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BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

[December

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MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MEDICAL PSYCHOLOGY, MEDICAL CENTER (10) The Graduate College and the Medical Center Senate recommend the establishment of a curriculum leading to the degree of Master of Science in Medical Psychology. T h e traditional program for advanced training in scientific investigation of emotional illness and health conducted by academic departments of pyschology has been hampered by the lack of available clinical resources and the lack of specialty disciplines upon which such studies must draw. Teaching hospitals, which have the clinical data at hand, have not emphasized research training in the psychological bases of illness. T h e proposed program is unusual in that it unites specialty disciplines now currently taught at the Medical Center (physiology, genetics, neurology, pharmacology, psychology, psychiatry, child development, epidemiology, and sociology) with ongoing diagnosis and treatment of patients and research laboratory facilities to make such research training feasible in ways not usually possible in the traditional academic setting. Selected medical students who intend to specialize in psychiatry as a career choice and have taken the psychiatry courses in the medical curriculum, would devote full-time study during three quarters in the junior and senior years of the medical curriculum to the theories of development of emotional disorders, the models and concepts used to organize an understanding of biological, personal, and social factors involved, and the methodological and statistical tools necessary for designing and conducting research studies in this area. The program will be of value in educating doctors for more sophisticated understanding of these problems which are so common to all medical practice. Candidates must meet admissions requirements of the Graduate College at the Medical Center. The program would be administered by the Graduate College. T h e Chancellor at the Medical Center and the Executive Vice-President and Provost endorse this recommendation. T h e 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. 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 . APPROPRIATION BY THE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (11) The Board of Directors of the Athletic Association has approved an appropriation of $11,325 to purchase golf caddy carts for rental to golf course patrons. Confirmation of this appropriation is requested. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , t h i s a s s i g n m e n t of f u n d s w a s a p p r o v e d . CONTRACTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF TURNER HALL GREENHOUSE COMPLEX, PHASE IV. URBANA (12) The President of the University recommends award of the following contracts for construction of Turner Hall Greenhouse Complex, Phase IV, Urbana, to be located on Goodwin Avenue immediately south of Jonathan Baldwin Turner Hall, the award in each case to the lowest bidder: General — Dean Evans Co., Champaign $589 238 00 Electrical — Potter Electric Service, Inc., Urbana 138 386 00 Plumbing — Illini Plumbing and Heating Inc., Champaign 69 490 00 Heating and Air Conditioning — W. L. Rogers, an individual doing business as Cool-Rite Refrigeration, Urbana 142 296 00 Ventilation — Petry Roofing and Sheet Metal Co., Champaign 37 800 00 Total $977 210 00 F u n d s are available in state capital appropriations to the University, subject to release by the Governor, and from the approval of a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture. A report from the Campus Architect, including a schedule of bids received, is submitted herewith, a copy of which is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record.