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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1966)
March Speaks at Colloquium Sociologist Discusses Revolution I»y STAItl.A STODDARD Emerald SlatT Writer •lames March, dean of the so rial science division at the new Irvine campus of the University of California, spoke at a soclol «>gy colloquium Tuesday. The title of the colloquium was The Irvine Revolution.” March discussed new measures that have been enacted on the Irvine campus. New procedures on course hours, credits, and gradun tion requirements have been put into effect. The University is also decen tralizing their authority over the students' private lives, March stated two theories in regard to the college's outlook on stu dent life. One was the cocoon theory which keeps the student isolated from the world, a n d which, according to March, is in wide use today. Mareli favored the converse strategy, which com iminioalcs to the student that school is just part of hi.s environ ment, and that lie must purtici pate in other activities. According to March, there arc several changes being made in the social science Held today: so cial science is becoming more quantitative, it is becoming more analytic and theoretical, it is com ing out of its post-war phase of retreating from policy, the stu dents and faculty are becoming more involved in today’s issues, and the social science field is be coming more undisciplined in that the boundaries between the different areas in social science are becoming less definite. Math Itequired One area of the social science field that is being changed is in the classroom. Those students who take social science courses at Irving are required to take several math courses. The social science major must take enough math to fulfill the math major re quirement. The freshman and sophomore social science courses at Irvine is also changing from what it has been in the past Six different areas, rational individual choices, power models of social choice, ex change, adaptation, diffusion, and structure are studied. According to March, there is little reading in the courses but students do problems dealing with the sub ject being studied instead. A student must take four cour ses in a CORK program. Three of these courses are called an “urn brella" and if the student is in sociology, he takes advanced so cial analysis for three terms. Un der the umbrella the student pre pares for a comprehensive exain at tin- end of his junior year in the discipline under which he wants to get a degree. Faculty to Discuss Teaching Evaluation There will be a meeting of the University faculty at 4 pm today in 150 Science, to cover items \ not covered at the May 18 meet-; mg: • A report and recommenda tions for student evaluation of j teaching; • A motion to maintain the anonymity of faculty members participating in the discussion of issues raised at faculty meetings;! • A motion to allow an appro priate substitute for one of the two foreign languages, a reading knowledge of which is now re quired for the 1’h.I). degree; • A motion to make the pre liminary version of the complete minutes of each faculty meeting available to the press; and • A notice of motion to send Student - Faculty Council recom mendations to the faculty senate. Author explains Wilkinson describes the motion itself as proposing "an inter pretive, not a substantive” change, said that he believed it would increase student-faculty commu nication. "The faculty expects us to give the best advice we can give them," Wilkinson said, adding that he felt that it was necessary for the , faculty senate to know how the students stand on campus issues. Presently, the Student-Faculty Council reports its findings to the Curriculum Committee. Council Reports The next of Wilkinson's mo tion: "All reports from the council, including reports presenting views and recommendations concerning faculty business pending by no tice of motion, shall be submitted to the faculty through the faculty senate.” Wilkinson said that having stu dent opinion would help the fac ulty senate in its debate of issues and, in turn, guide the debate in faculty meetings. He said that prior discussion by the faculty senate is necessary because it "keeps debate going.” He added that faculty meetings are often poorly attended, and members should be present who have discussed the issue previous ly "The faculty wants the senate's opinion, but the senate isn’t get ting the students’ views,” Wilkin son said. Wilkinson said he was present ing the proposal in a notice of motion in order to stimulate de bate over the proposal during the meeting. 59 ROTC Cadets Receive Promotions Fifty-nine cadets in the Uni versity Reserve Officers Training Corps have received promotions in the Cadet Brigade. Named cadet lieutenant colonel was Rcmund A. Jordan; cadet major, Larry F. 0. Lau; cadet captains, Jack L. Strayer and Mer man A. Meister, III. Named cadet first lieutenant were John S. Carlson, Jr., Nicko laos T. Pappas, and Walter J. Foster. Named cadet master sergeant was Glen G. Gilbert; cadet platoon sergeant, Douglas D. Bucholz; cadet sergeant first class, Gregory I). Landers, Elton I). Minney, and Dennis M. Gerke; cadet sergeant, I,eon A. Dahl, Thomas Jacobson, and Gerry L. Suchanek. Those named cadet corporal in clude: Paul K. Graves, William J. Liebertz, 111, Thomas E. McClung, Mark V. Dickinson, Michael N. Frederickson, Douglas E. Mai kasian, Leslie C. Wilson, Ronald G. Wilson, Michael Weinkauf, Jerry L. Condray, David V. Ward, Kandall E. Eranke, Gordon W. Hodge, Maurice K. Shiroma, Ste phen C. Stewart, Haul It. Hay, and Albert B. Poston. Those named cadet private first class include: Ronald J. Claxton, Raymond J. Grubbs, Larry E. Hanson, Richard A. Roseta, Don ald P. Strandemo, John A. Krog, Donald H. Lyon, Frederick V. Ronnau, Thomas C. Sorensen, Dennis A. Culver, Steven A. Zam sky, Douglas E. Lindsey, Michael J. Nuich, David Schott, Gary L. Bennett, Darrell E. Plouff, Larry D. Milner, Alan J. Coffell, Michael G Smith, Frank Garcia, Gregory Gilbert, David B. Peter son, Jeffrey Lehman, Geoffrey B. Hayes, Thomas J. Westbrook. • ADVERTISERS • PATRONIZE The University of California at Irvine will be a general uni versity, March said. The univer sity will offer a wide variety of courses to students coming in. Be sides, courses in the student's own field, he will be? required to take six courses in one of the divisions other than his own and three courses in each of two other divisions. I.anguage Necessary Next year, students in social science will have to meet a lan guage requirement. Besides the four COKE cour ses the student takes, he may take two courses in some other social science. In his senior year the student enrolls in another umbrella. This is called the senior project and the student must write a num ber of papers. A unique feature of the cur riculum is a class of courses that a student and faculty member can go in depth. These courses are not regular classes and the University is under no obligation to repeat them in succeeding years. The courses provide varie ty to the individual student and the opportunity to work closely with a professor. The student-fac ulty ratio is now eight to one. Admission Rule March described Irvine’s grad uate curriculum. Admission to the graduate school consists of a rule, March said, which reads “in order to be admitted to graduate school, a student must be acceptable to two faculty members.” If he is, he is admitted. After being accepted, the stu dent must specify the program he plans to follow and these must be approved. March stated that by the time most students get out of high school, they know in what they want to major. Those who haven’t decided by the time they enter college, usually go into social sciences. With the program at Irvine, students in social science are confronted with courses they don’t expect, such as computers, finite j problems, matrix algebra, calcu lus. Most students expect to find courses dealing with social work Those who are originally swamp- j ed by the course requirements have now adjusted, March said, ft’s been rough but the students have lived through it. He said the drop that did occur was offset by students transferring in. As a new University some of the problems the University of California at Irvine is experienc ing at the present time is lack of organization. March said the administration of the University has been look ing ahead to possible problems that may arise, one of which is a population explosion. When asked what constraints would be put on the university by the state, March said at this time he did not know fully but there would be the usual finan cial constraints. 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