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Show Division of Life Sciences O. Whitney Young, Chairman American democracy will be more secure when an enlightened citizenry has been educated to conserve natural resources of soil, forests, wild-life, watersheds, grazing areas, and health. One aim of the Division of Life Sciences is to develop an attitude of responsibility toward these natural resources so that America may remain strong and not decline as have so many civilizations of the past. To develop this attitude a student should become familiar with the essential oneness of all life: with the fact that nothing stands alone, that no matter how small or insignificant, each living thing fills a niche in the great economy of nature. A student should become acquainted with the influence of heredity and environment in the productivity of life. He should learn to appreciate nature and gain power in observation by laboratory work and field trips. Such aims carried out in the life science courses should prepare the student to: (1) transfer to senior institutions for more advanced work in medicine, dentistry, nursing, and related fields; in wildlife management, forestry and agriculture; in home economics, and physical education; and (2) enter life in industry or business if he decides to take no more schooling after leaving Weber College. In collaboration with the Audubon Society and other agencies concerned with the conservation of our natural resources, the Life Science Division supports lectures on nature, wildlife, and other topics of interest to those studying different phases of biology, the science of life. Attendance at the three Audubon Lectures given each year is obligatory for all students registered in the life science courses. DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL EDUCATION FOR LIFE SCIENCES S. P. Hayes, H. Knight, R. W. Monk, O. W. Young The courses given in this department are designed to meet the needs of the general student. In keeping with the objectives of Weber College the content of the courses has been organized with the purpose of having functional utility for the student in meeting the daily problems and pleasures of living. Students who have completed 9 credit hours in these courses will have met the Life Science group requirements while 12 credit hours will be required to complete groups if other subjects in the division are selected for that purpose. If the student has had zoology, botany, physiology, or another biology course in senior high school, he should elect those courses in college which compensate for any deficiencies in his understanding and coverage of the life sciences. |