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MARS HILL COLLEGE HILLTOP
TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1974
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BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATION
STUDIES
EVALUATED
Riverside, Calif.-
(I.P.)-An undergradu
ate program in Admin
istrative Studies
which stresses admin
istrative behavior
and the tools of de
cision-making instead
of the marketin, fi
nance and budget of
traditional business
administration train
ing, has been estab
lished at the Unive
rsity of California,
Riverside.
The new program,
which leads to the
bachelor of arts or
bachelor of science
degree, will be hous
ed in the Universi
ty's College of Soc
ial and Behavioral
Sciences, and opera
ted jointly with the
graduate School of
Administration.
" Most undergradu
ate administration
programs have empha
sized functional spe
cialization, " said
Dean Michael Reagan.
" Our program, howev
er, postulates that
undergraduate stu
dents of administr
ation should be fam
iliar with the nature
of administrative be
havior and the tools
of decision - making
common to both public
and business adminis
tration. "
He said functional
courses ( marketing ,
finance , production
management, personnel
management , budget
ing , etc.), would not
be included in the
requirements for the
bachelor's degree in
Administrative Stud
ies , although some
courses will be avai
lable as electives.
The interdiscip
linary program, which
will begin offering
courses to upper div
ision students this
spring , will draw
from the resources of
the Departments of
Economics, Political
Science and Sociology
and the Graduate
School of Administra
tion. Courses will
also be taught by
faculty of the De
partments of Anthro
pology, Philosophy ,
Psychology, Statist
ics and Mathematics.
"The nature of ad
ministration and man
agement requires that
the student be as a-
ware as possible of
the nature of hiiman
behavior, the inter
action of groups of
people in organiza
tions, how decisions
are made, and the
psychology of decis
ion - making," Dean
Reagan said.
We feel complex
organizations , both
public and private,
will be better man
aged and administered
bu persons who are
more concerned about
the human dimensions
of management and who
understand human be
havior in organiza
tions than by those
who are function
al specialists.
Is Pass-Fail
FLUNKING OUT?
(CPS)-A recent survey
indicates undergradu
ates with more than
10 percent of their
courses graded on a
pass-fail basis will
be disadvantaged when
applying to graduate
and professional
schools.
According ■to the
Educational Record,
the survey also indi
cated students with
a majority of pass-
fail courses will al
so face difficulties
in transferring to
other schools, ob
taining financial aid
and finding employ
ment.
CB gives CADENZA $250
The Student
ernment Association
has allotted in its
budget, a $750 appro
priation to the Com
munication Board for
whatever purpose the
Board may need the
money. At the
last meeting of the
board, Ken Chamlee,
editor of Cadenza,
Oy Cole Harris
Gov- made a request and
$250 was allotted to
Cadenza. The Board
has $500 left to div
ide between the three
remaining media on
campus. The most
likely recipient of
the money will be
WMHC as the station
buys new equipment
preparing to convert
to an FM broadcast
station.
The Cadenza still
needs art work, prose
and poetry submitted.
Prizes totalling $75
will be awarded by
Cadenza this y^ar.
Cadenza's P. 0. Box
number is 1157-C.
Submit your work now,
deadline is Feb. 8.
MINI-MESTER
Unique Part of MHC Curriculum
Jewelry design ,
Magic and Mysticism,
Women's Liberation
through Creative Move
ment, and Book Collec
ting are just part of
the apparel tha Mars
Hill College offers as
the school dons that
unusual educational
garment known as the
January Short Term.
Popularly known as
the " mini-mester , "
this one course, three
week period promises
a cornucopia of intri
guing, out of the ord
inary learning experi
ences. A total of 72
courses will be offer
ed, with students hav
ing the opportunity to
design their own cour
se as well. The mini
term fare runs the
gamut from Black Lit
erature of French Ex
pression in English
Translation to Gospel
Piano Playing and is
the one time that
there is literally
something for every
one.
The poll of 200
graduate schools, 50
law schools, and 50
medical schools show
ed that admissions
directors feel evalu
ation of pass-fail is
"extremely difficult,
if not impossible."
Nationwide admis
sions officers ex
pressed general
agreement with the
survey's findings and
noted a preference
for graded course
work. One at Harvard
said, "Pass-fail
grades...are of no
help to us. We don't
even try to evaluate
them."
Designed three
years ago, the short
term was originally
part of a 4-1-4-1-2
calendar experiment
denoting four months
of regular semester
study in the Fall and
Spring with a short
term in January and
June followed by two
sessions of summer
school. The summer
short term has since
been dropped, but the
January term has a-
chieved the three
primary functions it
was designed for: pro
moting flexibility in
classroom technique;
encouraging the design
and testing of new
teaching techniques;
and adding variety to
the academic menu of
the college.
The fact that a
student has only one
course during the term
gives the instructor
exclusive demand upon
the student's time.
Conversely, the in
structors are also li
mited to one course
and can give his un
divided attention to
his students. Concen-
tretion on a single
subject—one the lear
ner is personally in
terested in—promotes
skill level as well as
adds vitality to the
entire learning pro
cess.
Four options are
available for the Mars
Hill student during
January; he may take
one of the courses of
fered; he may propose
his own independent
study, and many do; he
may participate in a-
nother school’s short
term—at considerable
savings if a one-for-
one exchange can be
worked out with a stu
dent who wishes to
participate in Mars
Hill's short term; or
he may opt to stay out
of school an addition
al three weeks to ap
ply himself to other
interests, work, or an
extended vacation.
Even with the op
portunity of an ex
tended vacation, en
rollment in the short
term is high. 1,154
students participated
in the program last
year, which was an in
crease over the first
year of the program.
Although final figures
will not be available
until next week, pre
dictions were that an
even higher number
will be involved this
year.
The prime reason
for high enrollment is
course offerings.
It's not everyday a
student can study the
subliminal influences
of advertising, behav
iour control, govern
mental secrecy, harps
ichord construction,
comparison of house
building vs. house
buying vs. renting»
snow skiing, square
dancing, playwriting ,
not to mention trips
to Spain, Reformation
Switzerland, and the
Holy Land.
The term will end
on Wednesday, January
23. This will allow
for a long weekend be
tween the close of the
mini-mester and regis
tration for Spring
semester which will be
held on Monday, Janu
ary 28.
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HILL
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