He felt these options were quite adequate for the current need of our students. That has always been the pattern, even though there was always the assumption that most of their students went on to graduate school. Scherrer said this formalized program will give students time to think about what they need to take. In response to questions from Council, Scherrer said that students will not have to decide on an option until their third year. They will grandfather everybody in but at the same time will point out there is no advantage to being grandfathered.
New requirements are more flexible than the old and so they are automatically being included.
For any current major insisting on being under the old requirement we will grandfather them in. Scherrer assured that with changes in options there would be no staffing problems. There should be no teaching and advising issues. Even though advising is more complex, the advisors have been working on this new plan for a year and know all about it. In fact, this program should make advising easier.