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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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June 1976. At present the department offers a four-year, 124-hour curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Urban Planning (B.U.P.) degree. It now proposes to (1) concentrate the program in the junior and senior years, (2) change the title of the degree to the Bachelor of Arts in Urban Planning (B.A.U.P.), and (3) reduce the degree requirement from 124 hours to 120 hours. Concentrating the program in the junior and senior years will permit more effective accommodation of transfer students, both from this campus and from other institutions, and will regularize the admissions process by enabling the department to review the credentials of all applicants at one time each year. Changing the title of the degree from the Bachelor of Urban Planning to the Bachelor of Arts in Urban Planning will bring the program in line with standard degree designations employed in the planning profession and will convey the preprofessional intent of the program. No budgetary or staff increase will be required to carry out the proposed revisions. The Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts, the Chancellor at UrbanaChampaign, and the Vice President for Academic Affairs concur in this recommendation. T h e University Senates Conference has indicated that no further Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval.

On motion of Mr. Howard, this recommendation was approved.

President's Report on Actions of the Senates Revision of the Field of Concentration in Life Sciences, Urbana (17) T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate approved a proposal from the School of Life Sciences to revise the field of concentration in life sciences to add an option in genetics and development. This option will provide undergraduate training for students who wish to prepare for graduate study in genetics and development with specialized training at the molecular, cellular, organismic, or population levels of biological organization. Revision of Master's Degree Requirements in Urban and Regional Planning, Urbana The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved a proposal from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning to change the present Master of Urban Planning degree requirement of 13Vi units to either (1) 12 units for those students who successfully complete a zero-credit internship course (Urban Planning 340 or Urban Planning 440) ; or (2) 13'/& units for those students who do not secure off-campus employment in the form of an internship. Under the new option, the amount of course work performed by all students will remain the same as it is a t present, but the internship courses will be offered for zero credit.

This report was received for record.

Merger of the Departments of Veterinary Biological Structure a n d Veterinary Physiology a n d Pharmacology, Urbana (18) T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has recommended the merger of the Department of Veterinary Biological Structure with the Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology to form a single unit to be called the Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, to be effective immediately. This merger is expected to foster development of broader graduate and research programs than could be produced by the separate entities, since multidisciplinary opportunities will provide a more comprehensive base for graduate