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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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T h e program involves the coordination of faculty, course work, library facilities, and physical resources of the Chicago Circle and Medical Center campuses. This interaction will provide students with opportunities to broaden and deepen their training which would not otherwise be possible. T h e program will be administered by a governing committee, composed of Chicago Circle and Medical Center graduate faculty. The student must complete 144 quarter hours of graduate-level course work including a minimum of 48 hours in thesis research. A preliminary examination and an original dissertation, which must be successfully defended in an oral examination, constitute the other degree requirements. It is also strongly recommended that students acquire facility in calculus, biostatistics, biochemistry, and computer science and a reading knowledge of one or two foreign languages. It is anticipated that a class of 30 students in the Fall of 1975 will increase by five degree candidates per year through the sixth year of the program. The following is a summary of the financial requirements, to be satisfied totally through reallocation: FY75 FY76 FY77 FY78 Total $138 800 $194 400 $223 700 $260 200 Incremental 138 800 55 600 29 300 , 36 500 The program provides advanced professional training for qualified candidates who aspire to careers as teacher-scholars in collegiate institutions or who seek to become research scientists in a wide range of public and private agencies. It has been designed to strengthen the University's capacity to provide instructional programs of the highest quality in urban-related and basic biological sciences. The Departments of Biological Sciences and Pathology are able to make unique contributions to the interaction among the various scientific disciplines in the area of urban problems through studies at graduate levels in areas of environmental deterioration, environmental planning, control of population growth, and behavior. Thus, a strong graduate program will effectively bridge the social and behavioral sciences on the one hand and the physical and engineering sciences on the other. The Graduate Colleges at Chicago Circle and the Medical Center have approved the cooperative program. The Chancellors and the Vice President for Academic Development and Coordination concur in the recommendation. T h e University Senates Conference has indicated that no other Senate jurisdiction is involved. I recommend approval, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

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

Establishment of Degree of Doctor of Public Health, Medical Center

(19) The Senate at the Medical Center campus has recommended the establishment of a program leading to the degree of Doctor of Public Health. On May 20, 1970, the Board of Trustees approved the establishment of the School of Public Health, and the Illinois Board of Higher Education approved the establishment of the school on February 2, 1971. On April 19, 1972, the Trustees approved the establishment of the Master of Public Health degree which was approved by the Board of Higher Education on July 6, 1972. The Trustees approved the establishment of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degree programs in public health on April 18, 1973. These proposals are now under review by the Illinois Board of Higher Education. In the course of this review, it has been indicated by the staff of the Board of Higher Education that they prefer to review both doctoral degree programs (i.e., Ph.D. and Dr.P.H.) together. The original planning for the School of Public Health envisioned two graduatelevel degree program tracks; one, the professional degrees (M.P.H. and Dr.P.H.)