Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1992
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308 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [July 9 The chancellor at Urbana recommends the discontinuance of the degrees and the department as set forth above. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval. On motion of Ms. Reese, this recommendation was approved. Discontinue the Undergraduate Degree in Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Urbana (14) The Urbana-Champaign Senate recommends that the B.S. degree in soil science be discontinued. The Department of Agronomy has reviewed its various undergraduate programs, and has developed a long-range plan related to course offerings, options, and curricula for undergraduates. In recent years, enrollment has been consistently low and very few students graduate from the soil science curriculum. There are currently seven students enrolled in the program. A total of seven degrees have been conferred within the past five years. No courses are being eliminated, so all students currently in the program will be able to complete it without difficulty even after the curriculum is discontinued. In addition, students desiring accreditation in soil science can still fulfill the desired course requirements under the existing agronomy major. There are no budgetary or staff implications, as very few students have been in the program in recent years. The chancellor at Urbana recommends discontinuance of the undergraduate degree in soil science. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval. On motion of Ms. Reese, this recommendation was approved Discontinue the Undergraduate Curriculum in Vocational Home Economics Education, College of Agriculture, Urbana (15) The Urbana-Champaign Senate recommends that the undergraduate curriculum in vocational home economics education and the B.S. degree in home economics education be discontinued. This action will also eliminate home economics teacher certification opportunities for undergraduates. The vocational home economics education curriculum has been administered by the College of Agriculture. However, faculty members directing the program have been in the Department of Vocational and Technical Education in the College of Education. Enrollments in the curriculum have been extremely small in recent years. Three students are currently enrolled in the curriculum. All three will have completed the "teaching courses" by the end of the Spring 1993 semester. Discontinuance of the curriculum will not affect their ability to obtain remaining noneducation courses and thus meet graduation and certification requirements. There are no budgetary or staff implications, since very few students have been in the program in recent years. The chancellor at Urbana recommends the discontinuance of the curriculum and degree as set forth above. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval. On motion of Ms. Reese, this recommendation was approved.
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