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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Degree Requirements General requirements specified by the Graduate College including credit, residence, foreign languages, the preliminary and final examinations, and thesis. The Senate Coordinating Council has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved in this question. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H e r r i c k , t h i s 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 . GRADUATE S C H O O L OF LIBRARY SCIENCE ( n ) The Dean of Library Administration and Director of the Library School recommends, and the Executive Committee of the Graduate College concurs, that the name of the Library School be changed to the Graduate School of Library Science. This change in name is appropriate as the Library School offers instruction at the graduate level and will be an educational part of the Graduate College. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Pogue, this recommendation was approved.

GRADUATE PROGRAM IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION (12) The Urbana Senate recommends authorization of a graduate program in Physical Education leading to the degree of Master of A r t s in Dance. This program will offer advanced work in choreography, dance production, and pedagogy with some specialization in the related fields of art, drama, and music. It will be an interdisciplinary project involving, in addition to Physical Education, the Departments of A r t and Speech and the School of Music. Admission Requirements A minimum grade average of 3.5 during the last sixty semester hours of undergraduate work completed; Twenty-four semester hours of approved undergraduate credit in dance (a minimum of eight hours in this field), art, music, physical education, and theater. Applicants lacking a portion of these prerequisites may substitute certified experience in dance but not to exceed eight semester hours; Thirty-six semester hours in humanities (language, literature, philosophy), natural sciences (biological and physical sciences), and social sciences (anthropology, education, history, political science, psychology, sociology). Degree Requirements The general requirements of the Graduate College must be met. Of the eight units required for the master's degree, four must be in dance or in dance and related areas such as art, dramatics, music, physical education, recreation, and speech; two units must be in one or more of the following fields: anthropology, English, history, philosophy, psychology, or sociology. A candidate for this degree must also take Dance 490, Seminar, for one semester (no credit); and must present an acceptable thesis. With the approval of the adviser, the thesis may be waived, but in lieu thereof, the candidate must submit two additional units of credit plus a recital of solo and group dances which he has choreographed and staged. The Senate Coordinating Council has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved in this question. I concur.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this recommendation was approved; Mr. Herrick voted no.

LIMITATIONS ON GRADUATE STUDY OF UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES (13) University regulations specify the maximum amount of graduate study for which teaching and research staff may enroll. However, the Board of Trustees on September 18, 1956, authorized, for the three-year period 1956-59, a special discretionary schedule of graduate work which may be approved in exceptional cases by the Graduate College. The Dean of the Graduate College recommends, and the Vice-President and Provost and I concur, that this authorization of exceptions to the standard schedule be extended to September, 1963.

On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this recommendation was approved.