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EXTENSION OF DEGREE PROGRAMS IN THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE

The President reminded the Board that, at its meetings on 13 June 1959 (Minutes, Board of Visitors, University of Virginia, No. 12, 13 June 1959, p. 158) and 1 June 1962 (Minutes, Board of
Visitors, University of Virginia, No. 12, 1 June 1962, p. 334), the fields in which the degree of
Doctor of Science may be conferred were extended to include Nuclear Engineering, Electrical
Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Applied Mechanics. The President reported that the Faculty of
the School of Engineering and Applied Science has requested the extension of the degree of Doctor
of Science to include Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Materials Science, and the
offering of a degree of Master of Materials Science. At its meeting on 25 March 1963, the University
Senate approved these proposals

The President also reported that the Educational Policy Committee had considered this proposal
at its meeting on the preceding day, 19 April 1963, and had approved the proposal for submission to
the full Board

The following resolution was adopted

RESOLVED by the Board of Visitors of The Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia that,
effective 1 September 1963, (1) the fields in which the degree of Doctor of Science may be conferred
be and they are hereby extended to include Biomedical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and
Materials Science, and (2) the degree of Master of Materials Science is approved.