Page Six THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, August 27, 1969 A&D revamps degree programs 10 PER CENT ENROLLMENT HIKE The mushrooming Med School By NADINE COHODAS Like other colleges in the University, the architecture and design school is moving steadily ahead with major academic re- form. And - unlike to a n y other University units - the school's critical need for expansion is being met by the construction of a new building on North Cam- pus which will allow the crowd- ed college to double enrollment. However, the building is still only in the planning stages, and until it is completed architec- ture and design classes are be- ing held in a variety of facili- ties - like a converted auto- mobile dealership and an old forestry lab. In the design school - usual- ly known as the art school - curriculum reform underwent a major revision last year as most requirements for a bachelor of fine arts degree w e r e either eliminated or relaxed consider- ably. Art students previously were required to concentrate in sev- eral areas, each with its own requirements. The only require- ment now specifies that art stu- dents must take 40 hours of literary college classes and 52 hours of art school courses, in- cluding 16 hours of basic art courses. The remaining 36 hours of the 128 needed for gradua- tion can be elected from any unit of the University. The only required literary college classes for art students a r e English 123, a n d 12 hours of History of Art includ- ing History of Art 111 or 112. -The curriculum change was instituted after Prof. Chet La- more drafted and submitted a proposal to the faculty. First de- grees under the new program were awarded in May. Despite these curriculum re- forms, requirements for art students in special areas - like medical illustration, and art ed- ucation have more stringent re- quirements. Meanwhile, the architecture school is s t il lsettling into a massive overhauling of curricu- lum which was instituted over a year ago. The new six-year Master of Architecture program, replacing the old five-year arrangement, will be the only one offered to freshmen and transfer students this year. Under the new program, the first two years are "pre-archi- tecture" and can be taken at the University, a junior college, or any other accredited liberal arts college. The last four years of the pro- gram ("professional architec- ture") includes 96 hours of re- quired courses and allows the student to elect an additional 32 credits. Despite the creation of the new, intensified program, stu- dents may still a p p 1 y for a bachelors degree in architec- ture after four years of study. Students are being discouraged, however, from making this their ultimate goal in the school. The architecture school h a s also received -two grants to at- tack urban problems and en- courage underpriveleged stu- dents to enter the school. The grants, given by the De- partment of Housing and Ur- ban Development, came after several architecture professors raised money to help students from underprivileged areas en- ter the school. By JUDY SARASOUN The University's Medical School, long considered one of the best in the country, is growing both in physical plant and en- rollment admid administrative teeth- nashing over monetary shortages. The latest addition - Medical Science II - to the sprawling medical complex is being built to fulfill the Medical School's programatic needs of 17 years ago, and now the school has complied with the Re- gent's request to enlarge the entering class. In 1951, the University reacted to the need for more physicians in the nation by increasing the size of the entering Medical School class from 150 to 200 students. At that time, when the University boast- ed the largest medical school in the coun- try, the State Legislature committed funds to the University for the construction of Medical Science I and II. The Legislature was t h e n Republican and the governor was Democratic. Fiscal management was slightly chaotic. Con- struction could not be started on Medical Science because the state's budget turned out to be much higher than its appropria- tions. The contract to build Medical Science II was finally signed in December of 1965. Dr. William N. Hubbard, dean of the Medical School, says it is possible with the existing facilities, including ,Medical Sci- ence II, that the entering class can be in- creased by about 10 per cent - 20 to 25 students. Any larger enrollment would re- quire greater expansion and a need for more money from the state. At a meeting last winter, Regents ap- proved a Medical School plan for accep- tance of an additional 20 students in the freshman class in fall, 1969, with the pos- sibility of having a total of 300 entering students by fall, 1970. T h e Medical School insists, however, that the University must receive m o r e funds from the state in order to develop extra facilities, besides Medical Science II, to make the enrollment increase feasible. Seventeen years late, Medical Science II will not really provide much more space for the Medical School, Hubbard says there will be "more efficient space" and more space for research. Medical Science I and II will be connected together and thus var- ious laboratories and other facilities do not have to be duplicated. And while some Medical School officials worry about where their next laboratory or classroom is coming from, others with the aid of students are shaking the curric- ulum out of its traditional form. Although the Medical School is not the most progressive or radical school in the country, it has taken significant strides. According to curriculum planners, the school has changed its program to give relevance to basic science courses and to eliminate redundancy and excessive pre- occupation with small details. In the first two years, 40 per cent of class time will have been eliminated. One- half of that time will now be for free time for students. T w o new interdisciplinary courses will be added' in the other half. By their third year, students will have taken all the common clinical courses so that the fourth year is free to allow for specialization. As one doctor said, "It saves one year from the horrible grind." ..--- w ' i j : " i_ ; : IF YOU LEAD A QUIET LIFE Then the DAILY DISPLAY ADVERTISING STAFF is the place for you! You will find our store specially equipped to supply you with LAW case books and supplies. Our LAW section is staffed by law students to assist you. 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