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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[March 17

REVISION IN CURRICULA IN AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE ( O P T I O N I I I ) . URBANA (11) The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved a recommendation from the College of Agriculture for a revision of the Curriculum in Agricultural Engineering and in Option I I I of the Agricultural Science Curriculum (five-year combined program in agricultural science and agricultural engineering) at the Urbana-Champaign campus. The revision of the Agricultural Engineering Curriculum embodies more effective ways of organizing and presenting agricultural engineering subject matter and reduces the number of hours required for graduation from 136 to 130, exclusive of physical education. T h e revision provides for dropping four required courses and replacing them with two courses which present a more integrated view of the field of agricultural engineering. The proposal also provides that elective courses in the curriculum be revised to allow the student greater flexibility in his course of study. The proposed changes in the Agricultural Engineering Curriculum make it necessary to revise Option I I I of the Agricultural Science Curriculum which is a five-year combined program in Agricultural Science and Agricultural Engineering. As a result of these changes, the hours required to receive the two degrees in Option I I I will be reduced from 165 to 160. T h e number of hours required to receive a second bachelor's degree remains at the level to meet the University requirement of 30 semester hours not counted for the first degree. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved. T h e Deans of the College of Engineering and the College of Agriculture, the Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign, and the Executive Vice President and Provost concur in the recommendation. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . G r i m e s , 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 . CROP PROTECTION OPTION IN THE AGRONOMY MAJOR OF THE CORE C U R R I C U L U M IN AGRICULTURE. URBANA (12) T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved a recommendation from the College of Agriculture for the establishment of a crop protection option within the agronomy major in the core Curriculum in Agriculture at the Urbana campus. This option will provide a broad selection of courses for training in crops and soils, plant diseases, insects and weeds, the physical sciences, and communications. T h e student will be required to complete 126 hours, exclusive of physical education, and meet the requirements of the Curriculum in Agriculture, agronomy major. T h e option is designed to prepare students for careers in agricultural chemical industries and private or governmental agencies dealing with crop care and crop protection. It will provide an opportunity for students to identify some of the problems in environmental biology that have developed through the use of agricultural chemicals. T h e University Senates Conference has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved. T h e Dean of the College of Agriculture, the Chancellor at Urbana and the Executive Vice President and Provost concur in this recommendation. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , 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 . PROGRAM FOR STUDY IN SPAIN FOR STUDENTS OF SPANISH AND OTHER SELECTED STUDENTS, URBANA AND CHICAGO CIRCLE (13) The Departments of Spanish at the Urbana-Champaign and the Chicago Circle campuses, with the concurrence of the Deans of the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the campuses, recommend authorization of a program of study in Spain by students majoring in Spanish or other selected students whose educational experience could be broadened and enhanced by a year abroad in a program devoted largely to language and literature studies. It is proposed that the program be implemented to start in the fall of 1971.