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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1974 Version B
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560 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [May 15 The candidate for the M.F.A. in Theatre must meet all of the requirements of the Graduate College. The candidate must spend a minimum of three semesters in residence, earn a minimum of fourteen units of graduate credit, and (depending upon his field of specialization) write, or direct, or design and supervise the technical execution of scenery and lighting or costumes and makeup for a fulllength production, or (if his specialization is acting) to perform two major roles in full-length production. The enrollment in the program is estimated at ten in the first year and thirtyfive by the sixth year of the program. Overall graduate enrollment in the Department of Theatre is to remain the same and the existing M.A. and Ph.D. programs will be reduced to accommodate M.F.A. students. Thus, the budgetary aspects would be handled within existing resources of the Department of Theatre. The Chancellor, the Acting Dean of the Graduate College at Urbana, and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concur in the recommendation of the Senate. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, subject to approval by the State Board of Higher Education. On motion of Mr. Swain, this recommendation was approved. TEACHING AS A DEGREE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN DOCTORAL CANDIDATES, URBANA (12) The Urbana-Champaign Senate recommends the establishment of a teaching requirement for doctoral degree candidates in the Departments of French, Psychology, Political Science, Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Germanic Languages and Literatures. The effective date of the teaching requirement is to be upon approval of the Board of Trustees. The teaching requirement for doctoral candidates in the specified departments will be as follows: Requirement Department (as specified or equivalent) Psychology All doctoral candidates one semester, SO per cent Candidates with subspecialty in teaching two semesters, SO per cent Political Science All doctoral candidates two semesters, SO per cent Chemistry and Biochemistry All doctoral candidates two semesters, 33 per cent (or) two semesters, SO per cent German All doctoral candidates two semesters, SO per cent French All doctoral candidates two semesters, SO per cent For some time, a number of departments at the Urbana-Champaign campus have required a period of teaching and evaluation as part of the graduate training of all their candidates for the doctoral degree. For most of these departments, the rationale has been that the future employment of doctoral students is almost exclusively as teachers in colleges and universities. A period of supervised teaching in college-level classes is considered essential in order to provide our graduates with the highest possible level of qualifications for such employment. For those students who gain employment in government and industry, the teaching experience is particularly valuable because of the skill required in the oral presentation of technical material. It is also found that many employees of government and industry eventually return to campus to teach either temporarily or permanently. No additional funds will be required by the departments concerned. All obligations will be borne within existing budgetary allotments. The Acting Dean of the Graduate College and the Chancellor at Urbana and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concur in this
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