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Classics
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Clinical Sciences
Communication
Comparative Literature
Computer Science
Cardiovascular Medicine
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Cell Biology and Human Anatomy
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Chemical Engineering
and Materials Science
Chemical Engineering on the Davis campus
was organized as a unit of the College Engineering on July 1, 1964.
The first class numbered approximately 25 students; the freshman
class for 1965 was about the same size. Intensive efforts were made
to increase both the undergraduate and graduate programs. By the
late 1960s, there were approximately eight graduate students working
toward master's and Ph.D. degrees and two postdoctoral students.
The four faculty members were active in research as well as teaching.
Research grants were received from the U.S. Army Research Office,
the National Science Foundation, the American Chemical Society,
the National Aeronautical and Space Administration, and private
industry. source
See also College
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Chemistry
Chemistry was established as a division in
the College of Agriculture at Davis in 1924. Charles S. Bisson was
the first chair and the only member of the teaching faculty for
the degree program until 1930. The sole chemistry course listed
in the catalog prior to 1930 was physical chemistry, and the first
chemistry building was a wooden structure located at what is now
the southeast corner of Shields Library. Starting in 1930, the department
began offering a complete selection of basic undergraduate courses
in chemistry. New faculty members in the 1930s were J. Gordon Sewell,
Herbert A. Young, Sydney H. Babcock, and Harold G. Reiber. For work
done while at Davis, Babcock was awarded three patents, which were
assigned to the UC Regents and from which the university received
substantial royalties. In 1940 designation of the faculty as members
of the College of Chemistry at Berkeley permitted graduate work
to be offered at Davis. Joining the department were David H. Volman
and Raymond M. Keefer. Keefer was the first Ph.D. student in chemistry
to do all his research at Davis under the supervision of Davis faculty.
Following the death of Bisson in 1940, Young became
chair of the department, which moved into a new building in 1941
(Young Hall). During the years 1942-45, Young briefly headed the
"Davis Group" of the Manhattan Project before moving to
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to become a director there. Reiber stayed
on campus working on methods for separating uranium isotopes, while
other chemistry faculty left to pursue various war-related jobs.
After the war Young, Reiber, Volman, and Keefer all returned to
Davis and, because of high enrollments in chemistry, were joined
on the faculty by Lawrence J. Andrews, Richard E. Kepner, Edgar
P. Painter, Robert K. Brinton, and Thomas L. Allen.
The 1950s were a time of great change for the
department. In 1951, when the College of Letters and Science was
established, Young became its founding dean. A major in chemistry
was initiated. Reiber became chair, and the department received
accreditation by the American Chemistry Society. In 1954 the department
expanded upper-division offerings and began teaching a complete
selection of graduate courses. In 1956 the department was authorized
to offer M.S. and Ph.D. degrees, eliminating the requirement that
graduate students commute to Berkeley for certain courses. Andrews
became department chair in 1959, while Reiber became associate dean
and later dean of the Graduate Division. Also in the 1950s, Charles
P. Nash and Albert T. Bottini joined the faculty.
The 1960s and 1970s were marked by growth, ably
orchestrated by Keefer, who became chair in 1962 when Andrews became
dean of the College of Letters and Sciences. Between 1960 and 1966
the department grew from 11 to 24 faculty members. In 1965 chemistry
moved from Young Hall to the present Chemistry Building, and in
1971 took over much of the Chemistry Annex.
In the early 1990s many chemistry faculty members
opted for early retirement, but the department later regained much
of its strength through new appointments. Research has diversified
greatly in recent years from the traditional areas of analytical,
inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry. The department has been
honored by the establishment of the Bradford Borge Graduate Scholarships
in Chemistry and by a graduate fellowship endowment from former
student Fred Corson and the Dow Chemical Corporation. source
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Chicana/Chicano Studies
Nearing its 30th year on the Davis campus,
the Chicana/o Studies Program continues to dedicate itself to building
a strong academic program while serving the community. The Chicano
Studies Program developed within the larger societal context of
the "people of color" power movements, campus rebellions,
and redefined academic/community relations. At the insistence of
a small group of Chicana/o undergraduates and staff, calling themselves
the Mexican-American Studies Coordinating Committee (MASCC), the
administration of Chancellor J. Meyer and Student Affairs Vice Chancellor
T. Dutton established the program in 1969-70. An Academic Senate
committee was named to oversee the academic development of Mexican-American
Studies, Afro-American Studies, Asian-American Studies, and American
Indian Studies. The combined efforts of these groups secured several
faculty positions, including three to develop a Mexican-American
studies curriculum. By fall 1970 the first three faculty members
for Chicano Studies began teaching in their respective departments:
Jose Roberto Juarez (history); Guillermo Rojas (Spanish); and Gustavo
Gonzalez (anthropology). MASCC secured two more faculty positions
to round out the academic work, implementing a major and minor in
Chicana/o Studies, further developing the student affairs unit for
academic success and retention, and establishing a Chicana/o Studies
research library. In 1971-72, Refugio Rochin (economics) and Adaljiza
Sosa-Riddell (political science) joined the faculty.
