New Mexico State University - Swastika Yearbook (Las Cruces, NM)

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ACADEMICS New Mexico State University realizes that a broad curriculum is essential to the development of the whole student as an individual, regardless of his n ajor, and that a student ' s education is not complete if he has been educated only to perform a certain job. The University feels that while the educated man knows one field well, he must know something, at least, of several other fields. Because of this, NMSU requires a broad curriculum, hoping that students who are introduced to subject matter outside their major fields will possibly become so interested in the sidelines that they will remain interested in the extra subjects throughout their lives. In this year ' s academic section, we have tried to show the part that interesting subject matter, active teachers, enthusiastic students, and re- lated activities outside the classroon:i play in the chain of interest that develops in many students, and how departments cooperate with each other to give students interesting and beneficial experi- ences. We have tried to show how any student, in any field, may become interested in several subjects by taking one student and using him as a symbol for all students, and showing how he, or his friends, have become interested in the courses required by his major. 20

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ACADEMICS

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Jack Blair, though he is a senior art major, is actually a transfer student and has not taken his entire curriculum here. We use him in this sec- tion as a symbol -he represents all interested students. During his four-year stay at the University he has not only taken a heavy load of art courses but has studied required introductory courses in English, history, library science, biology, physical education, psychology, government, sociology, economics, military science, and geology. His major, like all majors at NMSU, left him room for elective subjects. Jack chose to take courses in police science, engineering, business administra- tion, drama, music, education, and agriculture. This section is dedicated to the whole student body, but in particular to the graduating senior. We hope that Jack Blair ' s experiences throughout his four-year course of study will remind you of some of the extra projects you have undertaken -projects that have helped to make your years at New Mexico State University valuable not only be- cause they have increased your earning power, but because they have Introduced you to new fields. For purposes of style, we sometimes classified subjects as departments when they are technically only members of a larger department. For Instance, we classified music, art, and drama as s parate departments when they actually all belong to the Department of Fine Arts. 21