Members of the Urbana-Champaign Senate will vote to approve proposals for the establishment of new degrees, majors and minors at Monday’s meeting.

These proposals include the addition of new graduate programs for the College of Engineering, a new graduate minor in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, a new undergraduate minor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and a new graduate major in the Department of Plant Biology, according to the meeting’s agenda.

Programs will ideally go into effect in fall 2013, if approved. 

Also at the meeting, members of the senate will review a proposal for a Center for Farmland Research. The center will be a unit in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and will be committed to providing research opportunities and outreach activities “related to agricultural asset valuation and financial performance,” as stated in the proposal.

Another proposal under review will be for the Confucius Institute, a unit within International Programs and Studies. This institute is designed to provide support for Chinese programs and activities on campus. The proposal will also seek to enhance knowledge of the Chinese language and culture throughout the community.

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