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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[January 16

T h e reduction recognizes recent improvement in the preparation of students applying for the program and brings the course requirements into line with these MBA programs at other universities in the Chicago area. The change is expected to make the program more attractive to highly qualified students. The reduction in hours will be accomplished by: (1) eliminating a management course, the material of which is covered by another required course; (2) eliminating a remedial calculus course, which increasing numbers of students admitted now do not need; and (3) reducing from five to three the number of approved, elective courses. The chancellor at Chicago and the vice president for academic affairs recommend approval. The University Senates Conference has indicated no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . M a d d e n , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . President's Report on Actions of the Senates Revision of the Human Resource Management and Policy and Administrafive Practices Areas of Concentration, and Establishment of the Strategic Management Area of Concentration, Master o f Business Administration, Chicago (8) The Chicago Senate has approved the following changes for the Master of Business Administration degree: (1) changing the title of the Human Resource Management concentration to Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations, and revising the list of elective courses; (2) eliminating the Policy and Administrative Practices area of concentration; and (3) establishing a new area of concentration in Strategic Management. The Department of Management has substantially revised its graduate-level courses in order to provide MBA students with certain material that was available only in undergraduate courses. The redesignation of the Human Resource Management area of concentration as Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations reflects the changes in the courses and more accurately describes this concentration. The Policy and Administrative Practices area of concentration lacked the desired focus on strategy and change. The establishment of a new area in Strategic Management in place of Policy and Administrative Practices along with the creation of new courses and the revision of others bring this concentration up to date in terms of the requirements of the profession and job market. Revision of the Major in Bioengineering, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Chicago The Chicago Senate has approved the following changes recommended by the Department of Bioengineering: (1) increasing the total hours of the required core from 44 hours to 45 hours, as a result of a one-hour increase in Biological Sciences 2 8 1 ; (2) dropping two courses as options under the required core; (3) changing Bioengineering 357 from an option to a requirement for all Bioengineering majors; (4) reducing the hours required in each track from 28 to 27, due to item 1, above; and (5) replacing two courses with new courses in the list of elective courses for the Bioelectric and Bioinformation Processing track. The change in hours for Biological Sciences 281 allows for more extensive coverage of organ systems and provides additional laboratory experience. The change of Bioengineering 357 from an elective course to a required core course is the result of the Bioengineering faculty's desire to place more emphasis on laboratory experience concerning biomedical instrumentation and measurement.