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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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tion in the Chicago metropolitan area. Surveys indicate substantial student interest in the program. All students will be required to complete the core curriculum, appropriate coursework in one of the three areas of concentration, a research project, and a dissertation. No additional state resources will be required for the implementation of the program; all costs will be sustained through reallocation of present College of Education funds. The chancellor at Chicago Circle and the vice president for academic affairs recommend approval. T h e University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, this recommendation was approved. Reorganization of the College of Engineering, Chicago Circle

(10) T h e Chicago Circle Senate has recommended a reorganization of the departments of the College of Engineering. T h e existing departments are four: energy engineering, information engineering, materials engineering, and systems engineering. In addition, the college has a bioengineering program. The college proposes to regroup the faculty in the existing departments under departments with the following names: chemical engineering; electrical engineering and computer science; civil engineering, mechanics, and metallurgy; industrial and systems engineering; and mechanical engineering. It also proposes to designate bioengineering as a department. T h e reorganization is undertaken to describe departmental activities and responsibilities more accurately than the current structure allows, and to provide the students with professional identification. T h e changes are in keeping with those recently recommended by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. (A statement containing additional information is filed with the secretary of the board.) The chancellor at Chicago Circle and the vice president for academic affairs concur in this recommendation. T h e University Senates Conference has indicated that no further senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Hahn, this recommendation was approved. Redesignation of the Department of Mathematics as the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, Chicago Circle

(11) T h e Chicago Circle Senate has recommended the redesignation of the Department of Mathematics as the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science. 1 T h e new designation is intended better to inform prospective students, faculty recruits, and employees of the more specific character of the department's degrees and offerings. Undergraduate majors are currently offered in three areas: mathematics, curriculum in mathematics and computer science, and curriculum in statistics and operations research. Graduate concentrations are offered in pure mathematics, applied mathematics, probability and statistics, and computer mathematics. T h e change will give more external visibility to the department's existing strength in important specialities which are not always found in mathematics departments.

1 A document describing this proposal (and that related to a part of the previous recommendation) is filed with the secretary of the board.