Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1986 [PAGE 189]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Composition and Choreography (2 hours) as required courses; (3) added PE 146T a p and Clog Dancing (2 hours) as an optional course; (4) dropped PE 2 2 7 Instructional Techniques in Dance (2 hours) as a required course; (5) dropped an unspecified, required, 4-hour theory course; and (6) reduced the number of dance electives from 12 to 8 hours. T h e purpose of the changes is to strengthen the Dance Minor, especially in light of the proposed dance specialization of the Option I I I , nonteacher certification program. Revision of the Major in Biological Sciences, Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chicago T h e Chicago Senate has approved the following changes to the major in biological sciences: (1) increased the genetics requirement from two (one lecture, one laboratory) to three courses (two lectures, one laboratory); and (2) added a statement to the major that the new student/practice teaching sequence, BioS. 301 and 302, would not count toward the biological sciences major. As a result of the rapidly expanding technologies in the field of genetics, the Department of Biological Sciences concluded that the knowledge covered in the current single lecture course (BioS. 240) was too great and proposes to add a second lecture course to the genetics requirement. T h e department also clarified the electives requirement for the biological sciences major by stating that students could not count toward the biological sciences major two new courses required of teacher education majors, i.e., BioS. 301 and 302-Educational Practice with Seminar I and II (16 hours). Revision o f the Bachelor of Arts in Design; Revision of the Bachelor of Arts In Studio Arts; Revision of the Bachelor of Arts in Art Education, Chicago The Chicago Senate has approved a proposal by the School of Art and Design to: (1) increase the required hours in History of Architecture and Art from 12 to 20 hours in the Design, Studio Arts, and Art Education curricula; and (2) reduce by 8 the number of elective hours in each of the degree programs. This change is recommended in order to meet one of the guidelines of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design that requires a minimum of ten percent of all course work for the degree to be taken in art history. There is no change in the total number of hours required for the degrees. Revision of the Major in German, Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences; Revision of the Teacher Education Major in German; Bachelor of Arts in the Teaching o f German; Revision of the Teacher Education Minor in German, Chicago The Chicago Senate has recommended the following changes for the major in German and the teacher education major in German: (1) dropping German 204 (4 hours) from the list of required courses in the major in German and the teacher education major in German, and from the list of optional courses in the teacher education minor in German; and (2) increasing by one the number of elective courses required for the majors, in order to compensate for the elimination of German 204. T h e course material in German 204 has been absorbed into German 201-203, and dropping 204 will eliminate the overlap. Adding an elective course in each of the major programs preserves the minimum 48 hours required for the degree and provides students with an opportunity to take a wider variety of courses at the upper division level. T h i s r e p o r t w a s r e c e i v e d for r e c o r d .