Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1940
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1939] UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 321 Pogue; no, none; absent, Mr. Cleary, Mr. Horner, Mr. Mayer, Mr. Wieland. PURCHASE OF PROPERTY IN CHICAGO Mrs. Plumb, for the Committee on Chicago Departments, presented a recommendation that a formal letter be sent to the County Board of Cook County requesting the Board to purchase the properties selected for the University in exchange for the site of the old Medical building through our realtor, and that the County Board be requested to institute condemnation proceedings against those properties held at an excessive price. On motion of Mrs. Plumb, this recommendation was adopted. MATTERS PRESENTED BY PRESIDENT WILLARD The Board resumed consideration of matters presented by the President of the University. GRADUATE WORK IN THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC (10) T h e College of Fine and Applied Arts recommends the establishment of graduate courses in music leading to the degrees of Master of Music and Master of Science in Music Education. The Executive Faculty of the Graduate School has approved the policy of graduate work in the School of Music. I recommend approval of this program on condition that provision for it can be made within whatever budget can be approved for the College of Fine and Applied Arts for 1930-1940. On motion of Mr. Adams, this program was approved as recommended. C U R R I C U L U M IN SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION (11) T h e University Senate and the Executive Faculty of the Graduate School recommend the establishment of the following curriculum in Social Administration to meet the special needs of students preparing for positions with the various social welfare agencies of the local, state, and national governments, and to meet the demand for specially trained workers in this field. T h e curriculum makes provision for a four-year program of undergraduate study, with a major in one of the social sciences, leading to the degree of Bachelor of A r t s ; and two years of professional and graduate study leading to the degree of Bachelor of Social Administration on the completion of the fifth year, and the degree of Master of Social Administration at the end of the sixth year. On motion of Mrs. Plumb, this program and curriculum were approved. Pre-professional Program Applicants for admission to the pre-professional program of study in social work must have had at least one year of work in a college of liberal arts and sciences, which must include the prescribed courses. Applicants twenty-one years of age or more who are not candidates for a degree may be admitted as unclassified students in such courses as they are prepared to take. Candidates for the bachelor's degree must fulfill requirements for graduation from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Major requirements must be completed in economics, history, political science, psychology, or sociology, at least one basic course in each of these subjects being required. Minor requirements may be met from any of the subjects named above or from appropriate courses in home economics, law, or philosophy. Twenty hours shall constitute a major, and a minor shall not be less than eight hours with a total of 20 hours in the two subjects chosen as minors. It is recommended that natural science requirements be met from courses in physiology, psychology, bacteriology, chemistry, and zoology, one course in heredity being required.
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