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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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TEACHER-TRAINING CURRICULA

(Approved by the Board of Trustees June 30, 194S, Minutes, page 512) Administration and Supervision. Subject to the over-all policies approved by the Senate, each curriculum shall be administered and supervised by the respective Area of Specialization Committee appointed by the University Council on Teacher Education upon nomination of the Chairman of the Council following consultation with the Dean of the College or Director of the School concerned. Each Area of Specialization Committee shall include a representative or representatives from the Colleges and Schools in which students in that area may register. The Council shall consist of the Deans and Directors of the Colleges and Schools which offer teacher-education curricula. Each Area of Specialization Committee shall be responsible for advising students who enter the curriculum concerned and shall, under the general direction of the University Council on Teacher Education, recommend to the Dean of the College in which students are registered any substitutions that may be necessary for designated courses in a teacher-training curriculum. Colleges and Schools concerned shall register the students, offer the curricula, recommend students for degrees, and retain in their budgets the salaries of such of their faculties as participate in the program. T h e interpretation of requirements of the Illinois State Examining Board for Teachers' Certificates shall be made by the Office of the Coordinator of Teacher Education. T h e above provisions are adopted as a temporary procedure for administering the teacher-training programs. It is recommended that the Council on Teacher Education proceed immediately, as it has proposed, to study and recommend to the Senate a permanent organization to administer teacher-training programs in the University. Changes in a Curriculum. The University Council on Teacher Education may, on recommendation of the Area of Specialization Committee concerned, substitute, delete, or add courses in a curriculum, such changes to be reported to the departments concerned for their information. Major modifications involving questions of educational policy, of admission requirements, or of graduation requirements shall require Senate approval. Substitution, Deletion, and Addition of Minors. The University Council on Teacher Education may, on recommendation of the Area of Specialization Committee concerned, substitute, delete, or add minors to propose to students as desirable teaching combinations, provided that such actions do not affect admission or graduation requirements. CURRICULUM IN VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE For the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Vocational Agriculture The purpose of this curriculum is to train young men to teach agriculture in high schools having departments of vocational agriculture. In addition to the training outlined in this curriculum, the present Illinois State Plan for Vocational Education in Agriculture calls for a minimum of two years of practical experience on the farm after reaching the age of sixteen. F i r s t Year

FIRST SEMESTER HOURS SECOND SEMESTER HOURS

Agr. Econ. 1—Introductory Agricultural Economics 3 An. Husb. 1—Introduction to Animal Husbandry 3 Entom. 1 a—Destructive and Useful Insects 3 Bot. 5—Botany for Students in Agriculture. . . . ! 3 Rhet. I—Rhetoric and Composition 3 Military Science (for Men) 1 Physical Education _i_ Total 17

D.H. 24a—Elementary Dairy Production 3 Hort. lb—Vegetable Crops 2 Chem. I or 2—Inorganic Chemistry 5 or 3 Rhet. 2—Rhetoric and Composition 3 Hygiene 2 or 5—Elementary Hygiene and Sanitation 2 Military Science (for Men) I Physical Education I Total 15-17