:: Sources
|
|
 print-friendly
format
Los Angeles: Departments
Naval Science
Near Eastern and African Languages
Near Eastern Studies
Neurobiology
Neurology
Neuroscience
Nursing
Naval Science
The naval science department and naval ROTC
unit at Los Angeles were established in September, 1938, by the
Secretary of the Navy to provide for a permanent academic system
of training and instruction in essential naval subjects leading
toward graduate commissions in the United States Navy and Marine
Corps. During the first three years the department doubled its staff
and students as the program of instruction was accelerated to meet
the growing threat of war. The first three naval officers trained
in the department were commissioned in June, 1941. Following the
attack on Pearl Harbor, the unit's size and educational program
were dramatically expanded.
During World War II the battalion of midshipmen
was steadily increased to a maximum of 850 men. In the summer of
1943, nearly 500 V-12 Naval officer students were added to the department's
responsibilities. The unit also became the largest University housing
organization when it took over fraternity and sorority houses just
off-campus as living quarters for its personnel. By 1946, 2,000
men received academic degrees and Navy or Marine Corps commissions
under the campus program.
In the postwar period the department reconverted
to a peace-time establishment. A new four-year curriculum emphasizing
academic achievement was initiated. A scholarship program, featuring
$6,000-$12,000 grants and regular Naval service commissions was
also offered students annually chosen by a nationwide competitive
selection system. This plan is called the Holloway Plan in recognition
of Rear Admiral James L. Holloway, Jr., U.S.N., who was chairman
of a national board that proposed it as one answer to needed post-World
War II expansion in Naval officer training program.
The years since World War II saw an uneven growth
of the department, reflecting the tempo of the Cold War. Approximately
150 to 200 midshipmen and all interested University students were
offered a four year curriculum and individual three-unit credit
courses in naval history, orientation, weapons, navigation, operations,
engineering, management and leadership. Upper division undergraduate
students could also take specialized courses in strategy, tactics
and amphibious warfare. Summer sea, aviation and amphibious cruises
throughout the world balanced the unit's academic program with the
essential element of practical experience. The department did not
offer graduate courses on campus. Competitively selected midshipmen
were ordered to the Navy Postgraduate School at Monterey and numerous
civilian universities throughout the country upon graduation for
continued academic work on masters and doctorate degrees covering
67 academic disciplines.
The department was organized under the Division
of Physical Sciences of the College of Letters and Science, and
maintained a faculty staff of seven Navy and Marine Corps officers
in the mid-1960s. source
to top
Near Eastern and African Languages
The program in Near Eastern studies was initiated
at Los Angeles in 1956 for students desiring to specialize in the
Near Eastern area. Hebrew and Semitics were offered in the classics
department; Arabic, Turkish, and Persian in the Oriental languages
department. In 1959, as a result of increasing interest in these
studies, the Department of Near Eastern Languages was organized
under the chairmanship of Wolf Leslau, with a faculty of six. Degree
programs were offered through the M.A. degree in Near Eastern languages
and literature, with individual concentration in Arabic, Persian,
and Turkish; Semitics; or Hebrew. The following year the Ph.D. program
was started, producing the first doctoral graduate in January, 1964.
A program in African studies was organized at
Los Angeles in 1959, designed primarily for students desiring to
work in African countries or in African affairs. The Near Eastern
department assumed responsibilities for the African languages and
literatures, with attention focused mainly on present-day spoken
languages. The department name was changed in 1961 to Near Eastern
and African languages and the faculty increased to 13 members. By
1964, the faculty had increased to 21 members.
The department was unique in its comprehensive
programs in Hebrew and Arabic and its offerings in Ethiopics, Berber,
Georgian, and a considerable number of African languages. A language
laboratory was installed in 1964 to enrich teaching and research.
Not only did
the department serve as a major academic framework for the Near
Eastern Center and the African Studies Center, but it also contributed
to the activities of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
and the Center for Research in Languages and Linguistics, as well
as the Linguistics Program. In addition, the combined effort of
the department and the African Studies Center provided a major training
center for the Peace Corps, particularly in the Ethiopian and Nigerian
Peace Corps training programs.
Notable in the development of the University Research
Library were the contributions of specialists in the department
in the acquisition of outstanding library resources in their various
areas. source
to
top
Near Eastern Studies
There is no history currently available
for this department.
to top
Neurobiology
There is no history currently available
for this department.
to top
Neurology
There is no history currently available
for this department.
to top
Neuroscience
There is no history currently available
for this department.
to top
Nursing
The department traces its beginnings to 1937,
when a curriculum for registered nurses was organized under the
bacteriology department in the College of Letters and Science. Public
health nursing courses had been offered through the University Extension
Program as early as 1929, but it was not until the academic year
1937-38 that a curriculum leading to a certificate in public health
nursing was established.
At the beginning of the academic year 1944-45,
a Department of Public Health Nursing was established in the College
of Applied Arts and an acting chairman was appointed. Two years
later, a faculty member was added to develop courses in nursing
education and by the fall of 1947, the Department of Public Health
Nursing became the Department of Nursing with provision for five
full-time faculty members and a chairman.
In the fall of 1948, Lulu K. Wolf was appointed
professor and chairman of the department. A year later, when the
Regents authorized the creation of a School of Nursing, the department
was established in the school and the chairman received the additional
appointment of dean. This action paved the way for the development
of a baccalaureate program with a major in nursing and made possible
the establishment of a graduate program leading to the master of
science degree.
With the development of these new programs, enrollment
increased at the undergraduate level from 50 to 110 and at the graduate
level from two to 94. Faculty appointments increased from seven
to 33, with provision for four teaching assistants. In addition
to the regular faculty, seven full-time and three part-time staff
members appointed for research and special training programs augmented
the teaching, research, and service functions of the faculty this
year.
The first master of science degrees were awarded
in 1952 and in the fall of that year, University students were admitted
to the new upper division major leading to a baccalaureate degree.
The undergraduate program covering a period of four academic years
instead of the traditional five-year combined college and hospital
plan was the first of its kind in the United States.
In 1965, the upper division major in nursing was
opened to University students and qualified nurses who have completed
a diploma or associate degree nursing program and the two-year pre-nursing
curriculum offered in the College of Letters and Science. The graduate
program emphasized more breadth and unity of knowledge with opportunity
for specialization in one area of nursing knowledge. Curriculum
study in the department was focused on the graduate program. source
to top
|
