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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[February 16

Since this option is to be offered within the Department of Business Administration, students will not be excused from courses which are prerequisites for departmental core courses. A unique feature of this Option in Industrial Distribution Management is the practicum, a 16-week educational experience conducted on-site in a host business during the summers following the junior and senior years. The student would spend 8 weeks in a manufacturing business during the summer following the junior year and a second 8 weeks in a distribution business in the summer following the senior year. Because of the practicum, students completing the option would graduate in August rather than May. Administration of this new option will be supported by grants which have already been pledged. In addition, individual distribution firms have pledged to support an annual scholarship fund of at least $5,000 for students in the program. The option will be offered only as long as outside financial support is received. Revision of the Major in Applied Mechanics, Bachelor of Science in Engineering Science, Chicago T h e University Center Senate has approved the following changes to the Major in Applied Mechanics: (1) deletion of four engineering courses from the list of required courses and replaced by four other engineering courses; (2) addition of one engineering course and one mathematics course to the list of required courses; (3) increase in the hours required for the major from 48 to 5 5 ; (4) increase in hours of required technical electives from 7-8 to 15-16; and (5) reduction in the number of elective hours from 16-17 to 1-2. T h e revisions are intended to strengthen the program by increasing the emphasis on computational mechanics and in experimental course work. The addition of a mathematics course and the increase in technical electives have been recommended by the Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology. Revision o f the Major in Criminalistics, Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Chicago T h e University Center Senate has approved the following revisions to the Major in Criminalistics: (1) the number of required hours has been increased from 48 to 56; (2) two courses have been dropped as requirements; (3) four courses have been added to the list of required courses; (4) renumbering of eight courses; (5) reduction in the number of hours for collateral and prerequisite courses from 56 to 48. T h e changes reflect a shifting in emphasis of the discipline of criminal justice toward the study of rules (how they are made, how they are broken, and how they are applied). Revision o f the General Education Requirements, Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education and the Bachelor of Arts in Education, Chicago T h e University Center Senate has approved the following changes to the general education requirements of the elementary education and education policy programs: (1) increased by 4 hours the general education requirement in the humanities; (2) specified that no education course may be used to fulfill the humanities requirement; (3) disallowed the application of mathematics courses toward the general education requirement in the natural sciences (all education majors are required to complete 12 hours of mathematics in addition to the 18-hour natural science • requirement). These changes' were proposed in order to give education students broad exposure to course work in the humanities and natural sciences.