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list. This change will give the students a better background in EE and allow them
to choose elective courses outside of their specific field of engineering.
Curriculum in Health and Safety Education, Urbana
The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved a revision of the curriculum in
health and safety education. This revision involves a reduction in the number of
hours required for graduation from 130 to 128 hours. The number of options in
the curriculum has been reduced from 4 to 3 by combining the school health
education option and the school safety education option into a school health and
safety education option. A further change is the establishment of a core of profes-
sional courses common to all the options.
The revised curriculum is designed to allow students to acquire a broadly
based academic background to provide comprehensive, high quality health and
safety education programs in a variety of settings.
Master of Arts in the Social Sciences, Urbana
The Urbana-Champaign Senate has apprcved a revision of the Master of Arts
in Social Sciences increasing the number of units required for graduation from 8
to 10.
The revised program is designcd to provide students the option of flexible
individualized approaches to advanced-level training in several social science fields
and areas related to the social sciences. Three program options will be available
requiring 8 units of course work and 2 units of thesis or practicum work.
Discontinuance of the Teacher Education Minor in Home Economics, Urbana
The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved the discontinuance of the teacher
education minor in home economics, because the minor does not satisfy certifica-
tion requirements as recently revised by the state. The program was not revised to
meet the new requirements, because the home economics field is so diverse. The
fulfillment of a minor cannot possibly prepare a student to teach home economics
with an adequate background in such a broad field. It is felt secondary students
would be ill-served if taught home economics by a teacher with only a minor.
Curriculum in Agricultural Occupations for Secondary Teachers, Urbana
The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved a modification of the curriculum in
agricultural occupations for secondary teachers increasing the number of hours
required for graduation from 126 to 130. The increase in hours results from the
addition of two education courses to the curriculum. The two courses are required
to partially meet the new state certification requirements of 100 hours of pre-
student teaching experience.
Teacher Education Minor in Adult and Continuing Education, Urbana
The Urbana Champaign Senate has approved the establishment of a teacher
education minor in adult and continuing education. The new minor will require
18 hours of course work ( 12 required and 6 elective).
Because of the growing need for effective teachcrs of adults, this minor will
provide expanded career options for future teachers. The minor will offer teacher
education students a flexible course of study to increase their competence as
teachers of adults.
Radio-TV instruction, Urbana
The Urbana-Champaign Senate has approved an option in broadcast journalism
leading to a Bachelor of Science in Journalism in the College of Communications.
Enrollment will be limited to a maximum of forty new admissions each year.