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Riverside: Departments
Cell Biology
and Neuroscience
Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Chemistry
Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages
Computer Science and Engineering
Creative Writing
Cell Biology and Neuroscience
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Chemical and Environmental Engineering
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Chemistry
The chemistry department originated in 1954
as one of the components of the Division of Physical Sciences. The
chairman of the division was W. Conway Pierce, professor of chemistry.
The department was formally established in 1961, with James N. Pitts,
Jr., as the first chairman. From 1954 to 1960, the department offered
undergraduate work exclusively. In 1960, graduate work was initiated
leading to both the M.A. and Ph.D. degrees, chemistry being the
first department on the Riverside campus to offer graduate instruction.
When the department commenced instructional activities
in 1954, four courses were offered. The department offered 15 undergraduate
and ten graduate courses a decade later. Since 1964, 12 students
have received Ph.D. degrees from the department. The department
consisted of 15 professors, about 100 undergraduate majors, 50 graduate
students, and ten postdoctoral fellows by the mid-1960's.
The department originally occupied the top floor
of Physical Sciences Unit I, expanding to space on the top floor
of Unit 11 in 1960. A new chemistry building was occupied in late
1965. The original facilities were purely of an undergraduate nature;
the new facility provided adequate space for the department's research
students. source
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Comparative Literature and Foreign
Languages
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Computer Science and Engineering
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Creative Writing
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