The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, August 18, 1971, Image 7

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    E BATTALION
Wednesday, August 18, 1971
College Station, Texas
Page 7
Course changes at universities reflect ‘relevancy’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This
^11 the nation’s state universities
ill be offering new courses, new
egrees and changes in old re-
lirements, many of them reflect-
g some of the demands of to-
ly’s college students for “rele
vancy” and “involvement.”
| A survey conducted by the Of
fice of Research and Information
! of the National Association of
State Universities and Land-
Irant Colleges (NASULGC)
( mong its 117 member institu
tions showed also:
-J Environmental studies are ex-
Ifpanding at a rapid rate and an
1 increasing number of universities
ffer degrees in the various en-
ironmental sciences. More uni-
ersities are inaugurating or ex-
landing ethnic programs, with
(articular emphasis on Afro-
hnerican and American Indian
tudies.
New colleges are being set up
vithin a number of universities
md new graduate and undergrad-
late degrees are widening the
hoices of students’ majors at
nany institutions. There are sub
stantial changes at some of the
nedical schools, including those
vhich are shortening their pro
grams by a year.
Some examples of these
changes:
ENVIRONMENT: Purdue Uni
versity will launch courses in
Thermal Pollution and Noise Con
trol. Another new course at Pur
due, Air Pollution Control, will be
open to seniors and first-year
graduate students and will involve
work with local industry or city
government.
City University of New York’s
Richmond College will offer the
first bachelor’s degree in envi
ronmental health science. The new
specialization is based on existing
courses in the sciences, plus three
new courses: Principles of Epi
demiology; Public Health Admin
istration, and Environmental
Health Survey Study.
Pennsylvania State University
will be the first in the country
to offer a Doctor of Education in
the Earth Sciences, a degree which
embraces the fields of the geo
logical sciences, meteorology and
physical geography.
Miami University opens new
programs this fall which can lead
to a master’s degree in environ
mental science.
Virginia State College will of
fer a new course on The Environ
ment: The Crisis of Survival, cen
tering on the physical, chemical
1 and biological implication of
r man’s neglect and misuse of his
environment. State University of
New York at Albany will inaugu
rate a program in environmental
studies this fall, including broad
introductory courses and a con
centration for those wishing to
major in the field. Auburn Uni
versity will begin a course in
ecology, in response to student
requests made in a survey.
Alabama A&M University will
offer a new BS degree in Envi
ronmental Sciences and the Uni
versity of Oklahoma a BS in En
vironmental Design, stressing pre
architecture or construction pro
grams. The University of Montana
will present a master’s degree in
Environmental Science.
The University of Michigan’s
School of Natural Resources is
being extensively reorganized this
fall, providing for faculty involve
ment in a wide range of disci
plines and the development of new
courses. At the undergraduate
level the school will provide a
flexible program in which stu
dents with no specific career goal
can obtain a “liberal, environmen
tally oriented bachelor’s degree.”
In addition, the school will
continue to offer programs in
such areas as conservation, fish
eries, forestry, naturalist educa
tion, and wildlife management. It
also has master’s and doctoral
degree programs.
ETHNIC STUDIES: The Uni
versity of Maryland will begin a
bachelor’s degree program in
Afro-American studies this fall.
New minors in both Black and
American Indian studies will be
offered at the University of Ari
zona. The University of Alaska
will have a Northern Studies cur
riculum, the University of Dela
ware a new Black Studies pro
gram with a full-time director.
A BA degree in Ethnic Studies
will be available for the first time
at the University of Texas at
Austin. Cornell will offer a mas
ter’s in African Studies, and the
University of Illinois at Chicago
Circle will have a Native Amer
ican Studies course.
The University of Washington
will open an Ethnic Cultural Cen
ter in September, including facil
ities for exhibits, the performing
arts, study and tutorial rooms.
The Center for Afro-American
Culture will become a full fledg
ed department at the University
of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Mon
tana State University will expand
its American Indian program,
with one of its goals encourage
ment of Indian students to main
tain close ties with the reserva
tion while they attend school.
Pennsylvania State University
will offer a new course in Polish'
culture and civilization.
The Princess Beatrix Chair of
Dutch Language, Literature, and
Culture will be established at the
University of California at Berk
eley. The government of the Neth
erlands is sharing half the ex
penses for it with the Univer
sity. fiight upper division courses
in Dutch will be offered in the
fall; an independent major will
be possible in two years, and
graduate courses will be given in
three years.
NEW PROGRAMS AND DE
GREES: The University of North
Carolina at Charlotte is opening
a new College of Architecture.
The University of Delaware in
augurates a College of Marine
Studies and will begin an under
graduate program in criminal jus
tice. The University of Illinois
at Chicago Circle launches a Col
lege of Urban Sciences. A Depart
ment of Religion opens at the
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro.
The University of Connecticut
embarks on several new programs
this fall. The School of Pharma
cy’s five-year curriculum has been
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GIANT RA^BKRGER IS FIRST IN THE
NATION WITTKA^IG AND JUICY PIECE
OF MEAT WEIGHtNGsONE-HALF POUND,
PLUS A TREMENDOUS PqPPY-SEED BUN,
PLUS LETTUCE, TOMATO\ONION AND
PICKLE, PLUS A THERMALNBAG TO HOLD
IN THE HEAT AND FRESHNES^ REMEM
BER, THIS ONE>QARTWHEEL OF MEAT
ALONE IS ONfexfiALF POUND.
AT THE GOLF CLUB AND MSC
SNACKBARS
expanded from 152 to 158 credits
in the first step toward develop
ing a new breed of pharmacist,
one oriented from products to pa
tients, as in hospitals where the
pharmacist would concern himself
more with the effect drugs have
on patients.
A number of changes are noted
in medical schools. The University
of Iowa has started a new Family
Practice Program in its College of
Medicine to encourage more stu
dents to become general practi
tioners. The University of Flo
rida’s College of Medicine has
established a new Department of
Community Health and Family
Medicine, as part of its effort to
prepare a larger number of family
physicians for practice in the
state. It will offer a residence
program in family medicine and
continuing education for the prac
ticing physician in this field.
The University of Missouri-
Kansas City School of Medicine
will open in the fall; among its
features will be a six-year pro
gram coordinating two pre-med
ical and four medical study years.
Clemson University and the Med
ical University of South Carolina
have started a new program which
leads to a Doctor of Medicine
degree after five calendar years.
Each student will spend 24 months
at Clemson and then transfer to
the Medical University to com
plete requirements for the M.D.
degree within 36 months.
An Osteopathic Medical College
will open at Michigan State Uni
versity.
A graduate program in biomed
ical science to prepare black stu
dents for careers in teaching and
research in the South begins this
fall at the University of Tennes
see.
Ohio State University has es
tablished a Center for Bio-Medical
Engineering. Scientists and engi
neers who work together on re
search problems now will be able
to enroll in courses in other dis
ciplines; medical students can take
courses in basic engineering, en
gineering students in the life sci
ences, etc.
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