Middle Tennessee State University - Midlander Yearbook (Murfreesboro, TN)

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Social Science S EE j . ' vK H|H H | I Hi H 1 9 H V a fenA H ■■ 1 Ik iiW I Dean James, Miss Gray, Dr. Brearley economics, geography, history, political science, and socio- logy. Inter-disciplinary teamwo: ' promotes the integration of methods and goo ' s. The depaiment now enrolls ap- proximately 2,000 students each semester and it has main- tained a 10 per cent rate of growtii for some years. Social Science ranks with Education in turning out the largest num- ber of graduates each year. The department is strongly staffed. Nine hold the Ph.D. degree and three have done extensive work beyond the M.A. Some of the department have had teaching experience at leading colleges and uni- versities before coming to M. T. S. C. The department ' s lab- oratory, the library, has grown rapidly during the past decade, there being more than 20,000 volumes relating to the areas of its five disciplines. Curriculum— Page 23

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Social Science Dr. Norman L. Porks, Head of the Department Dr. W. T. Windhan The Social Science Department is devoted to liberal educa- tion. The five disciplines of the department have limited vocational significance. The career opportunities toward which they primarily point are the careers of educated men in the social environment, whatever their particular voca- tions—be they law, business, teaching, social welfare, or civil service. Though the college student may apply directly some of the research and reflective knowledge of his social science pro- fessor, he does not graduate from the department as an expert practitioner or careerist in some profession or social laboratory. Rather it is the goal of the department that he will leave as a person who is seeking to relate the parts to the whole; like his professors, a generalist who has gained new insights into the nature of man and society; who through vicarious experience with the activities of men has identified himself with the Humanist and Liberalist tradition; who in- quires into the social consequences of any change; who keeps company with the great minds of the past and present; who is prepared to reaffirm the moral values of our culture; who values knowledge as the guide of life. Such a person given the perspective made possible in the social sciences will become not only a successful career man in the vocation of his choice, but also a citizen and a MAN. Many of the majors of the department enter directly the teaching field or civil service. Others elect professional training in low, public administration, and welfare work. The pre-law curriculum is attracting an increasing number; most of these students now take their degrees before enter- ing la,v school. Representatives of insurance, banking, manu- facturing and government interview social science graduates each year to select people for training and career service. The department offers basic courses in the main fields of Dr. Baldwin, Miss Green, Mr. Cunninghon Page 24— Curriculum

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{ f • 1 Dr. Wilmoth Bowdoin, Head of fhe Department Dr. Womock, Dr. Martin, Dr. Raper, Dr. Pittord Education Department Although no major is offered in education, it is generally recognized to be one of the more important departments of the college. Especially this is so since this institution was founded primarily for the purpose of furthering professional education in Tennessee. Dr. Wilmoth Bowdoin heads this department which purposely has no major to fit the design of the teacher training program. The program provides that those preparing to teach on the secondary level major in the subject which they plan to teach, while those becoming certified in the elementary area take a distribution major in- cluding a significant number of hours in art, music, mathema- tics, humanities, science, health and physical education, and social science. That is, these students become proficient in Miss Mary Ho Ptige 26— Curriculum