Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1974 Version B
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20 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [July 19 It is further proposed to reduce the number of hours required for graduation in the undergraduate curricula in Mechanical Engineering and in Industrial Engineering by 5 hours to 132. With the above rhetoric requirement reduction, the curricula will be reduced to 130 hours. The 5-hour reduction will be accomplished by deletion of certain required and elective courses from the curricula. The material in these formerly required courses may be obtained in other courses or through elective options. The Senate further recommended a revision of the curriculum in General Engineering to reduce the number of hours required for graduation from 136 to 129 (this would be reduced further by 2 hours due to the rhetoric reduction). The reduction will be accomplished by deletion of certain required courses and by course substitutions. The Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign and the Executive Vice President and Provost concur in the Senate's recommendation. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval. On motion of Mr. Swain, this recommendation was approved. Mr. Hahn asked to be recorded as not voting. ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN J U N I O R COLLEGE MATHEMATICS T E A C H I N G , URBANA (19) The Urbana-Champaign Senate has recommended the establishment of a program leading to an advanced certificate in junior college mathematics teaching in the Department of Mathematics. The rapid expansion of the junior college system in the state and in the nation and the mission of the junior college within higher education suggest the need for special graduate programs to train junior college teachers. The purpose of this certificate program is to provide the prospective junior college teacher with appropriate training in mathematics, practical experience in teaching at the junior college level, a knowledge of the special role of the junior college in higher education, and a sensitivity to the special needs and academic goals of junior college students. The proposed program is designed to meet the need for junior college teachers by requiring candidates for this certificate to complete the following requirements: 1) a broadly based Master of Science in Mathematics degree; 2) an additional approved sequence of at least three courses in a field of applications of mathematics that relates well to junior college teaching; 3) one semester of supervised practice teaching at the junior college level; 4) an orientation course in junior college education and a seminar in course design and teaching problems in junior college mathematics. The above requirements may be met with two years of full-time graduate study. A candidate who has already earned a recognized master's degree in mathematics may earn an advanced certificate by completing requirements 2), 3), and 4) above. The Department of Mathematics in 1970-71 had 941 majors and granted 162 degrees in its undergraduate programs. It is expected that the number of majors seeking an advanced certificate in junior college mathematics teaching will be fifteen in the first year of the program. The Chancellor at the Urbana campus and the Executive Vice President and Provost concur in this recommendation. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval subject to further action by the Illinois State Board of Higher Education. On motion of Mr. Hahn, this recommendation was approved. ESTABLISHMENT OF T H E SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION AS AN INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT, CHICAGO CIRCLE (20) On December 8, 1966, the Board of Trustees authorized the establishment of a College of Education at Chicago Circle. The action of the Board at that time incorporated the School of Physical Education as a part of the administrative structure of this new College. Prior to that time, the School had operated as an autonomous unit at Navy Pier from 1951 and had continued in that status at the Chicago Circle campus. This arrangement has not proved to be satisfactory, and
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