Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1976 [PAGE 296]

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diction is involved. T h e Chancellor at Urbana and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concur with the action of the Senate. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , t h i s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d .

Change in Requirements for Graduation with Honors, College of Communications

(13) T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved a proposal to change the rule for graduation with honors from the College of Communications. "For graduation with honors, a student must have been named to the Dean's list of the College of Communications for at least three semesters while enrolled in the College of Communications, must rank in the upper 20 per cent of his graduation class, and must have earned a minimum grade-point average of 4.50 in all courses taken after admission to the College cf Communications; for graduation with high honors, a student must have been named to the Dean's list of the College of Communications for at least three semesters, must rank in the upper 10 per cent of his graduation class, and must have earned a minimum grade-point average of 4.70 in all courses taken after admission to the College of Communications; for graduation with highest honors, a student must have been named to the Dean's list of the College of Communications for at least three semesters, must rank in the upper 5 per cent of his graduation class, and have earned a minimum grade-point average of 4.80 in all courses taken after admission to the College of Communications." The present standard, which requires a 4.35 grade point average for graduation with honors and 4.75 average for graduation with high honors and does not specify appearance on the Dean's list or a percentile ranking within a class, was felt by the College faculty not to represent sufficient scholarly attainment. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further Senate jurisdiction is involved. The Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concur with the action of the Senate. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d .

President's Report on Actions of the Senates Transfer of the Curriculum Preparatory to Teaching Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children, Urbana-Champaign

(14) On March 10, 1975, the Urbana-Champaign Senate approved a proposal from the Department of Speech and Hearing Science to transfer the Curriculum Preparatory to Teaching Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children from the College of Education to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Programs related to speech and hearing science are being consolidated within the newly created Department of Speech and Hearing Science, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, to enable students and staff of the disciplines to enjoy the benefits of a central administration and location.

Establishment of an Open Studies Option in the Bachelor of Music Curriculum, Urbana-Champaign

T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved a proposal from the School of Music for the establishment of an Open Studies Option in the Bachelor of Music Cur-