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tions in the field. Upon the establishment of the new format, the fifth year of undergraduate study will no longer be offered. 3. Master of Fine Arts. A program aimed at students with a demonstrated talent for artistic careers, it will offer a design specialization with work in communications, industrial and photo/film design, and a studio arts specialization with study of painting/drawing, sculpture, and printmaking. The degree will be awarded when the faculty is satisfied that the candidate has achieved the requisite professional growth in the chosen area of specialization, generally after the equivalent of six quarters of full-time work. 4. Master of Science in Systems Engineering. A program designed to provide students with advanced training in the relationship between social and technological issues and to help prepare them for professional careers in multidisciplinary approaches to the solution of broad contemporary problems, with particular emphasis on contemporary needs in the urban environment. It will provide background for students who wish to engage in systems engineering work in private industry, in government at all levels, or in management consulting. 5. Master of Science in Physical Education. A program designed to meet professional needs by drawing upon the instructional resources of the Chicago campuses of the University. The areas of specialization, including Administration of Physical Education and Sport; Curriculum and Instructional Techniques of Physical Education; Exercise Physiology and Physical Education for the Atypical, will require work in cognate disciplines in other Chicago Circle colleges or at the Medical Center. Resources required for the above programs will be funded through internal reallocations. The Chancellor at Chicago Circle and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concur in these recommendations. The University Senates Conference has indicated that no further Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

On motion of Mr. Livingston, these recommendations were approved. Master of Health Professions Education, Medical Center

(13) The Medical Center Senate has recommended the establishment of a Master of Health Professions Education degree in the Center for Educational Development at the Medical Center campus. The preparation of health scientists and professionals as educators has been addressed within the University of Illinois since 1965 through a graduate program offered by the Center for Educational Development at the Medical Center campus in collaboration with the College of Education at the Urbana-Champaign campus. In effect, this proposal represents a transfer of administrative jurisdiction of an existing program. Between 1965 and 1974, fifty-four health professionals were awarded graduate degrees at the Urbana-Champaign campus through this collaborative effort, and ten others currently are degree candidates. Since 1971 all course work, independent study, and project supervision have been carried out at the Medical Center campus, almost entirely by faculty of the Center for Educational Development. The shift in primary instructional site from the Urbana-Champaign campus to the Medical Center campus is related chiefly to program emphasis; however, curriculum format, student convenience, and academic calendar also are important considerations. Both the College of Education at the Urbana-Champaign campus and the College of Education at the Chicago Circle campus agree that the Medical Center campus should administer and conduct this graduate program designed specifically for health professionals.