University of California Irvine - Cortex Yearbook (Irvine, CA)

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Julian F eldman, Associate Dean Division of Social Sciences Richard S nyder, Dean Graduate School of Administration Robert Saunders, Dean School of Engineering J ames March, Dean Division of Social Sciences The educational programs in the Division Of Social Sci- ences have a double emphasis. First, they are built upon systematic empirical observation and quantitative analysis of human behaviour. Second, important new problems confront society; and social scientists have a responsibility to assist in the de- velopment of solutions to these problems. In a world in which the knowledge of human behaviour is increasing rapidly, training in the sociaI sciences must emphasize the basic analytical tools and the processes by which knowledge is gained. The School of Engineering provides the tools requisite to the practice of engineering in industry and government after a short internship. The various programs emphasize the fundamentals underlying engineering so as to make easy future maintenance of engineering competence by either formal or informal study. Thus, UCI graduates will be equipped with adequate intellectual tools for updating their technological knowledge in the presence of a rapidly ex- panding technology and the changing needs of society. Graduate study is a major aspect of UCIis academic activity. Appropriate graduate degrees at the Masteris and Doctoris levels, emphasizing the creative arts and creative scholarship as well as technical proficiency are offered. The graduate student is given full opportunity to achieve excellence in such disciplines as English, foreign languages, Mathematics, bibliography and computer techniques; to develop some knowledge of the history of his area of in- terest; and to acquire some understanding of higher educa- tion in this country and some guided experience in teaching. 63

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Kenneth Ford, Acting Dean Division of Physical Sciences Edward Steinhaus, Dean Biological Sciences James C. McCollock, Dean Humanities Frederic Reines, Dean Physical S ciences The Division of Biological Sciences reflects the tlnew biology in curriculum and research programs. UCIls ped- agogical approach and departmental organization recognize several levels of biology. They are reflected in the Divi- sionls departmental organization; Molecular and Cell Bi- ology, Organismic Biology, Population and Environmental Biology and in addition to these, Psychobiology, which is concerned with the biological significance and bases of behavior. These themes unify the fields of biologyein the past all too rigidly separated and grouped according to whether their subject matters were animals, plants, or microorganisms. The trend to abstraction provides the major challenge to students of Physical Sciences. The faculty, active in re- search and graduate education, is also vitally concerned with undergraduate teaching. Curricula of the Division meet the needs of those with little technical background as well as those preparing for creative research in physical science. Mathematics, physics and chemistry, while providing the foundation of the technology that dominates contempo- rary civilization, underlies to an ever increasing extent the new developments in the biological and social sciences. The Humanities are concerned with fundamental prob- lems of human thought and experience. They contribute both to understanding and to continued appraisal of the human condition. They introduce the student to those many broad difficult problems of value that are not susceptible to statistical or quantitative judgment. The Division is composed of the Departments of Eng- lish, Foreign Languages and Literature, History and Phi- losophy. It stresses not only the literary heritage of the American student, but the history from many different na- tionalistic standpoints, and attempts to make philosophical concepts clear and applicable to daily life.