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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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transferred to the Department of Journalism in 1978 to initiate a new curriculum in broadcast journalism. T h e B.S. in Media Studies is designed to give more concentrated formal academic attention to the major changes associated with on-going developments in all the modern media of communication and their underlying technologies. There are no staff or budgetary implications associated with this new undergraduate curriculum. T h e media studies program is a cooperative venture of all existing college departments and the dean's office. I recommend approval, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. O n m o t i o n of D r . D o n o g h u 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 .

President's Report on Actions of the Senates

Establishment of an International Minor in the College of Engineering, Urbana (15) T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the establishment of an International Minor within the College of Engineering. This structured program of study leads to an International Minor at graduation for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline who are interested in developing a background for future international involvement. T h e International Minor recognizes students who have achieved proficiency in a foreign language, and have completed a series of culturally oriented studies and a period of schooling or work in residence at a foreign location. T h e proposal would not require additional cost for development of any new courses but rather, would result in a modest redistribution of students in existing courses. It is estimated that no more than one to two percent of all engineering students would select the International Minor. Establishment of a Teaching Requirement for Doctoral Degree Candidates in Microbiology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Urbana T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the establishment of a teaching requirement for doctoral degree candidates in the Department of Microbiology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Teaching experience is an integral and essential component of the education and training of a doctoral level microbiologist. The teaching requirement proposed involves two semesters of teaching experience at 50 percent time or the equivalent (e.g., five semesters at 20 percent time). There are no budgetary or staff implications as a result of this change.

This report was received for record.

A p p r o v a l of Constitution, Senate of the University of Illinois at Chicago (16) When the University of Illinois at Chicago became a single campus on September 1, 1982, the Board of Trustees authorized the two existing senates in Chicago to retain and execute their respective jurisdictions, responsibilities, and functions temporarily (until September 1983) during the time required to formulate a constitution for a single senate, obtain campus and board approval for such a senate, and accomplish the election and installation of the members of that senate. In July, this authority was extended through September 1984. T h e senates at the Health Sciences Center and the University Center now have approved a constitution for the consolidated campus. In. accord with Article I I , Section (1) (a) of the University of Illinois Statutes, the constitution of a senate shall take effect upon approval of the Board of Trustees.