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Los Angeles: Departments
Scandinavian
Slavic Languages
Social Welfare
Sociology
Southeast Asian Studies
Spanish and Portugese
Speech
Statistics
Surgery
Scandinavian
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Slavic Languages
The study of Slavic languages at the Los
Angeles campus began in 1948, with the appointment of two instructors
for elementary courses in Russian. In 1949, a Department of Slavic
Languages formed (with Dean Franklin P. Rolfe as acting chairman);
four instructors were appointed, upper division courses were introduced
in Russian language and literature, and a Russian major was established.
The years 1950-57 saw a modest expansion. A four-year sequence of
Russian language courses was complemented by six courses in Russian
literature. The student enrollment (130) remained approximately
constant, as did the size of the teaching staff.
In the late 1950s, the character of the department
began to change rapidly. By 1958, student enrollment had increased
over 200 per cent and the number of majors had more than doubled.
The necessity of planning a graduate program in Slavic became apparent.
Graduate courses were first offered in the department in 1959; new
staff members were recruited for this purpose, and the number of
instructors in the department increased twofold. Courses in the
Polish language were initiated in 1959; Serbo-Croatian was first
taught in 1961. The first master's degrees in Slavic were granted
in 1961.
The 1960s saw a continuation of the trend begun
in the late 1950s. The graduate course offerings were strengthened
considerably. By 1965, some 30 graduate students were enrolled in
the department, four of whom advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D.
degree; 24 master's degrees have been granted. The largest enrollment
continued to be found in first-year Russian and in the service courses
(Russian literature in translation). An important addition to departmental
facilities was the acquisition in 1964 of a language laboratory
serving students in Russian, Polish, and Serbo-Croatian language
courses.
The above summary showed the degree to which the
department changed between 1948 and the mid-1960s. Although language
teaching was still a central activity, the department also developed
into an important center for advanced research in Slavic languages
and literatures. The enormous growth of library holdings in the
Slavic field was essential to this new function. The
association of staff members with the Slavic Institute and with
its successor, the Center for Russian
and East European Studies also contributed greatly to the stimulation
of research activities. source
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Sociology
Sociology and anthropology were formally
organized and combined to form a new department on July 1, 1940.
The joint staff consisted of three members previously associated
with the Departments of Economics and Psychology. Ten upper division
courses were added in 1941-42; graduate research courses were added
in 1944-45, and a Ph.D. program was introduced in 1947-48.
The companion departments cooperated in research,
and also in building courses of aid to other departments. Some instruction
interlocked with work in the Schools of Nursing and Social Welfare,
the Departments of Linguistics and Folklore, and Latin American
and other centers for area studies. Through joint appointments and
professional collaboration, starting in the 1950s, the sociologists
worked closely with the Departments of Education, Psychology, Anatomy
and Psychiatry; the Schools of Business Administration and Public
Health; and the Institute of Industrial Relations.
During the first fifteen years of the department,
staff recruitment was focused on broad rather than narrow training
and interests. Between 1940 and 1960, the joint faculty grew from
three assistant professors to six instructors, ten assistant professors,
seven associate professors and nine professors.
Undergraduate sociology majors numbered 250 by
fall, 1948; 300 by fall, 1963; and 413 by spring, 1965. From 1948
to 1964, the graduate student body grew from four to 123; 16 master's
degrees and 27 doctoral degrees were granted.
The joint department achieved many of its aims,
but it was increasingly distracted by administrative problems arising
from its growth, the needs of students, and the multiplying interests
and activities of its faculty. After long study, the combined faculty
voted to form separate departments, effective July 1, 1963.
By 1964, undergraduate courses in sociology had
reached 40; graduate courses, 29; and the full-time faculty, 18.
The undergraduate curriculum was broadened, training in research
methods increased, and new laboratory equipment acquired. Also in
1963, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences furthered
departmental aims by giving it a grant to develop a general research
training program. Annually, 15 outstanding students were selected
for this instruction. In 1962, the department initiated an honors
class in sociology for freshmen with a grade point average of 3.5
or more, from any department. Students were eager to enter, and
faculty were eager to teach this class. The department also cooperated
with other disciplines to set up a Survey Research Center. source
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Southeast Asian Studies
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Spanish and Portuguese
Classes in Spanish were first offered at
the Los Angeles State Normal School in 1917. For the first five
years after the school became the Southern Branch of the University,
both Spanish and French were taught by the Department of Romanic
Languages. In 1924, the two language departments were separated,
and Leonard D. Bailiff became chairman of the Department of Spanish.
He held this position until 1942 when a combined Department of Spanish
and Italian was established under the chairmanship of Marion A.
