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program at the Urbana-Champaign campus, raising that tuition to $3,950 per year. T h e dean of the College of Commerce and Business Administration and the chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus now have recommended an $815 increase — to a total of $4,765. 1 Rising costs associated with the program have made the action necessary. T h e increase proposed would apply to the Executive MBA class entering in the fall of 1982. I concur in this recommendation. 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 Revision of the Master of Arts in Urban and Quantitative Economics, Chicago Circle (5) The Chicago Circle Senate has approved a revision of the Master of Arts in Urban and Quantitative Economics by adding an option to the research requirement for the degree. At present, the research requirement may be satisfied by independent study, a thesis, a workshop, or an internship. The new option will permit a student to take an additional 400-level economics course, which includes writing a research paper, to satisfy the research requirement. It is felt that most students would derive more benefit by writing a research paper for an additional course in the program, than by attempting the same topic via independent study. For this reason, the fifth option was added. Deletion of the Comprehensive Design Curriculum in the School of Art and Design, Chicago Circle The Chicago Circle Senate has approved the deletion of the comprehensive design curriculum major of the Bachelor of Arts in Design. Information from design professionals indicates that graduates who follow the comprehensive design curriculum are not always adequately prepared for the jobs they enter. The curriculum prescribes a wide range of courses distributed among the various disciplines and makes it impossible for the student to take advanced courses in any one discipline. To preserve the present major while insuring adequate preparation in at least one discipline would require an unacceptably large number of total hours for the degree. Dropping the comprehensive design curriculum will not end the opportunity to diversify but it will allow the student to take advanced courses in at least one discipline. T h e School of Art and Design will continue to offer the following majors for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Design: communications design, industrial design, and photography/film design (to be changed to photography/film/ video design). Revision of the Photography/Film Design Curriculum in the School of Art and Design, Chicago Circle T h e Chicago Circle Senate has approved a revision of the photography/film design curriculum in the School of Art and Design. The revision incorporates the area of video design into the present curriculum and changes the title of the curriculum to photography/film/video design. The merger of video design into the present curriculum is intended to enhance the educational objectives of the separate disciplines and to provide a greater exploration of the natural affinities, interrelationships, and unique creative possibilities among these three media. The merger will enhance the interdisciplinary activity within the program and will enable the school to use its available faculty and resources more effectively.

1 The general student charge connected with the program also has been increased by $335, Tbe total program cost, should the tuition increase be approved, will become $6,100.