Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 33 No. 11. 22 July 1970
Vote — Bomb Wanted
Vote
Bomb Wanted
"The Faculty of Science at Victoria University needs a bomb under it."
This view was expressed by Physical Chemistry Professor J.W. Tomlinson at a recent Chemistry Society Meeting.
Professor Tomlinson said that it was "up to students to demand that the faculty restructure its courses".
At present, the Science faculty is considering restructuring the B.Sc. degree into 32 credits instead of 8 units, similar to a system working in many American Universities. Some departments, however, are reported to be worried that their subject will lose prestige and are holding up implementation of the new proposals.
"Throughout the world the subject is becoming more integrated, but at Victoria, Science is becoming more and more fragmented," said Professor Tomlinson. This, he said, was because too many people were interested only in their own particular field rather than in the subject as a whole.
"If the new degree structure is to be implemented there will have to be more co-operation between departments. The university will either move ahead or go back ten years students should be doing something about it." he said.