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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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aminations will be offered once each quarter and will be graded by two members of the Graduate Committee and reviewed by the Graduate Committee Chairman. T h e Chancellor at Chicago Circle 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.

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

ESTABLISHMENT OF AN EXPERIMENTAL BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAM: STUDENT-DESIGNED C U R R I C U L U M , CHICAGO CIRCLE (22) T h e Chicago Circle Senate has recommended the establishment of a fouryear experimental "Student-Designed Curriculum" in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences leading to a baccalaureate degree. The experimental program is designed as an alternative to current curricular patterns available in the College. Each year for four years a limited number of students would be admitted to the program. These students would develop their own educational program in consultation with a faculty advisor. In the design of their programs, students would not be required to meet any specific university or college subject matter requirements. In order to graduate the students must attain a cumulative grade-point average of 3.00 and present a reasonable distribution of lower and upper division courses. A detailed experimental design has been developed for the evaluation of this program. Measures will be taken of such factors as demographic data, grade-point averages, patterns of courses selected, attitudes and personality variables, satisfaction with college experience, and per cent accepted in graduate schools. Appropriate control groups will also be measured on these variables. A report of findings will be submitted to the Educational Policy Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences quarterly for their information and annually with recommendations for revision. At the end of the four-year experimental period, a final report will be submitted to the Senate with a recommendation either that the program be continued on a permanent basis or phased out. The entire program of advising and evaluation will be headed by a coordinator appointed by the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. T h e coordinator will be assisted by an advisory board of faculty and students. No additional budget is required for this experimental program. T h e Chancellor at the Chicago Circle campus and the Executive Vice President and Provost concur in this recommendation. T h e University Senates Conference has indicated that no further Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

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

ESTABLISHMENT OF A BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM IN JUDAIC STUDIES. CHICAGO CIRCLE (23) The Chicago Circle Senate has recommended approval of a program for a major and a minor in Judaic Studies. The program, which would be administered by the Classics Department at the Chicago Circle campus, would be offered by the University with the cooperation of Spertus College of Judaica (formerly called the College of Jewish Studies). Through a contract with Spertus College of Judaica — authorization for which is being sought in the following item on the agenda for this meeting of the Board — Chicago Circle students would be able to elect a major or a minor in Judaic Studies for the B.A. degree. T h e University of Illinois at Chicago Circle would thereby become the first public university in the country to offer an undergraduate major in Judaic Studies. This cooperative program with a private institution would avoid duplication of effort and resources in this field in the metropolitan area. The proposed program would represent an expansion of the existing agreement between the University and the College of Jewish Studies (now Spertus College), which provides that students at the Chicago Circle campus may take certain courses in the Hebrew language at the College of Jewish Studies.