Zeitlin, with courses offered in these two languages and their respective
literatures and also in Portuguese, which had been taught in the
department since 1938. Seven years later, the department was divided
and the Spanish department, with John A. Crow as chairman, was officially
designated the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
When the first Bachelor of Arts degrees were awarded
by the Southern Branch in 1925, eight students received the degree
with a major in Spanish. Graduate courses were instituted in 1934,
and three Master of Arts degrees in Spanish were granted in June
of 1935. The first doctoral degree in romance languages and literatures
with a specialization In Spanish was awarded in 1950, and five years
later the first doctoral degree in the field of Hispanic languages
and literatures was granted. In the year 1964, 40 students received
the A.B. degree in Spanish, 12 received the M.A. degree and six
the Ph.D. in Hispanic languages and literatures.
In 1965, the department, under the chairmanship
of José R. Barcia, had a staff of 26 members and offered
some 80 courses in Spanish and 12 in Portuguese, ranging in both
instances from elementary language instruction through graduate
seminars in literature and linguistics. Total enrollment in Spanish
courses was 2,300, including 313 undergraduates majoring in Spanish.
The Spanish and Portuguese language laboratory,
incorporating the latest in electronic equipment for the teaching
of foreign languages, was opened in 1964. Plans for further expansion
of departmental offerings included the establishment of instruction
in methodology for teachers at the elementary school level, a major
program in Portuguese, and undergraduate courses in Hispanic folklore.
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Speech
The Department of Speech was established
in July, 1963 after a long period of development within the Department
of English. In the early years of the 1930s the Division of Public
Speaking included courses in play production, oral interpretation
of literature, phonetics, and public speaking. Most of the courses
were lower division service offerings and were taught by junior
staff members.
Following the establishment of the Department
of Theater Arts in 1947, the Department of English established a
major in speech, with emphasis on public address and oral interpretation.
There was increased emphasis on theory, particularly in upper division
courses. The courses at this level were concerned with understanding
theories and principles of oral communications; with the phonetic,
linguistic, and physiological aspects of oral language; with the
history and criticism of public address in the ancient world, Great
Britain, and the United States; and with the understanding and critical
analysis of literature as an oral art.
In 1949, four graduate courses were added to the
curriculum and students were prepared for the secondary teaching
credential. Four years later the addition of four more graduate
courses made possible the awarding of the M.A. degree. In 1958,
the addition of still more courses on both the graduate and upper
division levels made possible the program for the Ph.D. degree,
which was first granted in 1963.
From 1948 to 1964, students could emphasize work
in public address, oral interpretation, or speech correction. In
1964, the program in speech correction was discontinued, but in
cooperation with the Department of English, a program of study in
experimental phonetics was added in its stead. source
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Statistics
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Surgery
The Department of Surgery was proposed in
the original plans for the School of Medicine by Dean Stafford L.
Warren. The first appointments in the department were made May 21,
1948 and consisted of three assistant clinical professors and two
associate clinical professors. Of this original group, Drs. Ernest
Bors, C. Arnold Stevens, and Joseph Weinberg continued to participate
in the affairs of the department in the mid-1960s.
The first full-time appointment in the department
was that of the chairman, William P. Longmire, Jr., on October 1,
1948. The first budget awarded to the department was for the fiscal
year 1949-50. Dr. William H. Muller, Jr., joined the full-time faculty
as assistant professor of surgery, and Dr. John M. Beal came as
instructor in surgery on July 1, 1949.
During this period, before the admission of medical
students, the faculty time was largely spent with building plans,
curriculum discussions, and the recruitment of additional personnel.
Effort was also devoted to developing the teaching and training
services in affiliated hospitals.
From the time the medical school opened in 1951
until the University of California Hospital, Los Angeles, was opened
in 1955, clinical surgery was taught at the Wadsworth Veterans Administration
Hospital. Since the completion of the new Los Angeles County Harbor
General Hospital in February, 1963, this institution was made an
integral part of the clinical teaching program in surgery. The department
utilized all three hospitals in its teaching and training programs.
Until 1950 there were no research grants in the
department. Over the years they increased steadily. During 1964-65,
there were 112 grants, totaling $2,699,053 awarded to support the
research and training activities in the Department of Surgery.
The size of each medical school class steadily
increased from the 28 students admitted to the first class in 1951
to the 72 students admitted in 1963. During the first year the hospital
was opened (1955-56), there were seven interns and 14 residents
registered. There were no residents registered from affiliated institutions.
During 1964-65, there were ten interns, 55 residents, and 71 affiliated
residents registered in the department.
Surgical procedures continued to increase in complexity
and specialization tended to become greater. The combined skills
and efforts of a number of disciplines were required to diagnose
and successfully manage a patient during the course of many operative
procedures. A medical student's experience with the surgical patient
provided a unique opportunity for the student to study firsthand
alterations of physiological processes by disease, further alterations
occasioned by operation, and the return to normal upon removal or
relief of the pathological condition. These experiences formed the
basic framework upon which the teaching program of the Department
of Surgery was founded. source
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