Texas A and M University - Aggieland Yearbook (College Station, TX)

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Texas Maritime Academy The Texas Maritime Academy is one of six such schools in the United States and the only one on the Gulf Coast. The four-year course of study offers a Bachelor of Science in either Marine Engineering or Marine Transportation, qualification as an officer in the Merchant Marine and a reserve commission in the U.S. Navy. To fulfill the opportunities, the Texas Maritime Academy program begins with the freshman and sopho¬ more years on the A M campus at College Station. The remaining two years are spent on the newly developed Texas Maritime Academy campus in Galveston. To supplement classroom instruction, Texas Maritime Academy students spend three summers aboard the academy training ship, visiting ports of European, Caribbean and South American countries. The marine transportation course is designed to familiarize cadets with ship operation and manage¬ ment and places particular emphasis on the economic and business aspects of the maritime industry and foreign trade. The marine engineering course, which is closely related to mechanical engineering, emphasizes the design, operation, and maintenance of maritime power plants and associated equipment. 26

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College of Veterinary Medicine The College of Veterinary Medicine at A M is the primary source of doctors of veterinary medicine for Texas and the Southwest. The College of Veterinary Medicine is organized with seven departments. They are Anatomy, Medicine and Surgery, Microbiology, Parasitology, Pathology, Physiology and Pharmacology, and Public Health. Each department is responsible to the dean of veterinary medicine for all programs assigned or developed in the department, including teaching, research, extension and service. A Veterinary Hospital and Ambulatory Clinics are operated within the college to provide clinical labor¬ atories for the veterinary training program. An extensive research program in animal health and disease is carried on by the faculty and staff of the college. A large portion of the teaching faculty is engaged in research. Two years of pre-veterinary study are required before enrollment in the professional course. The num¬ ber of students admitted to the professional level is limited each year and competition for admission is keen. 25

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Graduate College The Graduate College has come into its own in recent years with research in fields from nuclear reactor problems to mapping the ocean floor. Graduate studies at A AA offer education beyond the bachelor ' s level for both research and profes¬ sional pursuits. A AA is one of two state-supported institutions designated by the Texas Commission of Higher Educa¬ tion to assume leadership in graduate studies. The program at A AA concentrates on engineering, the basic sciences, agriculture, veterinary medicine and selected subjects within the liberal arts. Goal of graduate study is the creation of knowledge, fostered by bringing the best-thinking students and professors together into a critical mass bearing on a problem. Facilities for research at A AA are outstanding. There are 150 laboratories at the main plant in College Station and in field sites across the state. Some of the research facilities cannot be duplicated at any univer¬ sity in the Southwest. The annual research budget at A AA exceeds $18 million, much of which is spent on projects in which graduate students participate. 27