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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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This alternate, advanced degree requires the satisfactory completion of twentyfour units, as for the Ph.D., but includes a broader range of advanced course work, some basic research experience, and a thesis based upon the study of a problem in the area of the candidate's professional goals. Additional specific requirements are the following: (1) fifteen units in the chemical sciences; (2) four units in a minor area or areas other than in the chemical sciences; (3) at least twelve units at the 400 level; (4) a "research" master's degree with a thesis (Chemistry 499) or an equivalent experience in basic chemical research; (5) a reading knowledge of German, French, or Russian, or an equivalent skill pertinent to the candidate's goals; (6) one or two years' internship as a part-time teaching assistant; and (7) passing of preliminary and final examinations. Requirements for admission to and for good, standing in the program are the same as for Ph.D. candidates. Mankind's rapid advance in knowledge and technology has led to requirements in government, industry, and educational institutions for persons who have obtained an advanced professional education, but whose subsequent work will be neither doing original research nor teaching others how to do it. The main objective of this program is to meet such needs by providing a broader background and educational experience, a larger proportion of which will be pertinent to the future careers of the graduates. The faculty and resources of the Ph.D. program in the Department of Chemistry will provide the breadth and quality of graduate instruction necessary to make the proposed D.A. program a credible and acceptable alternative to the Ph.D. It is estimated that the enrollment in the program will be two in the first year and increase to ten by the sixth year. It is not anticipated that the program will either increase the total number of graduate students in the department or require additional faculty or facilities for its operation, since it serves as an alternative program for students who would otherwise have been in the Ph.D. program. Furthermore, the initial emphasis of the program upon candidates interested in two- and four-year college teaching would, as a by-product, help in maintaining and improving the effectiveness and quality of our undergraduate courses and programs in chemistry. Operating resources required in the first and sixth years of the program are estimated as follows: 1974-75 1979-80 State $12 900 State $ 60 000 Federal 8 000 Federal 40 000 Total $30 900 Total $100 000 No additional funds will be required. The necessary resources for this program will come from reallocation of existing resources within the Department of Chemistry. The Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concurs in this recommendation and the University Senates Conference has indicated that no further Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, subject to further action by the State Board of Higher Education.

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

MASTER O F FINE ARTS IN THEATRE. URBAN A

(11) The Urbana-Champaign Senate recommends the establishment of a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre degree in the Department of Theatre. The proposed Master of Fine Arts in Theatre is designed as a terminal degree for the artist or technician-teacher. The existing program in theatre meets the needs of the potential Ph.D. candidate and the secondary schooj teacher of theatre. However, there is a need for thorough graduate-level training which emphasizes practical laboratory experience to allow the student to approach artistic maturity as preparation for employment as an artist or technician in the commercial theatre or as an artist or technician-teacher in the academic theatre. There is also a growing tendency on the part of theatre departments to prefer the artist or technician -teacher to the scholar-teacher.