University of Miami - Ibis Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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s z The University of Miami is an international university. Students from all over the world come to sunny Florida for a million differ- ent reasons. Some come to learn English so they will be able to attend colleges in the United States. They come from Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and the Orient, to our student Intensive English program. When they arrive here, they know only a few words of English. They begin with the basics and advance through the levels. Of course, language isn ' t all they learn here. Many learn the ways of America and leave with more than just knowledge of our lan- guage. Freshmen students enter- ing the University of Miami are required to take a lan- guage. The foreign lan- guage department offers introductory courses in French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Por- tuguese, Russian, and Spanish. The elementary courses are designed to provide the student with a foundation of the language in terms of speaking, writing, and un- derstanding the language. ACADEMICS 21

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' ■ k w . »t wen riting an s-say, won off n worrees bout speling dictshon and puctiation. well i dont any mor. AFter takeing manee advanced inglish riting corses:, the inglish d ' partment should be congtulrated on a job well dun and i would like the honer. mY profs that teech me inglish have taut me to to organise my 5 hundrid werd paper, made shore i continully uses par- relllel structere in all my compound sentenses of all my papers and taut me to be lojicol and coherent, i also Got real good in the llbary. before i got so im- volved in inglish i used to be a kemistry mager but i aint no more . . . jurnilism is whats rite fer me. tahnk you inglish d ' partment.? and E E cummings is my favrite poet. . . . I

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When you think of geog- raphy, you think of maps. However, geography is not merely maps. It also has to do with people. This is why the UM geography depart- ment emphasizes the im- portance of urbanization, human migration, resource conservation, culture, and economics. Geography majors pre- pare for careers in urban and regional planning, con- servation, and teaching. The study of geography is based on the awareness that knowledge of our envi- ronment increases knowl- edge of our society, and thus of ourselves. Preparation and lead- ership training are two of the goals of the Department of aerospace studies-Air Force ROTC. AFROTC offers the cadet military training while he completes the require- ments for his degree. Cadets study the structure of the Air Force, defense strategy, the impact of poli- tics, economics, and soci- ety on the military, and most important, the charac- teristics of a military leader. Preparedness is the goal of AFROTC. 22 ACADEMICS li I z