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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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On motion of Mr. Davis, the changes in this curriculum were approved as recommended.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN SANITARY ENGINEERING (18) T h e College of Engineering requests that the degree of Bachelor of Science in Sanitary Engineering be revived. A similar degree of Bachelor of Science in Municipal and Sanitary Engineering was conferred from 1894 until 1926 when, on the retirement of P r o fessor A. N. Talbot, the Department of Municipal and Sanitary Engineering was discontinued and its courses, including the Sanitary Engineering curriculum, was transferred to the Department of Civil Engineering. Sanitary engineering became an option in the Civil Engineering curriculum but the degree awarded has been in Civil Engineering, which has caused embarrassment to graduates in Sanitary Engineering because some organizations employing such men insist upon a degree in Sanitary Engineering and will not accept the option in lieu of that degree. The work now being done in the Sanitary Engineering option in the Civil Engineering curriculum is equivalent to the work formerly done in the Department of Municipal and Sanitary Engineering curriculum and compares favorably with the Sanitary Engineering curriculum at institutions which award the degree of Bachelor of Science in Sanitary Engineering. There is only one change proposed—the omission of Civil Engineering 65 (Bridge Design) and the substitution of electives pertaining to Sanitary Engineering. The University Senate recommends approval and I concur.

On motion of Mr. Jensen, this degree was authorized as recommended.

MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (19) The University Senate recommends establishing the degree of Master of Science in the Biological Sciences. This proposal originated with the Division of Biological Sciences. The general prescriptions of the curriculum, which is especially intended for teachers of biology in high schools, a r e : 1. The main emphasis will be on Botany and Zoology. 2. Each candidate must have at least one unit in each of the five biological subjects: Bacteriology, Botany, Entomology, Physiology, and Zoology. If possible he should have one unit also in Psychology (in addition to the course in Educational Psychology). 3. At least one unit must be taken in courses of strictly graduate grade. 4. No thesis is required, but the candidate should select at least one course in which individual problems are assigned. The curriculum has also been examined and approved by the Executive Faculty of the Graduate School. It will not require establishing any new courses. I concur in this recommendation.

On motion of Mr. Davis, this degree was authorized as recommended.

CALLING OF MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND PHARMACY BUILDING BONDS (20) Included in the University's biennial appropriation, is the sum of $328,000 for the retirement of all callable bonds on the Medical, Dental, and Pharmacy Building. These are bonds due 1950-1954 and are callable at par on November 1, 1943, with accrued interest to that date. A notice of not less than 30 days prior to date of redemption is required. The Comptroller, after discussion with the First National Bank of Chicago, Trustee, and with investment houses which handled the issue, has proposed, and the Finance Committee has approved, the deposit of these funds at once with the Trustee, in which case an offer would be issued to redeem bonds on presentation with interest to date of presentation. Those not presented would be called on November 1, 1043, which is the next call date. It appears likely that some saving of interest can be effected by making the deposit at once.