Guide to the University of California, Santa Barbara, Environmental Studies Program Collection
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Guide to the University of California, Santa Barbara, Environmental Studies Program Collection, ca. 1970-1995
Collection number: UArch 76
Department of Special Collections
Davidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Processed by:
- Special Collections staff; latest revision A. Demeter
- Date Completed:
- Apr. 26, 2010
- Encoded by:
- A. Demeter
© 2009 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: University of California, Santa Barbara, Environmental Studies Program Collection
Dates: ca. 1970-1995
Collection number: UArch 76
Creator:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Environmental Studies Program
Collection Size:
0.2 linear feet
(1 half-sized document box)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Abstract: Collection contains reports, alumni directory, meeting minutes, flyers, brochures, memos.
Physical location: Del Sur, University Archives, 24B.
Languages:
English
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
University of California, Santa Barbara, Environmental Studies Program collection. UArch 76. Department of Special Collections,
Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Undetermined.
Scope and Content of Collection
"It was over 40 years ago when Santa Barbara experienced the worst oil spill in U.S. history up to that time. The University
of California, Santa Barbara was within sight and smell of the littered channel and its beaches. Until that point in history,
the world of academia had not yet realized that it overlooked a very important aspect of educating students on how to care,
respect, and develop a framework to protect our fragile world.
"But this all changed just a few weeks after the spill when on February 18th, 1969 a group of twenty-one faculty, calling
themselves The Friends of the Human Habitat, met to discuss the possibility of promoting some form of environmental education
at UCSB. The members of the ad-hoc committee were geologists, geographers, engineers, biologists, an economist, and a historian.
By the fall of 1970 the Environmental Studies Program at UCSB was established, one of the first of a new breed of educational
programs in the country. It was set up as a multidisciplinary program drawing on the strengths of many fields and providing
a generalist approach to complex environmental issues.
"Four decades later, the Environmental Studies (ES) Program still holds true to its goal of a comprehensive approach to education
while simultaneously evolving and adapting to meet the challenges of an ever changing world, both academically and environmentally.
The first graduating ES class in 1972 had only 12 students. In 1980 the total number of graduates rose to 871. Today, with
more than 500 enrolled students and over 4,600 alumni actively working to preserve and protect our environment, the ES Program
at UC Santa Barbara is considered one of the oldest and most successful undergraduate environmental programs in the world."
Collection contains reports, alumni directory, meeting minutes, flyers, brochures, memos.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
University of California, Santa Barbara. Environmental Studies Program
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Bren School of Environmental Science & Management collection, UArch 24
Environmental Science building plan in Office of Budget & Planning records, UArch 29
Office of Public Information subject files, UArch 12
Management plan for the campus lagoon and vicinity, University of California, Santa Barbara : draft. Environmental Studies Program, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Marine mammals and the biosphere : report of the conference on the use of remote sensing of marine mammals. Daniel B. Botkin, et al. Sciences Engineering Library QL706.4 .M375 1981.
Box 1: 1
"Environmental Studies: The Santa Barbara Experience,"
1973
Box 1: 2
"An Evaluation of the Lower Division Courses, Environmental Studies 1-6, with Recommendations for Revisions of those Courses
and Changes in the Environmental Studies Program,"
Apr. 1975
Box 1: 3
Alumni Directory,
1972-1977
Box 1: 4
Meeting minutes,
1975-1976
Box 1: 6
Course schedules, announcements,
1972-1978
Box 1: 7
Lecture flyers,
1976,
1995
