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Santa Barbara: Departments
Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology
Biological Sciences
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Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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Biological Sciences
When Santa Barbara State College became a
part of the University in 1944, 30 courses and one major, in biology,
were offered by the natural sciences department. Several courses
emphasized fundamental disciplines, whereas others were intended
for education majors. A major in zoology was added in 1945, and
one in botany in 1947. A separate Department of Biological Sciences
was established in 1948. Although composed of several distinct disciplines,
the department later elected to remain one entity since it was felt
that modern biology was best presented by a single department where
an interchange of ideas regarding curricula and courses might occur.
After 1948, the department maintained
a core of biology courses available to all majors. In 1949, the
department began introductory courses (emphasizing the relations
of biology to humanity) for the general education program. In 1950, students
in all departmental majors were required to take one course in physiology
and one in genetics. This policy was extended in 1964 to require
students in all biological sciences majors to select two courses
from biological disciplines of development, ecology, and diversity.
Other curricular trends tended toward gradual acquisition of specialized
courses; toward requirements for all biological sciences majors
of courses in mathematics, physics, and chemistry; and to the division
of the biology major into: cell biology, emphasizing the molecular
mechanisms underlying life; and environmental biology, stressing
the relationships of organisms to each other and their environments.
The graduate program was initiated
in 1958 with the introduction of the M.A. degree; the Ph.D. program
in biology was authorized in 1961. Departmental philosophy discouraged
the development of isolated facilities, but the recent addition
of a permanent marine laboratory and temporary biochemistry and
microbiology laboratories represented responses to contemporary
activities. source
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