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The new program requires 139 quarter hours of academic work. Sixteen quarter hours of credit are allowed for undergraduate students in the pharmacy practice specialization, leaving 123 quarter hours required. For candidates holding a baccalaureate degree in pharmacy, a minimum of two additional years is required to complete the Doctor of Pharmacy degree. Admissions preference will be given to applicants residing in Illinois or who plan to practice in Illinois. It is anticipated that a class of eight students will be admitted in the fall of 1978 and that the class size will grow to twelve by 1981. These students do not represent additional enrollment beyond that anticipated for the College of Pharmacy but will be part of the total professional enrollment of the College of Pharmacy. No specific funds for the program are being requested; funds provided for necessary curriculum modifications and the orderly expansion of the College of Pharmacy will be used. The Chancellor at the Medical Center and the Vice President for Academic Affairs concur in this recommendation. 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, this recommendation was approved.

Establishment of Master of Science in General Engineering, Urbana

(15) T h e Urbana-Champaign Senate has recommended the establishment of the degree of Master of Science in General Engineering. The proposed program will seek to educate engineering students at the master's level in engineering project planning and execution, stressing the design function for manufacturing. Emphasis is placed on allowing students an opportunity to gain experience in engineering project design, incorporating close interactions with fellow students, teaching faculty, and practicing engineers. The program will prepare graduates to enter positions in industry, government, and private practice with a broad background in engineering design as opposed to an in-depth specialization in a particular field. A need for broadly based, design-oriented master's degree level engineering graduates has been communicated to the Department of General Engineering over the past two decades by engineers from industry, government, and private practice. Each candidate must successfully complete a minimum of 2 units of project design course work or 1 unit of thesis research. It is further required that each candidate successfully complete at least 7 units of graduate course work, of which at least 3 units must be 400-level courses. It is estimated that by the 1982-83 academic year a total of twenty-three students will be enrolled in the Master of Science in General Engineering program. The Department of General Engineering estimates that an additional $57,000 in state funds will be required in the years 1977-78 through 1980-81, and an additional $87,000 in nonstate funds will be required in the years 1977-78 through 1982-83 to implement the program. The state funds will be provided through reallocation of funds within the College of Engineering, and the nonstate funds will be sought from industrial sources. New state funds are not being requested. The Chancellor at Urbana 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, subject to further action by the Illinois Board of Higher Education.

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