University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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The Biggest and the Best Fifty-seven of the Unive-rsity's 94 un- guages, history and art, are included in dergraduate major programs are found the Humanities and Fine Arts Faculty. under the umbrella of the College of The Natural Sciences and Mathematics Arts and Sciences, making it the lar- Faculty includes such departments as gest college at the University. Arts and Computer and informational Science, Science students have had majors as Microbiology, and Zoology. The An- diverse as Near Eastern Studies, Medi- thropology, Political Science and Eco- cal Technology, and Social Thought nomics departments are some of the and Political -Economy. UMass was one departments found in the Social and of the first universities to offer a major Behavorial Science division. in -Women's Studies, which is also The College of Arts and Sciences also found in the College of Arts and Sci- offersa Bachelor's Degree with Individ- ences. ual Concentration CBDICJ, for which The College is divided into-three Fac- students design their own majors with ulties with common curricula. Depart- the guidance of a faculty sponsor. ments such as Afro-American and ln- terpreter's Studies, as well as lan- -- Wayne Coe 26!Arts and Sciences i I Photo Dy Judith Hola 1. ' V i--Sw-vmsxmm-4 Photo by Karen Zarrow Dan Lyman presents a paper in his Junior year writing class. Lisa Lasson and Mary Smith look over a diffi- cult musical piece.

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'Nw' v. for engineering majors. there are student-run societies for ev- 1 l ji I li' v My 3 rx 453.4 . . if tended period of study is encouraged, ig so that students may more fully master their areas of concentration. e Every major in the College of Engi- rj- neering requires a sound basis in math- ematics, physical sciences, and engi- f- neering sciences. ln order to achieve rf this, many hours must be spent in the se.-laboratory and the library by every stu- -. dent. ln recent years, computer liter- V acy has also become very important P3 Within the College of Engineering . ery major, as well as for women engi- neersg these provide a forum for social and academic interaction between stu- dents. The Joint Student Engineering Societies hold an information Night for freshman engineers every February. At this affair faculty members discuss the various majors, and both upperclass- men and faculty answer questions about the programs. Also included within the college is the Office of Minority Affairs, which is at- tached to the Dean's Office. This office conducts high school recruitment pro- grams, and provides financial and tuto- rial aid to minority students within the college. - Constance Callahan l i it-xi Photos by Karen Zarrow Above- Extensive laboratory work is required to master many engineering subjects. Left- Computers have recently become very im- portant tools within engineering. School Of Engineering!25

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' SliiiilEllilG H-ps, i jg.. -tru ,M . A QTETQQJ' id it .fc J J ff .,-if w l l .. Xt iss 'S ....-11 A-si N i, mtv! i Y eg., ,., -i,,L.1---- X N , 1 ,,.., if i s. i i 1. PhtbyK Z A freshman student uses the computer writing lab in Bartlett. New technology helps to advance the work. Students enjoy attending professor Hugus' Danish 246 class. despite the fact that it meets 5 days a week. i ii, 'fQThere is also a major in Soviet and 'Eastern European Studies. These ma- jiffjors are contained outside the three Faculties of the College. Programs of study at the College of jlfArts and Sciences lead to four possible it C 5 . jl it i ii 11 ,ii . i t i fdegrees: Bachelor of Arts. Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Fine Arts, and Bachelor of Music. Outside of their major field, all stu- dents in the College are required to take core courses in the areas of the Humanities, the Arts, Science and Mathematics for general education. Graduation requirements include the freshman and junior year Writing Pro- grams and basic proficiency in a for- eign language. Starting in the 1986-1987 academic year, new students will be taking a dif- ferent set of core requirements than the rest of the College. These students will have to take courses from areas called Analytical Reasoning, Physical and Biological World, and Social World. Students will have to take two courses from Analytical Reasoning, six from So- cial World, and three from Physical and Biological World. Also, students may have to take a science course with a lab. The result of General Education on gg Y 4 1 ti' it X ?lB,'-gf' H. s. 'I il--. ' i tt Photo by Karen Zarro the College of Arts and Science will be tremendous. Numerous courses will be overloaded far beyond those of pre- vious years. Students who need to take courses for their major may be bumped out because of overenroll- ment. Students who wish to fill core requirements will have just as much trouble getting the courses they regis- ter for. The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Massachusetts is the largest of its kind in New England and has become the best. - Wayne Coe Arts and Sciences!27