USD Annual Report 1979/80

School of Business

In June , 19~0, the School of Business

received accreditation for its undergraduate program from the American Assembl y of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Of the 600 schools of business in the United States , only 188 are AACSB accredited. The School of Business has grown • from 420 students in 1972/73 to the 1979/80 student count of 858 , an increase of 104 percent. The School of Business' MBA degree program is a general management degree, structured for people who work on a full-time basis . An average class size of 18 students Ninety-three percent of the faculty who teach MBA classes are full-time , and 90 percent have doctorates. The accreditation by the AACSB is based on a strict set of standards which includes the quality of the school's faculty, curriculum, student body, facilities and resources . In addition to the AACSB accreditation, the School of Business, as a component of the University, is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. permits frequent contact and consultation with the faculty.

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In April 1980, a curricular proposal was funded in the amount of $50,000 by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The award makes possible the preparation and offering of team-taught, interdisciplinary ethics courses in the general education curriculum . Faculty are working on such courses as Ethics, Values, Business and Society, Morality and During the year, the College also successfully embarked upon the first phase of what will be a multi-year effort to renovate and expand science laboratory facilities . New offices have been provided for the chemistry faculty; the first psychology laboratory established; and through the generosity ., Education, and Ethics and Environmental Problems. of the Crippen family, two key chemistry labs in Camino Hall remodeled and brought up to new OSHA safety standards. Significant improvements were made in the Environmental Studies Program facilities, and major renovations and upgrading will occur in Serra Hall and in the Biology Department. The Biology Department now has the largest number of majors of any program in the College .

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School of S~ve~al events • highlighted the Education academic year in the School of Education. After a three-year study, which included a survey of the needs of professional educators in San Diego , a doctoral program (Ed. D) was established . Classes began in January, 1979. The Ed.D. degree program is intended primarily to prepare highly competent professional educators for leadership positions in the schools and school systems . The program currently enrolls fifty-five students from a variety of fields including administrators, teachers, nurses, counselors, curriculum specialists, and supervisors. Students come to the program from as far away as Mexico, Malaysia and Canada. In August , 1979, Dr. Edward F. DeRoche was appointed Dean of the School of Education. The School of Education was awarded the Dean's Grant of $50,000 by the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, beginning in 1979, for each of three years . This provides federal funds for the pre-service training of school personnel to meet the needs of exceptional learners being mainstreamed in regular classes .

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0 ege O 1979/1980 Arts & Sciences the Colleg~ of Arts and Sciences experienced both a quantitative growth and a qualitative enrichment. The College offered over 750 courses, an increase of some 8 percent over the prior year, and employed nearly 140 full and part-time faculty, the largest in its history. Altogether, 23 different majors are now offered within the College of Arts and Sciences. The Dean's Council, an advisory body of 22 community leaders, was formed during the year and acts as a vital liaison between the College and the San Diego public. The Council advises the Dean and the faculty on policy questions and problems and provides expert evaluation of trends affecting the arts and sciences . Two new curricular ventures, designed to complement a student 's traditional liberal arts major, were approved by the <:;:allege faculty in 1980. First, the Organizational Skills Certification Program which helps the liberal arts student acquire specific technical and communication skills that are important in a variety of occupational fie lds. The second innovation is admission of undergraduate students to the Paralegal Studies Certification Program. This program provides the necessary background skills that enable the student to seek employment as a trai ned paralegal.

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