USD Annual Report 1982/83

Academic and program growth. • •

available, the University added the new major in Computer Science, which became immediately one of the degree pursuits most popular among students. The Naval Recruit Officer Training Corps program was established, a joint project

''An excellent academic program taught by a dedicated faculty enables the University to fulfill its academic objectives-namely, to develop a quality academic program, to serve the community in a way consistent with the institution's

with San Diego State University. The Philip Y. Hahn School of Nursing's graduate program received accreditation from the National League for Nursing-a remarkable cachet for a program only five years old . The School of Law extended its overseas programs to include study in Dublin and Cairo . And as these new programs were being intro- duced, a curricu- lum committee in the College of Arts and Sciences continued its investigations into the worth and feasibility of other major fields, while reassessing the strengths of the

identity, and to emphasize the integration of professional and liberal learning.'. ' That is how USD was described by a Western Association of Schools and Colleges evaluation team, on campus in October 1982 for the purpose of reaffirming the University's WASC accreditation. The student population that fall was higher than it had ever been: 5,003 men and women enrolled in programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Graduate Education, the School of Business Administration, the School of

Cbarles F. Holt, Ph.D. , associate professor of economics in the Graduate School of Business.

(I.) Jobn Kownicki conducts c111 expe,·iment in qucmtitative analysis as ProfessorJobn. Scbindler Ph.D. . looks on . .. (r.) Junior Lornajobam doing homework for the Computer Science program .

Larry \\'lilliamson, Pb.D., assistant professor of speec/J, slops after class to talk 11'it/J one of bis students.

existing core curriculum. Fundamental to academics at USD is that intellectual growth is not a matter of cerebration alone; it must occur in a matrix of moral and ethical values. That is why the University's classes integrate professional ethics as part of professional preparation.

Education, the School of Law, and the Philip Y. Hahn School of Nursing. If few of those students were aware of the accreditation report, all of them knew of the excellence and breadth of the academic offerings. To the 44 major and graduate degree programs already

'>ludenls in !be NROTC program recei11e au 1ards in May /Jonurs ceremonies on tbe USD footballfield.

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