University of California Santa Barbara - La Cumbre Yearbook (Santa Barbara, CA)

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PSYCHOLOGY Fundomenfal Atfifude Stands Ouf in Research Taking a rather unique stand in relation to their research techniques, the Psychology Department at UCSB is committed to a program of investigation of basic fundamentals, as opposed to the clinical, industrial and psycho-analytical research preva- lent on many college campuses today. Such diverse general education requirements as Philosophy and Anthropology support this stand. An increase of three faculty members facilitated the continuation of study programs, while a short- age of new funds prevented the instigation of new programs and research grants. v. -aV . Guest speaker, Steve Allen, delivers an early morning lecture to a Psych class. Mike Meeker, Harry Carlisle, Michael Gazzaniga, Robert Reynolds. Jerome Brams, William Altus, Howard Kendler, Jerry Higgins. Arthur Sandusky, David Messick, Charles McClintock. Lila Braine Robert Gottsdanker Martin Braine Tracy Kendler John Foley Walter Gogel 248

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Front row: Wolfram Hanrieder, Thomas Schrock, Hyman Shevelew. Second row- Michael Gordon, A. E. Keir Nash, Gordon E. Baker, Henry Turner, Russell Fitz- gibbon, William Ebenstein, Robert Wesson, Dean Mann, Robert Noel, Robert Kear- ney, Carl Hetrick, John Moore, Stanley Anderson, Raghaven Iyer, R. J. Snow .ii - «j w. -WC . -%- % ■M;i v- , y. . -J P(icff,f % v i POLITICAL SCIENCE Theoretical Slant Given To Majors and Minors Through its six major areas of study, the Depart- ment of Political Science emphasizes both the domestic and the international aspects of its field. Seeking to provide a balanced curriculum, course planning is aimed not only at the major student, but at those who will use their knowledge of politics to more effectively guide the contributions they bring to society from other spheres. Integration with the broader University com- munity is achieved through the study of commu- nal institutions, forces and ideas. Three new faculty members joined the staff of this expanded department. Extracurricular acade- mics saw Humanities Institute grants awarded to Dr. Pete H. Merkl and Dr. Raghaven Iyer. Pub- lications included the second edition of Interna- tional Organization, by Stephen Goodspeed, West German Foreign Policy, by Wolfram Hanrieder, and Dean Mann ' s Men Who Govern. Scanning the Los Angeles Times brings the State of the Union, 1968 to Santa Barbara residents, facil- itating the knowledge of political activity at all levels of government which is essential to a sophisticated study of Political Science. 247

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SOCIOLOGY Confemporory Society Is Discipline ' s Province An increase of fifteen per cent in major student en- rollment and a departmental personnel multiplica- tion of thirty per cent let Sociology keep pace with the fastest-growing departments on campus. According to Acting Assistant Professor John D. Baldwin, Sociology is just in the process of being ' discovered ' by the public as the only field that studies the every-day behavior of people in con- temporary society. Students in all related areas of the science recognize that Sociology is among the most relevant of all fields to contemporary prob- lems in society as we know it today, explaining the rapid augmentation of the department. Publications in theory as well as practice were produced by various faculty members involving pertinent spheres of interest. Dr. Walter F. Buck- ley prepared a work on Modern Systems Theory and Sociology, while Dr. Thomas J. Scheff re- searched Being Mentally 111: A Sociological Theory. Improvised News: A Sociological Study of Rumor, was Dr. Tamotsu Shibutani ' s topic. One of the faculty ' s most avid participants in Leg Council affairs. Dr. Peter f- all often utilizes every spare moment to discuss any topic with students anywhere, as here in front of South Hall. Front row: J. Michael Ross, David Gold, Walter Buckley, Bruce Straits, Don H. Zimmerman. Second row: Tamotsu Shibutani, Thomas O ' Dea, Don- ald Cressey, Gary Schulman, Aaron Cicourel, Harvey Molotch, David Arnold, Daniel Wlllick, Donald Hansen, William Chambliss, Paul Wuebben, Howard Boughey, Thomas Wilson, Edward Suchman, Charles Spaulding! 249