Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1958 [PAGE 1196]

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U N I V E R S I T Y OF I L L I N O I S

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that students will be governed by the probation and drop regulations of the college in which they are registered, and that students who drop out of the program will then be subject to all existing requirements of the college of their choice. T h e effective date is September I, 1958. I concur in this recommendation. Revised C u r r i c u l u m in Chemical E n g i n e e r i n g The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has recommended revisions in the undergraduate curricula in chemical engineering. The present two curricula, chemical engineering and bioengineering, will be replaced by a single curriculum with a common program for the first two years and three options: engineering, physical science, and bioengineering. The engineering option is identical with the present undergraduate curriculum in chemical engineering. The physical science option, by eliminating certain chemistry, chemical engineering, theoretical and applied mechanics, and electrical engineering courses and substituting certain physics and mathematics courses, provides a program more heavily weighted in mathematics and physical science and one which has as its primary purpose the preparation of students for graduate work. The bioengineering option involves substituting for the same courses omitted in the physical science option certain courses in chemistry, biochemistry, and bacteriology. In all options the number of electives is substantially the same. Submitted herewith is a complete outline of the revised curriculum and a copy is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. T h e effective date is September 1, 1958. I concur in this recommendation. Curricula in F o r e s t r y The College of Agriculture has recommended the establishment of two new undergraduate curricula in forestry: forest production, and wood technology and utilization. Establishment of these curricula is justified by the present and prospective demand for persons trained in forestry, by interest of Illinois students in such work, and by the facilities for professional training available to the University in the form of professionally trained foresters, library materials, forest property and research areas, and suitable summer camp facilities. T h e curricula, each containing provisions for a significant amount of work in the humanities and social sciences, have as their basic aim to provide a sound foundation in the physical and biological sciences and to build thereon a broad training in the technical fields. Submitted herewith are complete outlines of the two curricula, copies of which are being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. The effective date is June 1, 1958. I concur in this recommendation. Admission t o t h e School of Music The College of Fine and Applied Arts has recommended a program to activate within the regular course framework of the School of Music an early admission program accommodated to and restricted to students of outstanding talents. W o r k at the University level would begin in the regular University summer session of a student's junior year in high school and would be regarded as becoming continuous in the summer of his senior year. Although it will open the way to graduation after two summers and three and one-half years, the program is not considered primarily in terms of acceleration and it is hoped students can be encouraged to stay the full four years in the interest of a broader education in the humanities. It has the following additional advantages: it will offer systematic and professional instruction to talented students from small communities without access to appropriate teaching; a program of cultural enrichment would strengthen the student's secondary education and the program in his school; and a program of teaching and guidance would help determine prior to actual college matriculation whether or not the student is suited to enter music as a profession. (It would be in line with similar programs already established at several schools of music, e.g., Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, University of Wichita.) Submitted herewith is a statement of the details of this Program and a copy is being filed with the Secretary of the Board for record. Ihe effective date is June 1, 1958. I concur in this recommendation.