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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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education course. (2) A grade of A or B is required for any physical education specialization course; the course must be repeated if a student earns a grade of C or lower. (3) A student who earns more than two C's in any graduate courses will be dropped from the program. The Department of Physical Education believes that the proposed changes will strengthen the degree and encourage students to maintain an acceptable level of performance necessary for the successful completion of the program. Revision of the Core Requirements of the Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis Program, Chicago T h e Chicago Senate has approved a proposal by the Public Policy Analysis Coordinating Committee to revise the core requirements of the Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis, as follows. The committee proposes to drop the following courses as core requirements: (1) Economics 401, Macroeconomics I ; (2) Political Science 402, Data Analysis for Politics and Public Policy; (3) Economics 403, Nonmarket Decision Making; and (4) Political Science 404, Research Design for Public Policy. In their places the committee recommends the following new core courses: (1) Public Policy Analysis/Urban Planning and Policy 407, Advanced Methods of Policy Analysis; (2) Public Policy Analysis/Economics 441, Economics for Public Policy Analysis; (3) Public Policy Analysis/Education 444, Research Design for Policy Analysis; and (4) Public Policy Analysis/Political Science 490, Advanced Public Policy Workshop. Total hours for the core will remain unchanged at six courses, twenty-four hours. The revision to the core requirements is proposed in order to strengthen the interdisciplinary introduction to policy analysis for doctoral students in the four PPA tracks of economics, education, political science, and urban planning and policy. Establishment of Undergraduate Food Engineering Specialization, Agricultural Engineering, Urbana The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the establishment of a Food Engineering Specialization in the Department of Agricultural Engineering, in the Colleges of Agriculture and Engineering. This specialization was developed in cooperation with the Food Science Department. Because a student must take a number of courses in chemistry, biology, and food science, as well as in engineering, the program calls for a total of 132 hours in contrast to 128 for the other agricultural engineering specializations. T h e food engineering specialization in agricultural engineering is designed to apply engineering principles and techniques to the production, processing, packaging, storing, and distribution of foods. There are no budget or staff implications associated with this new specialization. Termination of the Minor in Driver Education, Urbana The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the termination of the minor in driver education in the Department of Health and Safety Studies, College of Applied Life Studies. Declining enrollment in the program, a lack of qualified instructors, and the increasing costs of offering this minor have prompted the action. The minor in driver education was taken by students in teacher education programs which have experienced declines in enrollment during the past several years. Only two courses will be affected by dropping this minor. There are no budgetary or staff implications.