Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1976 [PAGE 297]

EXTRACTED TEXT FROM PAGE:

286

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[May 21

liculum. T h e option will not replace existing programs but will provide an alternative to a select group of students interested in individualized programs of study and achievement in music disciplines not possible within the current Bachelor of Music emphases. T h e option is considered a first step toward a more flexible approach to the education of musicians, necessitated by changes in music itself and in the viable professional roles which exist for musicians today.

Revision of the Curriculum for Fourth-Year Veterinary Medical Students, Urbana-Champaign

T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved a proposal from the College of Veterinary Medicine to revise the fourth year of its veterinary medicine curriculum. The revision requires the use of a calendar somewhat different from the UrbanaChampaign Academic Calendar for that year of the curriculum only. T h e present fourth-year curriculum offers no instruction during the summer, resulting in use of clinical facilities and patient loads for teaching purposes during only 30 weeks per calendar year. Under the revision, fourth-year students will enter a summer clinic program, thereby making more efficient use of facilities and medical and surgical activities occurring throughout the year. T h e summer clinic will provide students more extensive and more individualized clinical and laboratory experience. In addition, the restructured fourth year and the increase in the number of required electives enable veterinary medical students to enroll in a greater variety of course offerings and to explore areas of special interest.

This report was received for record.

Change in Name of Drug and Horticultural Experiment Station, Medical Center and Urbana-Champaign

(15) T h e Chancellors at the Medical Center and at Urbana-Champaign have recommended approval of a change in the name of the Drug and Horticultural Experiment Station located at Lisle-Downers Grove, Illinois. T h e recommended new name is Pharmacognosy and Horticulture Field Station. T h e proposed name describes more accurately the departments involved as well as the major activities currently being carried out at this experiment station. T h e Dean of the College of Agriculture and the Dean of the College of Pharmacy join in the recommendation. The Vice President for Planning and Allocation and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concur in the recommendation. I recommend approval. O n m o t i o n of M r . F o r s y t h , 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 .

Change in Organization of the Department of Classics, Chicago Circle

(16) T h e members of the Department of Classics of professorial rank at the Chicago Circle campus have voted to request a change in departmental organization from that of a department with a head to that of a department with a chairman, effective September 1, 1975. At present the department is operating under an acting head and a search is being conducted for a new departmental executive officer. With the concurrence of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Dean of the Graduate College, the Chancellor at the Chicago Circle campus has recommended that the form of organization requested be approved and that this change become effective September 1, 1975. The Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concurs. I concur. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , 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 .