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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 10

President's Report on Actions of the Senates Establishment of an Interdepartmental Concentration in Neuroscience for Doctoral Students, Chicago

(16) The Chicago Senate has approved a proposal to establish an interdepartmental concentration in neuroscience at the doctoral level. The nine participating departments include Anatomy, Bioengineering, Biological Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacology, Physiology and Biophysics, and Psychology. In effect, UIC has been training neuroscientists for some years (present estimate of graduate students in neuroscience is sixty) though not in the formalized context of neuroscience, but rather within the somewhat narrower framework of the academic departments. The neuroscience concentration is only one component of a doctoral student's program; students must meet the requirements of their departments (whether the requirements overlap with or are in addition to those of neuroscience) and of the Graduate College that pertain to doctoral candidates. The concentration requires the completion of three neuroscience core courses and an additional 12 quarter hours of approved neuroscience courses, exclusive of research and independent study, chosen from among the offerings of the participating departments. The dissertation must deal with a topic in the field of neuroscience.

Establishment of an Interdisciplinary Minor in Women's Studies, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Urbana

The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the establishment of an interdisciplinary minor in Women's Studies for students enrolled in a concentration in the Sciences and Letters Curriculum, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, effective fall 1986. Currently, students may elect to receive a major in Women's Studies through individual plans of study or a cognate in a number of departments within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. However, neither of these possibilities meets the need for a goal-oriented framework for their studies and for formal recognition of students' specific work in Women's Studies. Such recognition in the form of a minor will constitute a clear advantage for students interested in programs of advanced study or for those who will seek employment in fields in which expertise in Women's Studies is desired or even required. Requirements include 24 hours in Women's Studies courses with a grade-point average of 3.75, and approval of a program of study by the Office of Women's Studies.

Discontinuance of the Teacher Education Minor in Dance, College of Fine and Applied Arts, Urbana

The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the discontinuance of the Teacher Education minor in Dance, College of Fine and Applied Arts. There have been few teacher education minors in dance in the past five years. Dance major courses are open to University students who qualify by audition. The department has found that adequate preparation of teachers of dance cannot be accomplished through a minor program and wishes to discontinue it. Other opportunities now exist outside the University for training in the teaching of dance, e.g., the Artists-In-School Program sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Illinois Arts Council.