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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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Program for Study in Japan, Urbana

(15) T h e Center for Asian Studies at Urbana-Champaign, with the concurrence of the Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has recommended authorization of a year-abroad program of study in Japan by students of Japanese and other selected students. T h e program will be jointly sponsored by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Michigan State University; approximately one-half of the participants will be coming from each institution. Implementation would begin in August 1976 with approximately fifteen students from each of the participating institutions. T h e program will be based on the campus of Konan University in Kobe City, Japan, a private, coeducational school of some 6,000 students. Each semester a student will take one course in Japanese language, two courses in Japanese studies, and one course of independent study or research tailored to the student's interests. In general, one course each term will focus upon modern Japan and one course upon the Japanese cultural tradition. Japanese studies courses will be taught in English and may be supplemented by courses offered by Konan University and taught in Japanese. Instruction at Konan University will be provided by Japanese professors through agreements to be executed with Konan University by the University of Illinois. A member of the Urbana-Champaign faculty will be present as program director to provide guidance and to insure the quality of the instruction. Upon successful completion of the academic year program, students will receive 30 semester hours of credit. T h e costs of the program are to be shared jointly with Michigan State University. T h e total cost for 1976-77 is estimated at $67,068 for salaries, instruction, travel, and office expense. Michigan State's share of the total cost will be $33,534, and $3,750 will be covered by Illinois student program fees. Therefore, the net program cost to the campus is estimated at $29,784. This amount will be provided from existing funds within the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Cost of instruction to the University will not exceed the amount that would be incurred in providing an equivalent number of credit hours at the UrbanaChampaign campus. Students will live with host families in the Osaka-Kobe area and will incur approximately the same living costs as they now do at the UrbanaChampaign campus, although there will be additional travel and personal expenses. T h e estimated cost per student, including tuition, fees, transportation, and room and board, is $2,780 plus approximately $1,400 in personal expenses. T h e Chancellor at Urbana-Champaign has approved this recommendation, and the Vice President for Academic Affairs concurs. It is further recommended that the Comptroller and the Secretary of the Board of Trustees be authorized to execute such contracts as may be necessary to implement this program and to continue it under the general terms described. I recommend approval.

The student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Conlon, Mr. Summers, Mr. Szegho; no, none. On motion of Mr. Livingston, these recommendations were approved by the following vote: Aye, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Rader, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Walker.

Revision of Undergraduate Curriculum in Urban and Regional Planning, Urbana

(16) T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has recommended the revision of the undergraduate curriculum in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, effective