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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1944
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1058 BOARD OF TRUSTEES and curricula more nearly suited to the abilities and needs of these students. Doubtless there will be a long transition period. One cannot expect that overnight the freshmen and sophomores from all the universities in the country can be kept in the high schools and provision made for their education there. It can be expected, however, that planning be carried out in this connection, and it can be expected that the universities do something toward the solution of this problem within the present structure of their organizations, such as, for example, providing terminal curricula looking toward the granting of an associate in arts degree. The most pronounced attempt to make curricular adjustments to meet the newly recognized needs of the increased undergraduate body in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences was the setting up of the General Division. The present development and status of this curriculum shed significant information on what the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences does for its undergraduate students and how it does it. The present requirements of the General Division curriculum are based on seven general courses, one in each of the following fields: (i) verbal expression, (2) history of civilization, (3) biological science, (4) physical science, (5) social science, (6) literature and the fine arts, and (7) philosophy and psychology. These courses consist of subject matter from related groups of departments of the University, and are organized according to the nature of each field and the educational needs of students. Each course extends through the two semesters of the school year and gives eight semester hours of credit toward graduation.5 The student in the freshman year is required to carry twelve hours a week of the courses in verbal expression, history of civilization, and biological science; four hours of a foreign language; one hour of hygiene; plus military science (for men) and physical education. The sophomore is required to carry four hours of physical science, two four-hour courses chosen from among social science, literature and fine arts, and philosophy and psychology together with four hours of foreign language, military science (for men) and physical education. The freshman year of this program exceeded by 'See University of Illinois Annual Register, 1041-42, p. 118. t 4 0 ~ A . C E . Report]
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