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The curriculum in the eco
nomic s department is c.hanging
to reflec t shift1- in society and
ness emphasis on different is
sues, saicf clepartment head foe
Stone
Courses in labor economics
for example, now take into ac
count a more complex labor
force instead of examining is
sues ill the c onlext of c ollec live
bargaining, he said
In part i urric ulum changes
in economic s rc-flec t research
that has c rossed disriplinars
boundaries. Stone said
I or instant e. an new area of
study called public choice re
suited from a mingling of eeo
mimics and political science
Stone s.ud
‘‘Public choice take's a lot of
topic s tfi.it base traditionally
been primarily m the realm of
polifii al si u ni e and takes stall
dard cm ononvii approac lies and
applies them to them. " Stone
explained
I or example public t hoii e
scholars studs politicians as
entrepreneurs lac ing a set of in
ceiitises and make pn-dic tiems
from that model, he said
Stone preclic ted that trends
m ec onomte s w ill mi hide more
emphasis on environmental is
sues, natural resources govern
ment programs, tax revenue
systems, health care systems,
and the etfec t of aging on the
wotk fon e
lnterdi.se iplinars work has
also influenced the psychologs
department, said Mike Posner
lotl'l oil c hairman of the under
graduate educ ation committee
file psychologs c.urric .ulum
reflects stronger links between
psvehoiogs and the biological
sc lences and psychologs and
the soc ial sc ienc es he said
A new introdui tors course
called Brain and the Mind
ties biological knowledge of
brain processes svitli psvc fiolo
gs s understanding mental
events Posnei said
Another new course 'Mind
and Society reflects develop
in cults in the last It) to 1 r> years
that link aspects nf psychology
to the general social s< inures.
Posner said.
The three areas in< hided in
the anthropology i nrric ilium
physir al. cultural and art heolo
g\ are also i hanging to mir
ror the outside world, said Paul
Simonds head of the anthro
pology department
Mam physical anthropolo
gists w itnessing the destrur lion
of the world's forests where
they condor I their rescan li
have heroine avid conserva
lionists Simonds said Profes
sors are now discussing pri
mates chanr.es of survival in a
rapidly disappearing environ
ment. he said
As Oregon opens to the Par d
ii Kim and Asian trade knowl
edge ol i ultur.il anthropology
in that area will he helpful. Si
monds said The department
has hired a new professor to
tear h Par ifir Kiitr and Asian
t ulture
National and international
politic s also influence archeol
ogy Right now it's difficult
for Amerir an an haenlogists to
do anything in Iraq.'' Simonds
said
Reporting the news
Arnold Ismuch. dean of tin*
journalism si lrool said the
si hool is reforming its r urrit u
him to adapt to the t hanging
work tii*ld
I In* iih reusing important e of
graphics in the media inspired
a regular course in visual com
niunic alions. Ismach said
hdorm.ition (lathering. a
newer prerequisite course for
pre-journalism majors, gives
students a foundation in ic
sean h methods and iru hides
newer information sources
sur h as electronic data bases
he said
Now that print and broadcast
are rising inr reasinglv similar
ter hnologv blurring the lines
between the media the journal
ism school is try ing to prepare
its students tu he aware of this,
Ismai h said
The journalism si hool also
offer* courses in international
journalism, media in develop
ing countries and women in the
media, lsmach said
The mass media and the iri
( reasing number of organiza
lions have influent ed the cur
rti ulum in rhetorii and com
munication. said David Frank,
area director of rhetoric and
( ommunication
The rhetorii and communica
tion turrit ulum now places
more emphasis on preparing
students to work in organiza
lions m part, bet ause there are
more organizations in society.
I rank said Organizations also
value communications skill, a
valuable tool that students need
to command when they leave
the t 'niversitv. he said.
The influence of the mass
media has prompted a resur
gence of the important e of nit
ii al thinking and speaking in
the modern world, which in
turn has influenced the rhetorii
and i ommunication curricu
him. Frank said.
Rhetorii courses try to ad
dress the impai t that mass me
dia have had on < ulture. Frank
said The final term of
threeterm sequence in rhetorii
theory examines politii inn's
use of the media and analyzes
the arguments they make
Teaching teachers
One of the most dramatic
i ftanges in currit ulum has tuk
en place in the College of Edu
cation. Beginning this fall, a
five year leat her education pro
gram will be implemented b\
the College of Education, said
1 Jean Robert ( blberts
The new program requires
prospet live teat hers to com
plete a hai helor's degree before
beginning a fifth year of edui a
tion t urrit ulum Roberts said
Roberts said the fifth year
program will incorporate .1 full
year of field experience along
with the pedagogic al knowl
edge students need to be teat h
ers
The\ 'll practit e in the pub
lit st bools some of the tilings
they've learned, so that they'll
In able to integrate that knnwl
edge through practice." Rob
erts saiti
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