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BOARD O F TRUSTEES

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fact that in the Chicago metropolitan area no publicly-supported institution offers graduate work in speech and theatre. In addition, the area offers a rich source of research activity with its abundant activities in communications, theatre, and public speaking. The Chancellor at the Chicago Circle campus and the Executive Vice President and Provost concur in this recommendation. The Senate Coordinating Council has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved. Submitted herewith is an outline of typical programs of study, a copy of which is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. I recommend approval, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

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

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LIBRARY SCIENCE, URBANA (13) The Urbana-Champaign Senate has recommended authorization of a new curriculum to be offered through the Graduate School of Library Science leading to a professional degree, Doctor of Library Science (D.L.S.). The University has offered the Ph.D. degree in Library Science for twenty years. The dissertations produced have been conceived of as original contributions to knowledge, in the tradition of the Ph.D. degree. Some students, however, with the ability, interest, and need for advanced study, have been interested in a program which emphasized the preparation of administrators and specialists rather than research specialists. Moreover, as the field of library science expands and becomes more technical, there is a growing need for advanced study for administrative and teaching posts. Of the forty-two persons who have earned the Ph.D. in library science at the University of Illinois, twenty-two hold administrative positions in academic libraries and sixteen hold library school positions. The proposed professional degree would differ specifically from the Ph.D. program in these ways: (1) it would require more courses, twelve units, including at least two units in another department, (2) there would be no foreign language requirement, and (3) instead of a research thesis, there would be a doctoral project representing at least a year of full-time work and constituting some form of creative problem-solving, such as a survey of library applications of data processing, preparation of a programmed test for use in the teaching of library science, or development of a code of rules for the cataloging of audio-visual materials. It is not expected that the D.L.S. program will supplant or compete with the Ph.D. program, but that the availability of two programs will serve the special interests and needs of students and of the profession. The entrance requirements for the programs would be identical. T h e Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus and the Executive Vice President and Provost concur in this recommendation. The Senate Coordinating Council 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. Swain, this recommendation was approved.

MINOR IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES, URBANA (14) The Urbana-Champaign Senate has recommended authorization of an interdepartmental minor in religious studies to be administered by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. On December IS, 1965, the Board approved the establishment of an interdepartmental program in religious studies. The proposed program will enable students to undertake a serious and coherent program of study in this area. With the approval of his adviser and the director of the program, the student may choose courses from among six departments totaling at least twenty hours. A committee of representatives of participating departments has been formed with responsibility to formulate future plans of the program and to nominate a permanent program director. T h e Chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus and the Executive Vice