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Marine Science
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Materials
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Mathematics
In 1944, when Santa Barbara State College
became Santa Barbara College of the University of California, instruction
in mathematics was given through the Department of Natural Science,
headed by Hazel W. Severy. A separate Department of Mathematics
was established in 1947 with Stanley E. Rauch as chairman. He served
until 1954, when the college moved to the Goleta campus. Subsequent
chairmen were Lewis F. Walton (1954-55), Rauch (1955-58), Paul J.
Kelly (1958-62), David Merriell (acting, 1962-63), and Marvin Marcus
(after 1963).
Between 1944 and the mid-1960's, the staff of
the department increased from five instructors of undergraduate
mathematics, each teaching other subjects, to a full-time faculty
of 25 in 1965-66.
Only a minor in mathematics was offered in 1944.
The major in mathematics was authorized in 1946-47. Award of the
M.A. degree was approved in 1959, and in 1961 the M.A. program in
applied mathematics was initiated. Finally in 1962, granting of
the Ph.D. degree was authorized. The first doctorates were awarded
to three candidates in the spring of 1965. In the fall of 1964,
there were 327 undergraduates majoring in mathematics and 39 graduate
students seeking a higher degree (19 aspirants for the M.A. degree
and 20 for the Ph.D. degree). From 1944 to 1964, the mathematics
curriculum increased from 18 to 58 undergraduate courses, of which
26 were graduate offerings. Many of these offerings reflected the
department's research emphases, which included modern algebra, functional
analysis, real variables, graph theory, and topology.
During the summer sessions of 1961-65, the department
received National Science Foundation (NSF) funds in support of an
Institute for Teachers of Secondary Mathematics. The NSF also supported
Summer Conferences in Linear Algebra, which were given by the department
in the summers of 1964 and 1965. source
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Mechanical Engineering
The Department of Mechanical Engineering
was established in 1964 and began operation as a separate unit of
the School of Engineering in July, 1964. Otto W. Witzell was appointed
chairman. The staff for the first year of operation also included
Karl Ihrig, Richard Matula, Kenneth Bockman, and George Wilson.
The previously existing applied mechanics group became a part of
the mechanical engineering department.
The new department began its operations in the
Arts Building. Courses were developed and offered for freshmen and
juniors which would fit the requirements of a newly devised curriculum.
Work was begun on the development of laboratories and course offerings
for the remaining two years. Junior enrollment for 1965 was 13 students.
Preliminary planning of a new structure to eventually house the
activities of mechanical engineering was started in the mid-1960's.
It was expected that occupancy of such a building would take place
in 1971. source
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Media Arts and Technology
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Medieval Studies
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Military Science
The Department of Military Science and Tactics
was established in 1947 with Colonel Richard G. McKee as professor.
The first two years of military science were compulsory until 1962.
From 1947 to 1962, enrollment in the compulsory program increased
from 126 to 796. The voluntary upper-division portion of the military
science program increased from ten to 81 during the same period,
with the highest enrollment being attained during the Korean War
period.
The complete four-year program, under the leadership
of Lt. Col. George M. Boone, Jr., was initiated on a voluntary basis
in 1962, and total enrollment decreased from 877 in September, 1961,
to 328 in September, 1964. However, upper division enrollment increased
from 81 to 91, and the number of cadets receiving commissions in
the Regular Army or Army Reserve increased from 33 to 45 during
the same period.
Under the ROTC Vitalization Act of 1964, cadet
pay was increased from $.90 per day to $40 per month during the
nine-month school period, and from $78 to $120 per month during
the six-week summer training camp period. Under this same act a
new two-year ROTC program was offered whereby students transferring
from junior colleges, or other students who were unable to participate
in the first two years of the basic course, might apply to attend
a basic summer training camp for six weeks. Upon successful completion
of this basic camp they could apply for enrollment in the advanced
ROTC program. At the game time a four-year scholarship program for
high school graduates and a two-year scholarship program for ROTC
students who successfully completed the first two-year basic course
program were established. Two members of this ROTC brigade were
offered two-year scholarships beginning in September, 1965.
Under the four-year program, eight courses
in military science and a six-week summer training period were taught
by the department's faculty members under the chairmanship of Col.
George C. Dewey. source
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Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
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Music
Before Santa Barbara State College became
a University campus in 1944, its music department was offering a
major in the Divisions of Applied Arts and Letters and Science (1940),
instituted by Helen M. Barnett, director of the department for ten
years. Van Christy, department head from 1942 to 1949, expanded
the departmental offerings, particularly in the performance medium.
In 1949, Maurice Faulkner assumed the chairmanship
of the department, expanding the instrumental program and adding
a course in Techniques of Radio Broadcasting. During John Gillespie's
chairmanship the college moved to the Goleta campus (1954) and into
the new Music Building in 1958. New courses were added, particularly
at the graduate level. In 1958, the music department became a part
of the College of Letters and Science.
Clayton Wilson, acting chairman in 1958, became
chairman in 1960. He was instrumental in working out the M.A. degree
program in music, which became active in the fall of 1960. At this
time, the Paganini Quartet came to the campus, remaining "in residence"
through the spring of 1965. Karl Geiringer, musicologist and author,
joined the faculty in 1961 to teach in the graduate program, particularly
in the research seminars.
In the fall of 1962, Roger Chapman became chairman
of the department and with Karl Geiringer developed the Ph.D. degree
program in music, which was initiated In the fall of 1964. During
Roger Chapman's sabbatical leave in 1964-65, Carl Zytowski became
acting chairman. He initiated a critical study of the departmental
course offerings and the methods of teaching them. This was in anticipation
of the new goals implied by the institution of the program for the
M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in music. Peter Fricker, distinguished British
composer, joined the faculty in 1964-65 as a visiting professor.
He was appointed a permanent faculty member beginning in the fall
of 1965.
In 1965, there were 77 undergraduate and
13 graduate students enrolled. More than 60 courses were then taught
by the department's faculty of 22 members. Evidence of the department's
emphasis on performance was given by its 12 very active performing
ensembles in the instrumental, choral, and operatic areas of music.
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