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

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College Of Business Administration Business education at Texas A AA is almost as old as the school. A year after the school was founded the commercial department was formed headed by Thomas Gathright, A AA ' s first president. Today, as A AA ' s newest college, training business, corporate and industrial leaders to blend space age technology into the economy of the future is its educational premise. The real purpose of business education is to trans¬ late technological development and change in terms of market economy. Training must provide a means of coping with a wide range of industry problems. The College of Business Administration has a broad spec¬ trum of disciplines in which the student can learn the means to cope with these problems. Students seeking the Bachelor of Business Adminis¬ tration degree are enrolled in the programs of the five College of Business Administration departments: ac¬ counting, finance, management and marketing. Pres¬ ently there are more than 1,400 students enrolled in business administration with increased enrollment pre¬ dicted for the future. Plans call for an increase in gradu¬ ate and research work.

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College Of Agriculture Because Texas A AA University is a land-grant insti¬ tution, agriculture has been offered as a major course of study since the school was founded in 1876. For these ninety plus years A AA has offered agricultural instruction, extension and research which has been instrumental in the introduction of many techniques in the state ' s food producing industry. Preparation at A AA opens the door to more than 500 occupations in nine major areas of agriculture including business, communications, conservation, education, farming, industry ranching, research and services. At the present time the College of Agriculture offers a choice of sixteen different fields of study leading to a Bachelor of Science degree. The various curricula have as their main objective the preparation of young men for farming, ranching, and other businesses as¬ sociated with agriculture; for harvesting, processing, and marketing of food and fiber products; for the pur¬ suit of scientific investigation in the broad field of agriculture, including soils, water and plant and animal products, both native and cultivated; for careers in teaching or extension work; for work with various governmental and private agricultural agencies; or for the teaching of conservation and management of our natural and cultivated resources. Systematic training is given in the sciences of chem¬ istry, physics, mathematics, and biology, all of which are fundamental to the study of scientific agriculture. The curricula offered give the student a wide range of choice in the selection of a major, and elective courses provide excellent opportunity for enlarging his field of learning in keeping with his individual interests and needs. 27

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College Of Engineering FRED J. BENSON Dean of Engineering Engineering is a creative art based on science by which the technological problems of civilization can be solved. It is the engineer ' s responsibility to utilize known laws of science and mathematics in ways to make them more valuable to mankind. The preparation of the engineer for this responsibility is the goal of the College of Engineering. Like agriculture, engineering has been an integral part of the curriculum at Texas A M for more than 90 years. Because of the increasing demands for more and different types of engineers, the program at A AA has expanded to provide a diversified number of fields from which the student may choose a major. Through its several curricula, the College of Engi¬ neering offers a broad program of education in the engineering sciences that is designed to develop the student ' s abilities and qualities to enable him to enter into and advance with the profession of engineering and lead a useful, happy life. Although these programs include as their main core the fundamentals of engi¬ neering science and the basic materials related thereto, they also include subjects from the humanities and the social sciences. It is expected that a student who con¬ scientiously applies himself to and successfully com¬ pletes one of these broad engineering programs not only will be technically trained but also humanly and socially educated. 29