North Iowa Area Community College - Troyannum Yearbook (Mason City, IA)

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ERNEST NUTTING JOHN OTTEN to encompass new developments HJ ALMER PETERSON Department Head -' A f - U 5 ei . --12: r . , I 4 RONALD JENKINS OMER JOHNSON 39 JACK PAGE MARGARET PETERSON EVERETI' ROMIG

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ELMO ARNDT LOUIS BOSVELD LOWELL COOK DGNALD DEPRENGER HENRY GEISMAN TESTING FOR UNKNOWNS - Hjalmer Peterson chicks sediment in a chemistry student's test tu e. SCIENCE DEPT. is flexible Providing a variety of courses which will satisfy the needs not only of those students who enter a profession in science but also of those who need a .science background for their profession or who desire general scientific knowledge is the major goal of the Science Department. To accomplish this goal, the Department provides a broad spec- trum of courses. Development of an appreciation of the scientific approach as it is applied to the derivation and testing of fundamental theories of science is one of the objectives of this Department. The application of scientific facts, skills, the- ories, and laws that may apply to the students' lives and future vocations is emphasized. Students learn to evaluate by developing proper attitudes of inquiry and by improving skills in clear and independent thinking while solving problems. In addition, students are helped to a greater awareness of the relationships within and between physical and biological systems.

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ind' GEORGE COYAN Department Head SOCIAL SCIENCE GALE CHRISTIANSON KARL FOOTE LYLE JOHNSON VROLLO KEITHAHN I f U li YY N' - 5 A' '1 V J ' . M X s X .U 1 Y - ' -ra I 1 ELM 1 li MATHEW MISTEK JOEL PICKER DALE ROSENBERG Better understanding of himself, the people around him, and the history of the world is an essential part of every student's education. The Social Science Department directs its studies to fulfilling this need. Comprised of several separate disciplines - psy- chology, history, sociology, economics, political sci- ence, and geography - the social sciences all cen- ter on man and his action within a group. This department has six main objectives: one, to provide an ample variety of courses for those majoring in the social sciencesg second, to develop course offerings to meet the changing needs of the student g third, to develop courses that support the program of both the Arts and Sciences and the Vocational-Technical Divisions Q fourth, to help each student develop his human reso-urces to the maxi- mum of his capacities and talentsg fifth, to broad- en the student's awareness of the world about him, both past andpresentg and sixth, to develop indi- vidual skills and value judgments through critical thinking.