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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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ternships in community and hospital pharmacies and a senior year clerkship in medical specialty areas and ambulatory care. T h e current five-year B.S. and two-year Pharm.D. programs will be phased out as students complete the programs. T h e revised Pharm.D. will become the first professional degree, commencing with the fall quarter 1984. The American Pharmaceutical Association, the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, and the American Council on Pharmaceutical Education have endorsed the Pharm.D. as an entry-level degree. T h e Illinois Pharmacists' Association, the Illinois Council on Hospital Pharmacists, and the Illinois State Board of Pharmacy support the recommended changes. The chancellor at Chicago and the vice president for academic affairs concur. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval. 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 .

Change of Field of Concentration in Biochemistry, Urbana

(14) T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has recommended that the Biochemistry Field of Concentration in the Sciences and Letters Curriculum, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, be changed to a Curriculum in Biochemistry. This change does not constitute establishment of a new curriculum, it simply converts the Field of Concentration to a free-standing curriculum. T h e title of the degree awarded will change from B.S. in Liberal Arts and Sciences to B.S. in Biochemistry. A departmental Distinction Option consisting of additional course requirements and a thesis based on laboratory research would also be provided for superior students. Two considerations justify the conversion to a Curriculum in Biochemistry. The highly specific nature of the courses required in this program more closely resemble a specialized curriculum than a Field of Concentration in the Sciences and Letters Curriculum. T h e evirrent Field of Concentration stipulates 67 hours of specific courses (38 hours of which arc within closely defined areas), and it contains only 21 elective hours after inclusion of current college requirements. In addition, it became apparent, following recent changes in the LAS general education requirements, that the few elective hours available in the Biochemistry Field of Concentration, combined with the increased LAS general education requirements for Fields of Concentration, make it difficult for transfer students and students lacking superior high school backgrounds to complete the current Field of Concentration in eight semesters. The chancellor at Urbana-Champaign and the vice president for academic affairs concur in the proposed change. T h e University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Stone, this recommendation was approved. President's Report on Actions of the Senates Identification of Specializations in Regulatory Biology, Ph.D. in Biology and Experimental Pathology, Chicago

(15) T h e University Center Senate has approved the identification of two specializations within the larger area, regulatory biology. They are cell and molecular biology and genetics and development. T h e explicit identification, titled in conformity with widely accepted practice, calls for the addition of no new courses and conveys