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Teacher Education Minor in Urban Studies, Urbana The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the establishment of a teacher education minor in urban studies. The minor will complement majors in any teacher education field and offer a. beginning program to teacher education students who are planning careers in educational planning or administration. The minor will require 21 hours of course work in urban and regional planning and urban studies. Teacher Education Specialization Minor in Instructional Applications of Computers, Urbana The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the establishment of a teacher education specialization minor in instructional applications of computers. The minor will require students to complete a minimum of 20 hours of course work in the areas of computer science and secondary education. The incidence of computing facilities for augmenting instruction in schools has increased significantly, and the program proposed is designed to offer prospective teachers a specialization minor (as contrasted with a teaching minor) in this area. Discontinuance of the Curriculum in the Teaching of Engineering Technology and the Curriculum in Engineering Technology, Urbana The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the discontinuance of the curriculum in the teaching of engineering technology and the curriculum in engineering technology. The number of students enrolled in these programs in recent years has been small (three or fewer students between 1972 and 1974; no students since the spring semester 1974-75). Students who wish may enter the technical education specialties curriculum offered by the Department of Vocational and Technical Education in the College of Education. It is anticipated that the technical education specialties will be able to offer admission to all qualified students with such interests. Discontinuance of the Undergraduate Curriculum, Bachelor of Science in the Teaching of the Hearing Impaired, Urbana The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved a request from the Department of Speech and Hearing Science that the undergraduate curriculum in the teaching of the hearing impaired be discontinued. Lack of funding for staff positions and difficulties in placing students for teaching experiences are the primary reasons for the action. Federal funds to support temporary faculty members and to partially support a coordinator of student teaching at the Illinois School for the Deaf at Jacksonville are no longer available. A restrictive teacher union situation at the Illinois School for the Deaf, together with the lack of federal financial support, make it increasingly difficult to provide student teaching experience. Revision of the Credit-No Credit Grading Option, Urbana The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the revision of the credit-no credit grading option to allow students in residence to declare the option through the last day allowed for dropping courses without penalty. Currently, students may elect the credit-no credit option only during registration or within the first two weeks of instruction in the semester (first week of summer session). By extending the date, students will have approximately nine weeks to declare the credit-no credit option during the regular semester.