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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 20

Architecture, Art, Classics, Geological Sciences, History of Architecture and Art, and Materials Engineering. The establishment of this rubric is intended to facilitate the coordination of archaeological and technical studies and courses at U I C C under a single Committee of Archaeological Studies. Revision in the Curriculum in Geology, Urbana The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved a revision in the curriculum in geology for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Geology. The changes will introduce more flexibility in preparing for the different areas of the geological sciences while maintaining and improving the quality of preparation. The essential features of the revision are: 1) wider latitude of choice of geology courses; 2) reduction in total hours required for graduation from 130 to 126 credit hours; 3) inclusion of a cognate course; 4) specific recommendation of life science courses; and 5) addition of an option in the fulfillment of the summer field camp requirement. General Curriculum in the College of Education, Urbana The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the establishment of a general curriculum in the College of Education. T h e general curriculum is a two-year option available to new freshmen and to continuing students who have completed fewer than 60 semester hours. This curriculum is designed to accommodate students who are uncertain about the specific curriculum in the College of Education in which they wish to major and students who are unable to enter a specific curriculum until their junior year. Students in the general curriculum would be required to complete the 40 semester hours common to all undergraduate programs in the College of Education and the requirements for continuation established by the University and the College of Education. Discontinuance of the LAS Field of Concentration in Social Welfare, Urbana The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the discontinuance of the field of concentration in social welfare in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. T h e School of Social Work began conferring the degree of Bachelor of Social Work in 1974. At that time, students enrolled in the LAS field of concentration in social welfare were permitted the option of completing the LAS degree program. Those students have now completed their degree programs; thus, the need for an overlapping degree has been eliminated. Discontinuance of Doctor of Library Science, Urbana The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the discontinuance of the Doctor of Library Science program and degree. T h e Executive Committee of the Graduate College recommended that the Doctor of Library Science program be discontinued and that the Ph.D. in Library Science be retained and revised into a coherent high quality research degree. T h e strengthening of the Ph.D. in Library Science would be facilitated by the elimination of the Doctor of Library Science degree. Students currently in the D.L.S. program will be permitted to complete the degree program. Use of the Ab Grade, Urbana The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved a clarification of the use of the grade Ab. Currently, the grade of Ab is given to a student who is absent from the final