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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE (1) Professor C. A. Berdahl, who has served as Chairman of the Department of Political Science since October I, 1942, has asked to be relieved of the chairmanship at the end of the current academic year. H e will be on sabbatical leave of absence during the first semester of 1948-1949. H i s request is also in keeping with a policy informally agreed upon by the Department of Political Science when the chairmanship administration was adopted to put into practice a rotating service. After consultation with members of the department, the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences recommends the appointment of Professor Charles M. Kneier as Chairman of the Department of Political Science beginning September 1, 1948, to serve out the current biennium. The President concurs in this recommendation. O n m o t i o n of M r . N i c k e l l , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n 1 w a s a d o p t e d . CLINICAL FACULTY OF THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, 1 9 4 8 - 1 9 4 9 (2) A recommendation that appointments be made to the nonsalaried, or clinical, faculty of the College of Medicine for the academic year beginning September 1, 1948 (see Appendix, page 46), and that the President of the University be authorized to make such additional appointments and other changes as are desirable and necessary. All appointments are for one year from September I, 1948, unless otherwise indicated. A summary by departments of the number of appointments with the comparative figures for 1947-1948 is also submitted.

On motion of Mr. McLaughlin, these appointments were made, and authority was given as recommended.

RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE UNIVERSITY SENATE (3) The University Senate recommends to the Board of Trustees the following changes in curricula requirements: 1. English Requirement for Foreign Students. Rhetoric 114 (English as a Foreign Language) and Rhetoric 115 (English as a Foreign Language) may be accepted as a substitute for Rhetoric 101 and 102 in meeting the requirements for graduation. 2. Grade-Point Requirement for Premedical Students. Premedical students must maintain a 3.5 average during the first two semesters in the curriculum. By the end of the third semester the average for the three semesters must be raised to 3.75 and this average must be maintained. Students who fail to meet these minimum requirements will be transferred to the General Curriculum. 3. Grade-Point Requirement for Pre-dentistry Students. Students applying for admission to the pre-dentistry curriculum must have ranked in the upper half of their high school graduating class. They must maintain at all times in the curriculum a minimum average of 3.5. 4. Curriculum in Agricultural Science for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. Students preparing for graduate study or for employment in certain agricultural industries in which a strong science foundation is necessary are offered two types of programs in this curriculum: A. For students desiring preparation for advanced study in animal, plant, or soil science. B. For students desiring preparation for advanced study in the fields included in agricultural economics. Program A Program B

HOURS HOURS

General University Requirements Group I—College of Agriculture courses. . . . Group II—Humanities Group III—Social Science Group IV—-Biological Science Group V—Physical Science Electives (unrestricted) Total

16 35 6 6 12 35 20 130

16 35 56 hours from Groups II, I I I , IV, and V, with a minimum of 8 hours in each group and a minimum of 40 hours in any two of the groups 23 130