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the initiation, review, and approval of recommendations for academic promotion. T h e vice president for academic affairs recommends approval of the recommendations as submitted. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Stone, these recommendations were approved. Revision, Master of Administrative Science Degree (Public Agency Administration Curriculum), Chicago

(12) T h e University Center Senate, Chicago, has recommended changes in the public agency administration curriculum of the Master of Administrative Science degree, including a reduction in the total number of hours required, the elimination of certain required courses offered by the College of Business Administration, and the consolidation of several areas of specialization. T h e changes are recommended to differentiate more sharply the public administration and the business administration curricula. Since its establishment in 1977, the program has evolved into two general areas of specialization: one in public agency administration, the other in "business enterprise administration." The latter was approved last year as a Master of Business Administration (MBA) program. In essence, the two programs now are distinctly identified with the academic areas that support them, viz., the faculty of the College of Business Administration in the case of the MBA and the faculty of the Department of Political Science and the School of Urban Planning and Policy in public administration. The revision reflects the need for appropriate faculty control of courses and course scheduling, recognition that a large number of public administration students are part time and enrolled in the p.m. (extended day) program at Chicago, and the need to bring the public administration curriculum into conformity with the standards of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration. The revisions proposed do not have budgetary or staff implications nor do they imply the need for additional library support. T h e University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. The chancellor at Chicago has recommended that the recommendation of the senate be approved and that the curriculum be revised as described. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . S t o n e , this 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 .

Revision of Doctor of Pharmacy and Discontinuance of Bachelor of Pharmacy, Chicago

(13) After a review of developments in pharmacy practice, of trends in basic pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences, and of comments of the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education following their accreditation visit to the College of Pharmacy, the faculty of the college has proposed that the five-year Bachelor of Pharmacy be replaced as the entry-level professional degree by a revised Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program. 1 T h e senate at the Health Sciences Center has recommended approval of this proposal. Two years (SO quarter hours) of preprofessional studies will be required for admission to the Pharm.D. program with an additional four years (200 quarter hours) of professional training required to complete the program. T h e didactic component of the revised Pharm.D. now will require 138 quarter hours, much the same as the current B.S. in Pharmacy and Pharm.D. together require. T h e clinical component will be strengthened to require a minimum of 52 quarter hours of cx1 The Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the Pharm.D. as a postbaccalaureate professional degree at Ihe Health Sciences Center in 1977.