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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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suggests the opportunity to establish a high quality program with a strong national reputation.

Redesignation of the Humanistic Studies Program, Chicago

T h e senate at Chicago has approved a proposal from the Department of Medical Education (College of Medicine) to change the name of its Humanistic Studies Program to the Medical Humanities Program. T h e reason for this change is to better communicate the program's purpose and context to colleagues within the College of Medicine, throughout the Chicago campus, and nationally. T h e overall purpose of this program is the identification and clarification of humanistic and ethical values in medical care and research.

Transfer of the Museum of Natural History to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Urbana

T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the transfer of the Museum of Natural History from the Department of Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution in the School of Life Sciences to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. T h e museum would be constituted as an independent unit within the college, and the director of the museum will report to the dean of the college. T h e mission of the museum is to promote and disseminate knowledge of natural history, and in pursuing this mission it continues to strengthen its interaction with several departments, i.e., in research activities, shared faculty and teaching assistants, and involvement in the improvement of departmental collections. Under the current administrative structure, however, the museum is a unit within the Department of Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution; the director of the museum reports to the head of EEE, and through EEE to the director of the School of Life Sciences. Following a study of the museum by a faculty committee and in accord with their recommendations to the dean, and following consultation and agreement among all involved academic units, the Museum of Natural History will be transferred to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Independent status for the Museum of Natural History, reporting directly to the dean, will also give it an administrative position that is parallel to the position of the college's other museum, the World Heritage Museum.

Establishment of a Minor in English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Urbana

T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the establishment of a Minor in English in the Sciences and Letters Curriculum, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Course requirements are designed to assure that students minoring in English read widely in a broad range of historical periods, receive appropriate training in methods of literary analysis and criticism, and do intensive advanced work. At least six of the twenty-one hours required must be completed at the 300level. No additional resources are required.

Change in Name of Undergraduate and Graduate Programs in Human Development and Family Ecology, School of Human Resources and Family Studies, College of Agriculture, Urbana

T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved changes in the name of the undergraduate and graduate programs in Human Development and Family Ecology to Human Development and Family Studies. These name changes follow a change in the name of the division, from Human Development and Family Ecology to Human Development and Family Studies.