Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1964
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1190 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [May 20 Reserve Officers' Training Corps program, eliminating branch material subjects and substituting a general military science program. This revised curriculum is necessary if the voluntary program is to succeed, because, in order to interest the students, it must provide realism, challenge (both intellectually and physically), and incentive. It is important the maximum credit be offered towards satisfying the requirements for a baccalaureate degree by substitution of non-military University courses for military courses. A complete statement of the United States A r m y military science curriculum and the courses to be included has been filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. This proposal is submitted with the concurrence of the Department of the Army, an ad hoc Committee on Implementation of Voluntary Reserve Officers' Training Corps and Coordination of Related Actions, and of the Committee on Military Affairs. I recommend approval. On motion of Mr. Hughes, this revised curriculum was authorized. C U R R I C U L U M IN ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY (17) T h e Medical Center Senate recommends authorization of a curriculum in orthopaedics leading to the degree of Master of Science. This program will provided advanced training in scientific investigation and teaching for students preparing for careers in teaching and research and will provide the degree candidate with opportunities beyond those available to residents in training for specialties. T h e degree requirements a r e : Prerequisites will include the degree of Doctor of Medicine and at least one year of internship. T h e candidate must also meet the general requirements for admission to the Graduate College. Nine units of graduate work, including a minimum of one unit in a graduate course in a related basic science discipline. Attendance at one seminar per quarter for three quarters in one of the basic sciences, including anatomy, biological chemistry, microbiology, pathology, physiology, public health, biometrics and statistics, and pharmacology. Attendance at Department of Orthopaedic Surgery seminar during the entire period of graduate study. A thesis conforming to Graduate College requirements. A supporting document from the Medical Center Senate descriptive of the program and giving the details of the courses included is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. T h e Acting Dean of the Graduate College and the Executive Vice-President and Provost concur. 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. On motion of Mrs. Watkins, this recommendation was approved. CHICAGO UNDERGRADUATE DIVISION HEALTH SERVICE COURSES A N D STAFF (18) T h e Director of the Health Service at the Chicago Undergraduate Division has recommended that the names of the courses offered by the medical staff of the Health Service there and the professorial titles of the staff be changed from "Hygiene" to "Health Science." With the concurrence of the Director of the Health Services and other administrative officers concerned, this change has been approved for all campuses and is reported for record. This report was received for record. SUMMER SPEECH CLINICS (19) T h e Director of the Division of Services for Crippled Children and the Vice-President for the Medical Center recommend that the Division be author-
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