SUBJECT:

Establishment of Program in Human Development

I am pleased to announce the establishment of an undergraduate
major and minor degree program in Human Development at UC San Diego.
Courses offered under the new program will begin fall 1995 and will
lead to an interdisciplinary degree in human development offered in
cooperation with Anthropology, Cognitive Science, Communication,
Linguistics, Literature, Psychology and Sociology.

The study of human development has become central to public policy on
and education of infants, children, and adolescents especially with
the change in the structure of the American family. The new program
will bring together research and educational resources available in
Human Development and will improve access to information for students
and the research community.

The program will emphasize two major areas: first, child development
will focus on neurological and perceptual development, exploring
sensory and biological bases and, the dynamics of development and
change in cognitive and social functioning. Cognitive, linguistic and
affective development will also be part of child development and will
include intellectual and emotional development and linguistic and
cognitive processes. Second, the program will focus on the world of
the child, the social world of family, school, and community life, and
childhood and its cross-cultural theories of child development, the
history of childhood, and public policy for children.

Joan Stiles, professor of psychology will direct the program.
Information is available by calling the Program in Human Development
at (619) 534-3119 or by Fax at (619) 534-2807.

Richard C. Atkinson Chancellor