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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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most appropriate for their curricula. (A copy of the appropriate section of the Undergraduate Programs catalog incorporating the proposed revisions has been filed with the secretary of the board for record.) . The acting chancellor at the Urbana-Champaign campus 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. O n m o t i o n of M r . N e a l , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s a p p r o v e d . Teaching as a Degree Requirement for Doctoral Candidates in the Department of Accountancy, U r b a n a (18) The Urbana-Champaign Senate has recommended the establishment of a teaching requirement for doctoral degree candidates in the Department of Accountancy, effective immediately. The teaching requirement would be as follows: all doctoral candidates, one semester, 50 percent; candidates with subspecialty in teaching, two semesters, 50 percent. For some time departments at the Urbana-Champaign campus have required a period of teaching and evaluation as part of the graduate training of all candidates for the doctoral degree. Generally, the rationale has been that the future employment of doctoral students is almost exclusively as teachers in colleges and universities, and increasingly a period of supervised teaching in college-level classes is considered essential. No additional funds will be required by the departments concerned. All obligations will be borne within existing budgetary allotments. The acting chancellor 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. O n m o t i o n of M r . H a h n , this r e c o m m e n d a t i o n w a s approved. President's Report on Actions of the Senates a n d Related Matters Redesignation of the Department of Speech a n d Theatre, Chicago Circle (19) The Chicago Circle Senate has approved a recommendation from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences that the Department of Speech and Theatre be redesignated the Department of Communication and Theatre. The department now has three areas of concentration, each with its own major requirements and with differing backgrounds and qualifications for its faculty. These are theatre, communications, and mass media. The recommended change recognizes a shift in both the content and nomenclature of the field that has developed from that traditionally designated as speech. Redesignation of the Curriculum in Plastic a n d Graphic Arts, Chicago Circle The Chicago Circle Senate has approved a recommendation from the College of Architecture and Art (now the College of Architecture, Art, and Urban Sciences) that the Curriculum in Plastic and Graphic Arts be redesignated the Curriculum in Studio Arts. The term plastic and graphic arts is not used in art education today and is not used to describe any other program in the country. Revision of Criteria for Dean's List Qualification, Chicago Circle The Chicago Circle Senate has approved a recommendation from its Committee on Academic Programs that the criteria for Dean's List qualification be revised by the