WHEREAS the University at Buffalo currently requires candidates for the B.A., B.S., B.P.S. and B.F.A. to complete a minimum of 128 semester hours of courses to qualify for graduation, and

WHEREAS a reduction to a minimum of 120 semester hours might enable some students to fulfill degree requirements and graduate earlier, improving access of others to the university, and

WHEREAS the University at Buffalo's degree programs would not be adversely affected if the minimum were reduced from 128 to 120 semester hours, since individual units are free to define undergraduate majors that, together with university-wide requirements, make it necessary for students to take courses in excess of that minimum, departments being obliged to inform their students of such conditions:

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Faculty Senate recommends that the university reduce the minimum requirement for B.A., B.S., B.P.S. and B.F.A. degrees to 120 semester hours for students graduating after December of 1995.