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Senior-level history credit boost to be considered by State Board By Stan Nelson Of the Emerald The University history department succeeded in amen ding a curriculum report to in clude a proposal increasing 400-level history courses from three to four credits at a Univer sity Assembly meeting on Monday. The change will be included in the Report of the Committee on Curriculum to the University of Oregon Faculty and sent to the Oregon State Board of Higher Education for final approval. The Committee on the Cur riculum. which makes yearly specific curriculum recommen dations on behalf of the Univer sity, previously denied the department's request in the report because of the lack of supporting materials to justify the increase in credit hours. The Assembly overruled the Committee’s decision in a ma jority vote. All 72. 400-level courses are proposed to be made four-credit courses. To consider such a program matic change, the committee re quires an analysis of the effects of the proposed increase on ma jor and minor programs, en dorsements from authorities is suing credentials, and college level assurance that the faculty workload and academic pro gram budget problems are not created by the proposed credit increases, all of which were lacking, said Ron Sheriffs, chair of the Committee on the Curriculum. “The proposal is part of a much broader package." and is intended to make a history degree more rigorous, said Mavis Mate, chairwoman of the Department of History, who presented the thrust of the amendment proposal. The change may initially decrease the number of history majors, "yet we are willing to accept the belief that (the history department) will attract more serious and dedicated students." she said. There is not enough emphasis on writing and critical thinking. Mate said. If approved by the State Hoard, Mate said the department will demand addi tional reading and writing as wrell as a 10- to 15-page paper. The department will expect three hours of work outside the classroom for every hour of in struction, she said. Granting the history depart ment additional credits for its 400-level courses could en courage other departments to follow the same action, said Richard Stein, associate dean of undergraduate studies, who believes the issue should In? debated Universitywide. Other faculty members pro posed offering one-credit courses in addition to the 400-level courses. The proposal adds 72 hours of credit to the department. University Provost Richard Hill asked whether the depart ment faculty members will be willing to increase their teaching responsibilities from 18 to 21 credits without com pensation. Mate indicated the faculty was willing. The history department will need to make detailed justifica tions for the increase in credit for each course, which have yet to be completed, said Universi ty President Paul Olum. The assembly also defeated a motion to deny a Curriculum Committee recommendation for the creation of a peace studies minor in a 38-9 vote. Political science department faculty members asked the Assembly to refer the peace studies proposal hack to the Curriculum Committee for fur ther revision. The department opposed the program on the basis of a lack of rationale for the selection, division, and balance of courses offered in tin? program. The program lacks a clear statement of purpose for students, said political science representatives. The Curriculum Committee realized final details of the pro gram will have to Ik? worked out. trusting that the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences would appoint a committee to work through the details. Sheriffs said. In other contested course reco m me nda t io n s , t h e Assembly overrode a math department recommendation to drop Math lfiti. Concepts of Statistics, and kept a proposal to include Telecommunications and Film courses 241, 242 and 2 4 3, Communication. Technology and Society as a social science cluster. Men who avoid draft registration could lose many federal benefits The Selective Service System has announced that all men tur ning 26 years of age in 1987 risk permanently forfeiting their rights to certain benefits in cluding federal student aid, job training and federal employ ment if they have not registered for the draft. Failure to register is a felony, which is punishable by a fine of up to $250,000. up to five years in prison or both. In addition, some states re quire registration for state stu dent aid applicants, entrance to a state-supported college or Correction An article in Wednesday’s Oregon Daily Emerald reported that the Office of Mediation is co-sponsored by the ASUO Ex ecutive Committee and the University. The article should have read that the office is co sponsored by the ASUO Ex ecutive and the University. A committee will be hired soon to assist in the development of the Office of Mediation. The ASUO will hire the three student representatives to the commit tee, and the University will hire the two faculty/administration representatives. The Emerald regrets any con fusion this error may have caused. university, state employment and permission to practice law. Under present law. men 26 or older are no longer eligible in the event the draft is reinstated. According to a statement releas ed by the SSS, more than 17 million men, aged IB through 25, have signed up for the draft since registration became a re quirement in 1980. The SSS reports that 97 per cent of all men required to register have done so. The re maining three percent who have still not registered “may be unaware of the requirement or Mid-Oregon Speed Skiing presents Willamette Pass Speed Test 1987 ^ f How fast can you go? Find out January 21, 22, and 23. All you need are: skis HM)-225cm. a helmet, poles. 20 bucks, and Kuts! For more information call 484-5030 or 083-8417 DRINKING AND DRIVING CAN KILL A FRIENDSHIP do not understand the impor tance of the obligation to register,” according to the statement. The SSS stresses that men who have served in the military but failed to register before enlisting or after ieaving the armed farces also must register. 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