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

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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

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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 Geosciences In the solid earth, its surface waters, its ocean ' s and atmosphere are found the prototypes of materials and processes that shape the universe. Man ' s existence is tied to the earth and the solar system; yet, he has much to learn about the constitution and processes of his seemingly familiar surroundings. The several departments in the College of Geo¬ sciences have a common interest in the infinite variety of problems which characterize the earth environment and man ' s adaptation to it. Although a certain amount of laboratory work is performed, most of the study must be concerned with uncontrolled natural processes in which the complexity of multiple interacting forces adds to the difficulty but at the same time to the pleas¬ ure of discovering the true facts. It is no exaggeration to state that we are in the midst of a scientific revolu¬ tion as far as our knowledge of the earth is concerned, a revolution whose excitement has attracted many of the country ' s best minds to its study. The College of Geosciences is participating in the teaching and research which are associated with these interesting develop¬ ments. 30