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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 21

P r o g r a m B (thesis option) 1. A minimum of 36 quarter hours of course work, of which 16 hours must be in 400-level courses. 2. A Master's thesis (French 499: maximum of 12 hours of credit) 3. T h e following courses are required: one graduate seminar in French literature (French 440); Explication de textes (French 403); one graduate course in French history, dealing with the same period as the seminar or the thesis. 4. A one-hour oral and three-hour written comprehensive examination covering the main currents of French literature and culture from the Middle Ages to the present. Prior to registration the Director of Graduate Study of the department will assign each student an advisor, who will help him plan his program of study, inform him of college and departmental regulations, and, in general, will make sure that he is progressing satisfactorily toward the degree. T h e Chancellor at the Chicago Circle campus and the Executive Vice President and Provost concur in this recommendation. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , 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 . ESTABLISHMENT O F A PROGRAM LEADING TO THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN SPANISH, CHICAGO CIRCLE (21) T h e Chicago Circle Senate has recommended authorization of a curriculum leading to the degree of Master of Arts in Spanish. T h e program would be initiated in September 1972. T h e program is designed to better qualify graduates w h o plan to teach and to offer a higher degree in the language and culture of some 300,000 Chicagoans. The student will have the opportunity to become aware of the different orientations — sociological, pedagogical, and administrative, as well as the purely academic and humanistic — now open to the properly qualified person in this discipline. T h e program has been planned with the Doctor of Arts degree ultimately in mind, T h e student may take courses in three areas of specialization: 1. Ibero-American Culture with Special Reference to Caribbean Studies 2. Applied Linguistics and the Teaching of Hispanic Language and Literature 3. Spanish Literature Degree Requirements A minimum of 48 quarter-hours is required for the degree, distributed as follows: a. 18 hours 400 level: T w o colloquia 8 hours, one course 4 hours, one seminar 6 hours. b. 18 hours in the major area at the 300/400 level. c. 8 hours in (a) collateral s u b j e c t ( s ) : History, Portuguese, Italian, or other approved discipline at the 300/400 level. Students will be given guidance on the subjects which are most relevant to their major interests and will best complement their studies. d. 4 hours elective, a completely free choice at the 300/400 level. Three plans are offered: 1. Three three-hour comprehensive examinations based on the courses studied. These papers will be: one general background paper, one area specialization paper, and one "in depth" seminar paper. 2. Two three-hour comprehensive papers and a six-hours-credit thesis in lieu of the seminar paper. 3. One three-hour comprehensive background paper and a thesis for twelve hours credit, only half of which may be used to satisfy the 400-level eighteenhour requirement. All theses will be examined in a one-hour oral by the supervisor, the Chairman of the Graduate Committee, and one other member. Thesis directors will be assigned by the Chairman of the Graduate Committee. T h e comprehensive ex-