University of Wisconsin Eau Claire - Periscope Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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-J f Art Art is an esthetic experience and for art students at the university, there is an esthetic environment that inspires, stimulates and helps in creating art. Aside from working with the Eau Claire environment, art students also work with Eau Claire public and private community agencies. One result of student-agency cooperation was the colorful designing of the Eau Claire Transit System (ETC) and its advertising. Art students are offered a strong practical curriculum but a number of popular classes are designed for the non-art student. Introduction to the Visual Arts and its studio counterpart aimed at increasing basic awareness of art through lectures, presentations and studio experiences, are popular general studies courses. Studio courses in painting, ceramics and art metals are consistently popular with art students...even students like Frederick Haug, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, who enrolled in a ceramics class first semester. A photography course has been added to the art curriculum, but will not be offered until a darkroom has been authorized for the Fine Arts building. An 18th Century Art History course and European travel for credit are also additions to the curriculum. A course called Intermedia may be added to the art curriculum. Intermedia is an effort to break away from standard art media. Laser beam and video tape equipment from the chemistry department may be used. Students would also work with local industries in their attempt at finding other Intermedia. UPPER LEFT: Julia Roil . LEFT: John Rumch. Books-13

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12-Books So often, campus social life tends to linger in our minds and we forget the real reason why we're here--to prepare ourselves for a career. Thus, Periscope presents The Books a brief look at 24 of the majors offered at UW-Eau Claire.

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History BELOW: Dr. Richard Marcus prepares a slide presentation for his history class. You will hate all Jews. You will be loyal to the Fuhrer... Adolph Hitler! According to one student enrolled in the history course, The Nazis and Germany, you had to feel and think like a Nazi to understand what people went through under Hitler's rule. Studying history gives a better understanding of the present, because the present could not be understood without some knowledge of the past. Students of history can see the processes of change through many aspects of society. Studying history provides training in evaluation of evidence and helps promote a critical habit of the mind. Liberal arts majors who are in the field of history use their degrees as groundwork for further study in business, government, law and journalism. Secondary education history majors use their degrees to teach younger people about their world. A new class added to the department's curriculum recently is Studies in the History of Women, which includes a survey of the entire history of women in the western world or women in American History. Also added is the History of Canada, from its early exploration to the present.