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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 16

Inasmuch as certain of the courses required for the completion of this curriculum will be offered at the Chicago Circle campus, the Chicago Circle Senate has reviewed and approved the program. The University Senates Conference has indicated its concurrence. The Dean of the School of Associated Medical Sciences, the Executive Dean of the College of Medicine, the Chancellor at the Medical Center, and the Executive Vice President and Provost endorse this recommendation. I recommend approval subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. On motion of Mr. Swain, this recommendation was approved.

CURRICULA EXPERIMENT INDIVIDUAL PLANS FOR STUDY, URBANA

(15) The Urbana-Champaign Senate has recommended the establishment of a "Curricula Experiment — Individual Plans for Study" in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences leading to a baccalaureate degree under the Science and Letters Curriculum. The experimental program is designed as an alternative to current curricular patterns available in the College. A limited group of students would direct their own educational program in consultation with a faculty advisor and with the approval of an advisory committee. The program of study would involve a pattern of educational experiences focusing upon a theme, a problem, or a field of concentration. In the design of their programs students would be bound_ by University graduation requirements, but not by current departmental requirements. As adopted by the Urbana-Champaign Senate, the plan calls for the program to begin September 1971 and to continue for a period of five years with a maximum of fifty new students brought into it each year. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is to report to the Senate Committee on Educational Policy at the end of each year on the status of the program, difficulties which may have been encountered in it and plans for its further development. In addition, the Senate has asked the Chancellor to appoint a committee charged with presenting a plan for a campus-wide program to the Senate no later than January 1972. The Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus and the Executive Vice President and Provost concur in this recommendation. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further Senate jurisdiction is required. I recommend approval. O n motion of M r . H a h n , this recommendation was approved.

MINOR IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES, CHICAGO CIRCLE

(16) The Chicago Circle Senate has recommended approval of a program for a minor in religious studies. The proposal provides that students wishing to minor in religious studies must complete at least 24 quarter hours of approved courses at the 200 or 300 level in three different departments. Students will be advised by members of a committee appointed by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The purpose of the minor field of specialization in_ religious studies is to study religion as a human institution. Courses dealing with religion are already present in the University curriculum in more than a half-dozen academic disciplines. The proposed program would permit the student to study religious ideas and institutions from a multidisciplinary point of view. The Chancellor at the Chicago Circle campus and the Executive Vice President and Provost concur in this recommendation. The University Senates Conference indicates no further Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval. O n motion of M r . Grimes, this recommendation was approved.

MODIFICATION O F RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT, CHICAGO CIRCLE

(17) The Chicago Circle Senate has approved a proposal allowing up to 48 quarter-hours credit in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences for work done