enrolled in undergraduate speech and hearing science degree programs in liberal arts and sciences but who are now not registered in the University, may apply and be readmitted under customary criteria to their former degree program in liberal arts and sciences, provided that by July 1, 1996, they complete their degree, transfer to the parallel program in applied life studies, or transfer to another degree program. Once the department has formally been transferred (i.e., after July 1, 1991), new incoming undergraduates will be admitted through the College of Applied Life Studies. T h e LAS sciences and letters major in speech and hearing science will be retained in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Continuing graduate majors will continue in their degree programs; new graduate students will be admitted to the department under procedures established with the Graduate College. T h e reason for this transfer is that the mission and activities of the Department of Speech and Hearing Science are more closely aligned, both in intent and in practice, with those of the departments in the College of Applied Life Studies than they are with departments in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. T h e applied nature of much of the department's activities, typified in its community clinical service through the Speech and Hearing Clinic and in the clinical and professional orientation of much of its undergraduate and graduate instructional program, parallels the interests and operations of other applied life studies units. Clinical operations are rare in the College of Liberal.Arts and Sciences. This proposal is motivated fundamentally by agreement among the department and the colleges that the unit's interests and needs will best be understood and managed in applied life studies. T h e chancellor at Urbana has recommended approval and the vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval.

On motion of Ms. Reese, this recommendation was approved. Elimination of the Undergraduate Interior Design Program in the School of Human Resources and Family Studies, College of Agriculture, Urbana

(8) T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the elimination of the Curriculum in Interior Design, leading to the B.S. in Interior Design, in the School of Human Resources and Family Studies, in the College of Agriculture at Urbana. Courses will continue to be offered to allow students already in the program to complete their degrees, but no new students will be admitted to the program. T h e primary reason for this action is the budgetary situation which has required reallocation of funds to provide, among other needs, adequate salary increases for faculty. Based on criteria developed by the Executive Committee of the School of Human Resources and Family Studies, the interior design program has been identified for elimination in order to avoid the weakening of all programs that would result from cutting back all programs proportionally. Following extensive examination of the implications of phasing out the undergraduate interior design curriculum and degree, the school's Executive Committee, the school's Courses and Curriculum Committee, and the school's faculty voted for the elimination. T h e chancellor at Urbana has recommended approval and the vice president for academic affairs concurs.