University of California, Irvine, Program in Comparative Culture records, 1968 - 1993.

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University of California, Irvine, Program in Comparative Culture records, 1968 - 1993.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/673769804

The collection comprises the records of UCI's Program in Comparative Culture, which fosters a multi-disciplinary curriculum. The records document its programs, courses, faculty, and students. Records include proposals, program reviews, reports, correspondence, syllabi, and budgets. Documentation of courses offered is particularly strong.

5.4 Linear feet (17 boxes and 2 oversized folders)

University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 7967356

University of California, Irvine. Library. Department of Special Collections

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University of California, Irvine. Program in Comparative Culture

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The Program in Comparative Culture at the University of California, Irvine, began within the honors program in American Studies in 1968. By the 1969-1970 academic year, Comparative Culture was an independent program designed to study specific cultures cross-culturally and draw upon multiple disciplines. Its aim was to "shed light on the forces and processes which have shaped the culture of America" by comparing systematically the dominant and minority cultures of the United States and Third Worl...

University of California, Irvine. School of Social Sciences

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The School of Social Sciences began as the Division of Social Sciences when the University of California, Irvine (UCI) was founded in 1965. Its first dean, James G. March, was appointed in 1964. He created an interdisciplinary program free of individual departments, enabling faculty to pursue scholarly interests beyond the constraints of departmental borders. Dean March referred to his program as the "New Social Science," a mathematically oriented discipline that involved systematic observation,...