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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[September 21

Upon completion of the requirement, suitable electives may be substituted for foreign language in the four-semester outline. Curriculum in Latin-American Studies, Division of Social Studies Linguistics has been added to the list of minors acceptable for majors in the curriculum in La tin-American Studies. Curriculum in Russian Language and Area Studies Students who elect Russian Language and Area Studies as a major must: 1. Complete the prescribed and general education sequences required in the general curriculum. 2. Complete at least twenty semester hours of Russian language courses, in addition to Russian 101-102, or demonstrate equivalent proficiency. 3. Complete a major consisting of at least twenty semester hours distributed among at least four departments and chosen from the following list. Anthropology 381, 3BZ; Economics 312; Geography 353; History 219, 220, 327, 328; Political Science 335; Russian 309, 310, 321, 322, 323, 324. Courses used for major or minor credit outside the program of Russian Language and Area Studies may not count as part of this twenty hours. 4. Complete a minor of twenty hours, excluding courses open to freshmen, in one or two departments. If two are chosen, at least eight honrs must be taken in each. Courses in the Russian language may, with the approval of the Program Director, constitute all or part of this minor. A minor in Russian Language and Area Studies, designed to accompany a major in any department, requires at least twenty semester hours distributed among at least three departmeuts and chosen from the following list: Anthropology 381, 382; Economics 312; Geography 353; History 219, 220, 327, 328; Political Science 335; Russian 309, 310, 321, 322, 323, 324. It also requires a knowledge of Russian equivalent at least to that normally attained after Russian 101-102. Students in other colleges and schools of the University who desire a knowledge of the Russian area are invited to consult, either directly or through their advisers, with the Program Director for Russian Language and Area Studies in order to develop programs suited to their individual needs. Premedical Curriculum Change description of the curriculum by deleting the following paragraph: Other factors being equal, students who have completed the second and third years of the premedical curriculum in the University of Illinois with an averajtiof 4.3 or better are given preferential consideration by the College of Medicine's Committee on Admissions. Changes in aecepted courses and the majors to which they apply: Biochemistry 301, 302, and 303, consisting of 66 hours in lecture and 88 hours in laboratory, to be applied to a chemistry major or for elective credit at the upper division level for a total of six semester hours. Physiology 301, 302, and 303, consisting of 90 hours in lecture and 149 hours in laboratory and conference, to be applied to a physiology or zoology major or for elective credit at the upper division level for a total of ten semester hours. Curriculum Preparatory to the Teaching of Mathematics Change in the total numbers of semester hours given in the curriculum froiii 125-135 to 127-136 hours, but no change in the minimum hours (120) of credit required for graduation. Addition of the following acceptable teaching minors; physical science, accountancy, and economics education. Addition of Russian as an acceptable foreign language teaching minor. Changes in required mathematics courses to conform to the present offerings of the University and to strengthen the subject-matter preparation of prospective teachers in mathematics. Curriculum Preparatory to ike Teaching of Spanish Number of required hours for a teaching minor increased from sixteen to