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terminate business firms tied to durable natural resources such as agricultural land or mineral deposits and the effects of public policies on these decisions. STEPHEN G. BUNKER, assistant professor of sociology, to prepare a monograph analyzing the ways peasant farmers have historically influenced agricultural and rural development in Uganda. COSTAS N. PAPANICOLAS, assistant professor of physics, to develop new instrumentation and carry out high-energy electron scattering experiments to determine the properties of complex nuclear systems. WILLIAM R. SCHROEDER, assistant professor of philosophy, to complete a book on philosophy and film. JOHN C. WILCOX, assistant professor of Spanish, to write a book on literary criticism on the poetry of Juan Ramon Jimenez, Spain's most influential poet of the twentieth century. Beckman Fellows1 DANA D. DLOTT, assistant professor of chemistry, to carry out studies of vibrational energy transfer in molecular solids using unique, advanced laser equipment he developed recently. BRUCE A. REZNICK, assistant professor of mathematics, to carry out studies of real polynomials and their representation as sums of squares. DALE J. VAN HARLINGEN, assistant professor of physics, to carry out a research program on the physics of microfabricated, superconducting electronic devices and of fundamental processes in superconductors. The vice president for academic affairs concurs. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , these a p p o i n t m e n t s were approved.

Sabbatical Leaves of Absence, 1983-84

(7) On motion of Mr. Hahn, seven sabbatical leaves of absence recommended by the chancellors at each campus were granted. These leaves will be included in an annual compilation of 1983-84 sabbatical leaves of absence to be made a part of the board Proceedings.

Revision, Master of Associated Medical Sciences in Biocommunication Arts, Chicago

(8) The senate at the Health Sciences Center has recommended that the Master of Associated Medical Sciences degree in Biocommunication Arts be revised substantially and that the baccalaureate degree in biocommunication arts be phased out. The current M.A.M.S. degree program of 54 credit hours is designed to follow the baccalaureate program, ostensibly a four-year program, although the majority of students enrolled require five years or more to complete. The revised master's program will require a minimum of 104 quarter hours of graduate-level credit and approximately two-and-a-half years in residence. Students will be admitted after completing the appropriate prerequisites and a baccalaureate degree. If students demonstrate prior experience or education related to successful practice, the courses required to complete the graduate degree may be reduced. The phasing-out of the baccalaureate degree and the revision of the master's degree are required to comply with the Association of Medical Illustrators' policy to accredit only programs at the master's degree level after 1982. No additional State resources will be required for the implementation of the progTam. All costs will be met through reallocation of existing resources.

1 Made possible as part of a challenge gjft of $5 million for recognition of outstanding young fellow candidates who have already made distinctive scholarly contributions.