Western Michigan University - Brown and Gold Yearbook (Kalamazoo, MI)

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college consists of twenty separate departments, the two largest being English and Communications Arts and Sciences. It covers many differ- ent areas of studyg all the way from Speech Pathology to Economics. The College of Arts and Sciences seeks to introduce their students to specializations in the various discip- lines. Another of their main goals is to provide graduates who contribute to the professional training of other colleges. There are many students who are not in the college proper but take classes that come under the Arts and Sciences Departments. Many Teach- lllm ers Education majors take courses that are controlled by the collegeg usually in the English or Communi- cations departments. Many other curriculums require credit hours from the Biology, Geography, or one of the other Science Departments. Also all foreign languages come un- der the College of Arts and Sciences. The Dean of the college, Dr. Come- lius Loew, is aware that many stu- dents come out of the college not ful- ly aware of what they want. They haven't decided what career to pur- sue or how to go about getting start- ed in their chosen career. In the past the responsibility for career planning fi and placement was left up to W ern's Placement Office. First of all, the college is toward providing the students with wide variety of courses so they cail branch off into many different areas after graduation. With this type pro, gram the student is not trained for 3 specific skill. They're more prepare for an area of work instead of a cer- tain job. The college, led by Al Furbay, a faculty member is now in the prog- ress of accumulating materials rele- vant to career planning. Furbay has contact with professional placemeni centers and through them he car

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is 9 Q t The Hell Have I Gotten Myself Into?! Chemistry! What in the hell havel gotten myself into? Here I am a Communications major and I'm up to my butt in test tubes. I was tricked. The catalog said I had to take one of the following or any two from this group andfor any combination of the preceeding two groups. I'm confused. Let's see what the lab manual says. Hmm. Potassium chloride. Sulfuric Acid. Iron filings? I'll never make it. Even my own lab partner won't work with me. I knew I should have taken Geog- raphy. I know about rocks and moun- tains. I've got it! I'1l drop the class. Oh, I forgot. The last day of drops was Friday. Hmm. Where is that lab manual? The largest of all the colleges at Western Michigan University is the College of Arts and Sciences. The -:LQH ' x 'lE UQDH3. PYIJVCF B 2- 1 .wt 'E' '- .'.g 4 4. I College Of Arts And Science

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your .. 1 ,Atv 5-l Student Career Assistance obtain information that can help the student decide on a career. Hopefully the materials will be condensed onto taped cassette cartridges. The pro- gram is expected to be ready for the Fall Semester 1975. The College of Arts and Science hopes that the Ca- reer Planning assistance will instill faith in the college and its overall programs with their students. Career Planning is an addition to the college that should be an improvement and will help the students. It's the largest and probably the most diversified of all the colleges at Westem Michigan University. Look into it sometime. You might be sur- prised. it 9-9-U