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DISCONTINUATION OF DEGREE IN HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, AND RECREATION

After a presentation of the background history of the professional Bachelor of Science degree
in Health, Physical Education and Recreation at Mary Washington College, the Chancellor reported
on the recommendation of the College's Self-Study Report of 1962, and the Visiting Committee Report
thereafter, and on the action of the Mary Washington College faculty, at its meeting on 12 May 1965,
"that the granting of the professional degree of Bachelor of Science in Health, Physical Education,
and Recreation be discontinued as of June 1969."

The Chancellor reported further that the Curriculum Committee of the faculty of the College
and the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation expect to prepare recommendations
for consideration by the faculty of an appropriate major or majors in the Department suitable for
the academic curriculum of a liberal arts college for women.

The following resolution was adopted:

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that
Mary Washington College be and it is hereby authorized to discontinue conferring the professional
degree of Bachelor of Science in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation after June 1969, and
that, after September 1965, no student will be permitted to enroll in courses directed towards the
professional degree in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, except that the degree may be
awarded (1) when the requirements have been met after June 1969 on a program begun prior to September
1966, and (2) when in the discretion of the Chancellor an exception should be made.