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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Catalog Entry A student may receive a degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Biology with a major in one of the approved areas of specialization. Applicants for admission must have a minimum grade-point average of 3.75 for their last sixty hours of work and must meet the admission requirements of the approved area of specialization; in addition, they should have some general training in botany, microbiology, and zoology, with at least a year of college physics, chemistry through organic, and mathematics through analytic geometry. Individual programs are planned in consultation with the faculty adviser and are subject to approval by an area committee. Thesis research may be carried out with the direction of any of the participating staff members under the appropriate departmental research course listings. Students in the program are eligible for assistantships and fellowships in the appropriate department of their major adviser. Inquiries concerning the program should be sent to the Director of the School of Life Sciences, 131 Burrill Hall. T h e Board of Trustees has previously approved a recommendation from the Senate for a graduate program leading to the degree of Master of Science in the Biological Sciences. Submitted herewith is a supporting statement concerning the proposal for the new degree, a copy of which is filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. I concur in the recommendation of the Senate for the new program leading to the Doctor of Philosophy degree, subject to further action by the Board of Higher Education; and I further recommend that the title of the master's degree be changed to Master of Science in Biology to be consistent with the title of the Doctor of Philosophy degree.

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

UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE (7) On recommendation of the Department of City Planning and Landscape Architecture and the College of Fine and Applied Arts, the Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved certain revisions in the undergraduate curriculum in landscape architecture which do not require approval by the Board of Trustees, but included is a recommendation that the name of the degree be changed from Bachelor of Fine Arts in Landscape Architecture to Bachelor of Landscape Architecture. T h e master's degree will be changed to Master of Landscape Architecture. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . S w a i n , 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 . APPROPRIATIONS FOR NONRECURRING EXPENDITURES (8) T h e Executive Vice-President and Provost and the Vice-President and Comptroller recommend the following appropriations and assignments of funds from the University General Reserve: Urbana-Champaign 1. Physical Plant Department Moving and air conditioning of houses at 606 and 606V£ South Mathews Avenue to 1205 West Nevada Street, to clear land required as a part of the site for construction of a new chemistry laboratory building $23 434 00 Department of City Planning and Landscape Architecture, remodeling two rooms in Mumford Hall for additional office space 3 585 00 Chicago Undergraduate Division 1. Equipment for Central Stenographic Services 6 500 00 Total $33 519 00 I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . J o h n s t o n , t h e s e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s w e r e m a d e b y t h e