Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1960
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406 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [May 16 ment Exercises at Urbana on June 13, at which Dr. Flemming -will be the speaker. On motion of Mr. Swain, these degrees were authorized. G R A D U A T E PROGRAM IN LAW (6) The Urbana Senate recommends authorization of a new program in the Graduate College leading to the degree of Master of Comparative Law (M.C.L.) designed especially for the graduate students whose first degree in law was earned in a country whose legal system is based upon the civil law. The Senate Coordinating Council has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved in this question. Admission Requirements The applicant must have received the first professional degree in law or its equivalent under the system of law in which he is trained. The applicant must present evidence of ability to do satisfactory work at the graduate level. The applicant must present evidence of sufficient facility in the written and spoken use of the English language to benefit from study at Illinois. Degree Requirements One academic year in residence at the College of Law. Satisfactory completion of a course program approved by the Graduate Committee of the College of Law, consisting of eight units of work including at least two units of research. A satisfactory thesis. I concur. On motion of Mr. Clement, this recommendation was approved. N E W DEPARTMENTS IN COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS A N D SCIENCES (7) The faculty of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Urbana Senate recommend establishment of two new departments in the College: Department of Anthropology At present the educational research program in anthropology is administered by the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. A separation of anthropology is recommended to give this discipline the status it enjoys at virtually every other major university. Recently a doctoral program in anthropology has been approved, and expansion of the present staff of four full-time faculty members has been authorized. A separate department will facilitate the recruitment of anthropologists of high quality for the faculty and will stimulate the interest of prospective graduate students for study in this field. Department of Russian When instruction in Russian was first offered, its administration was assigned to the Department of French as a matter of expediency. Enrollment in Russian courses has increased greatly in recent years, and there are four fulltime faculty members in this field with two new positions provided for in the biennial budget for 1959-61. Establishment of a separate department in Russian will encourage development of graduate study and development of a research area program. The Senate Coordinating Council has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved in this question. I concur in the above recommendation. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this recommendation was approved. DESIGNATION OF U N D E R G R A D U A T E DEGREE IN JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATIONS (8) The Urbana Senate recommends that the wording of the undergraduate degree offered by the College of Journalism and Communications be changed from Bachelor of Science in Journalism to Bachelor of Science in Communications. Since the College offers curricula in advertising and radio-television, as well as in journalism, the present designation of the degree is not appropriate.
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