Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1970 [PAGE 8]

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T h e Senate Coordinating Council has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval subject to further action by the Board of Higher Education. O n m o t i o n of M r . J o n 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 . ESTABLISHMENT OF MAJOR IN CLASSICS. CHICAGO CIRCLE (13) The Board of Trustees, on April 17, 1968, approved the establishment of a Department of Classics within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Chicago Circle and the transfer of existing undergraduate degree programs from the Department of English to the new department, effective September 1, 1969. The Chicago Circle Senate has now approved programs for the degree of Bachelor of Arts with a major in Classics and specialization in Latin language and literature or Greek language and literature. This proposal has been approved by the Chancellor at the Chicago Circle campus and by the Executive Vice President and Provost. The Senate Coordinating Council advises that no further Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval subject to further action by the Board of Higher Education. O n m o t i o n of M r . H u g h 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 . ESTABLISHMENT OF CURRICULUM FOR THE TEACHER EDUCATION MAJOR IN ART EDUCATION, CHICAGO CIRCLE (14) The Chicago Circle Senate has approved a recommendation of the Department of Art, College of Architecture and Art, for the establishment of a curriculum for the teacher education major in art education leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree in Art Education. This program is intended to prepare students as artists and teachers. It provides a broad background of courses for the general education of the student, a strong concentration in the major field of art, and the professional education courses necessary to preparing to teach. General Education 63 hours (Language Arts and Humanities, Science/Mathematics, Social Science, Health and Physical Education) Professional Education 28 hours (Education courses, including Educational Practice in the Public Schools) Art Field of Specialization Architecture and Art courses in the first two years 45 hours In a major field of Design or Plastic and Graphic Arts SO hours Art Education 8 hours Supporting areas of Art History, Design, or Plastic and Graphic Arts 15 hours Total Hours Required 2091 The Chancellor at the Chicago Circle Campus and the Executive Vice President and Provost endorse this recommendation. The Senate Coordinating Council has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval subject to further action by the Board of Higher Education. O n m o t i o n of M r . C l e m e n t , 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 OF DEPARTMENT OF DANCE, COLLEGE OF FINE AND APPLIED ARTS, URBANA (15) The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved a proposal that the staff and programs in dance, presently a part of the College of Physical Education, be transferred to the College of Fine and Applied Arts as a Department of Dance, effective September 1, 1968.

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Including Physical Education (exclusive of Military Science).