In 1975-76 the Chicana/o
Studies major was established. The program has flourished despite
leadership and structural changes, faculty turnover, budget limitations,
and small size. By 1999 the program was an autonomous unit in the
Division of Humanities, College of Letters and Science, with a director,
six full-time faculty, a student affairs coordinator, and two staff.
The dual-emphasis major, Cultural Studies and Social/Policy Studies,
reflects the cultural and political origins of Chicana/o Studies,
development of the discipline on a national/international scale,
and internal shifts and expansions in the conceptualization of the
discipline.
Program faculty have been
prominent in the development of the discipline, both through their
pioneering roles in the establishment of professional academic organizations
and through their research and publications. They have founded,
officiated, and/or participated in the National Association for
Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) and Mujeres Activas en Letras
y Cambio Social (MALCS, or Women Active in Letters and Social Change).
They are leaders in the areas of theory development in cultural
studies, Chicana feminism, gender relations, identity formation,
family issues, protest art, reproductive issues, and Chicana politics.
New goals include the expansion of course offerings (particularly
in newly emerging sub-areas such as border experiences, Latino studies,
immigration studies, and cultural analysis), the establishment of
a formal Department of Chicana/o Studies, and the development of
a graduate program. source
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Civil and Environmental
Engineering
There is no history currently available for
this department. See College
of Engineering.
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Classics
There is no history currently available
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Clinical Sciences
As with other departments in the School of
Veterinary Medicine, this one (formerly known as the Department
of Medicine, Surgery, and Clinics) existed initially as an unofficial
department. Dr. Hugh S. Cameron supervised the initial organization
between 1950 and 1952, at which time Dr. John F. Christensen was
appointed unofficial chairman. Dr. Christensen provided leadership
during the critical years up to the official departmentalization
in 1960.
Dr. John W. Kendrick was then appointed chairman
and served until 1963, at which time he was succeeded by Dr. Robert
M. Cello. This department carried a heavy teaching load because
most of the instruction of the final two years of the veterinary
medical curriculum fell under its jurisdiction. It was also responsible
for the operation of a teaching and research hospital to facilitate
instruction of students in the veterinary, medical, and clinical
sciences and the research of clinical specialists on various animal
diseases. By 1965, there were 19 academic staff members in the department.
Although members of the former Division of Veterinary
Science (1901-48) were concerned with problems of a clinical nature,
they did not conduct a clinical practice or instruct in clinical
subjects. Therefore, the department's activities may more appropriately
be said to have originated with the beginning of the school (established,
1947; began instruction, 1948). Members of the faculty investigated
a wide range of diseases. Their work included the discovery and
diagnosis of new diseases, such as blue tongue in sheep, and contributions
to the knowledge of older diseases, such as vibriosis, trichomoniasis,
canine distemper, feline pneumonitis, cardiovascular disorders,
infertility in mares, bovine lymphosarcoma, and surgical correction
of a host of conditions in pet animals, horses, and farm livestock.
The department pioneered in the training of interns
in the various specialties of clinical medicine and surgery and
contributed markedly to the postgraduate or continuing education
programs for practitioners in the state. source
Following a restructuring of the School of Veterinary
Medicine in the early 1970's, the department no longer exists as
such. See also School of Veterinary
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Communication
Until 1966 all UCD speech and oral communication
courses were taught in the Department of Dramatic Art and Speech.
On July 1, 1966, five faculty from the speech
division of that department separated to form a new Department of
Rhetoric. This was the first department in the country to take that
name, though UC Berkeley and a number of other universities nationwide
soon followed. Undergraduate courses included public speaking, group
discussion, history of rhetoric, rhetorical criticism, and, for
the first three years, oral interpretation of texts.
The faculty shaped a strong humanistic B.A. program
before creating the departmental M.A. program, which was established
in 1972. There were then about 600 undergraduate majors, with another
1,200 students enrolled each year in the various courses within
the department curriculum.
During the 1970s the department began to reflect
the shift toward behavioral and social-science approaches to the
study of communication. New faculty included scholars trained in
contemporary communication theory and social science research methods.
New courses were added in various subareas of interpersonal communication
and mass communication. By the 1980s the department faculty and
curriculum represented, more or less equally, the three primary
areas of the discipline -- rhetoric and public address, interpersonal
and small-group communication, and mass-media communication. Accordingly,
in 1987 the department name was changed to Rhetoric and Communication.
In the late 1990s, due in part to the reorganization
of the College of Letters and Science, rhetoric faculty were transferred
to various departments within the Division of Humanities while communication
faculty stayed in the Social Sciences Division. In 1998 the department
name was changed to Communication.
From its early years to the present, the department
has enjoyed a strong reputation for research, both nationally and
internationally. In one five-year period, for example, faculty received
ten research awards, including two book awards. National rankings
of communication departments have repeatedly placed the UCD department
at the top ranked level -- higher than the majority of Ph.D. granting
departments, and usually the very highest of terminal M.A. departments.
source
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Art and Speech.
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Comparative Literature
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Computer Science
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for this department. See College
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