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The Department of Classics was formally established in 1926, but the study of Classics at the University actually began in 1908 with Dr. Toryþs appointment of William Alexander Hardy as Professor of Classics. Courses in Greek and Roman history, art, archaeology, technology, myth, and religion are offered by the Department. Of particular note is the summer program in practical archaeology held at various sites in Italy. Heads: 1908-1937 William Hardy Alexander; 1937-1964 William George Hardy; 1964-1969 Robert J. Buck. Chairs: 1969-1972 Robert J. Buck; 1972-1975 Margery W. Mackenzie; 1975-1983 Richard Smith; 1983-1988 John R. Wilson; 1988- Duncan Fishwick.

This program in Home Economics is concerned with clothing, textiles and housing, allowing specialization in textile and apparel merchandising, history, and conservation. The Department was the Secretariat for the Apparel Studies Association of Canada Inc. from 1973 to its dissolution in 1988. Chairs: 1980-1988 Elizabeth Crown; 1988- Nancy Kerr.

The first computer services at the University were provided by the Committee on Electronic Equipment (1957) and the Computing Centre (1958-1970) before the Department of Computing Science, an academic unit, was founded in 1964. Significant areas of research conducted in the Department include artificial intelligence, networks, databases, graphics, and computer chess. Directors: 1960-1964 Donald Burton Scott. Heads: 1964-1971 Donald Burton Scott. Chairs: 1971-1972 John Penny (Acting); 1972-1977 Arthur Wouk; 1976-1977 John Tartar (Acting); 1977- 1981 John Tartar; 1981-1982 L. Wayne Jackson (Acting); 1982-1983 Wayne A. Davis (Acting); 1983-1988 Lee J. White; 1988-1989 Robert Crawford (Acting); 1989- Paul Sorenson.

The Department of History and Political Economy was established in 1915/16, offering one course in economics and a moderate variety in history. In 1920/21 the Department split and the new Department of Political Economy emerged, offering fourteen courses. Political Economy split into the Departments of Economics and Political Science in 1964. The Department has three main academic tasks: to cultivate economics as a branch of civilized knowledge; to provide economics courses as part of the training in various professional programs; and to train economists as professionals in their own right through its graduate and honours programs. (PACCR, 1981). Professors: 1920-1929 Duncan A. MacGibbon; 1929-1946 George Alexander Elliott; 1946-1950 Andrew Stewart; 1950-1957 Henry B. Mayo. Heads: 1957-1964 Eric J. Hanson; 1964-1969 Walter D. Gainer. Chairs: 1969-1972 Thomas L. Powrie; 1972-1977 Bruce W. Wilkinson; 1977- 1987 Brian L. Scarfe; 1987- Melville L. McMillan.

The Department's goals are to provide graduate programs and contribute to the teacher education program in the Faculty of Education while conducting research and offering professional services to educators and educational institutions. Included in its mandate is assisting other countries with developing their educational administrative systems (PACCR, 1983). Heads: 1956-1967 Arthur Weir Reeves; 1967-1968 Frederick Enns (Acting); 1968-1969 Gordon L. Mowat. Chairs: 1969-1973 Gordon L. Mowart; 1973-1977 Erwin Miklos; 1977-1982 John E. Seger; 1982- 1990 Chester S. Bumbarger; [1989-1990] Walter Holmes Worth; 1990- Eugene William Ratsoy.

This department is concerned with examining the history, function and purpose of educational institutions, spanning such disciplines as history, anthropology, sociology and philosophy and incorporating the study of comparative, community, intercultural and international education. For undergraduates, it offers coursework on the theories and methodologies regarding schools and good teaching, and for graduate students it helps develop expertise in one of the areas of study under its purview (PACCR, 1984). The Department supports the John Sandercock Library, the Centre for International Education and Development, and publication of the Canadian Journal of Native Education. Heads: 1961-1969 Bernal E. Walker. Chairs: 1969-1971 Bernal E. Walker; 1971-1975 Robert S. Patterson; 1975-1983 Peter J. Miller; 1983-[1988] Robert J. Carney; 1988- M. Kazim Bacchus.

The Department focuses its teaching and research on three areas: counselling and school psychology, special education (e.g. handicapped and gifted students), and basic educational psychology. Although it contributes to teacher training on the undergraduate level, it has increasingly directed its resources towards its graduate program. Among the sevices it has provided are the Education Clinic, Education Research Services, Test Library, and the Developmental Disabilities Centre. Heads: 1950-1966 George Murray Dunlop; 1966-1969 Bernard R. Corman. Chairs: 1969-1972 Bernard R. Corman; 1972-1978 Wilfred H.O. Schmidt; 1974-1975 Juanita Chambers (Acting); 1978-1988 Harvey Zingle; 1988- Eugene William Romaniuk.

Instruction in this discipline was the responsibility of a division of the Department of Physics in the Faculty of Arts and Science from 1914 to 1925, when it became part of the Faculty of Applied Science in its own department. Its education program attempts to provide the fundamentals of electrical engineering at the same time that it allows specialization in a variety of sub- disciplines, particularly for those students pursuing graduate work leading to an MEng, MSc or PhD degree. Some areas of research being conducted include biomedical engineering, lasers, and communications technology (PACCR, 1985). Heads: 1924-1936 Hector John MacLeod; 1937-1946 Ernest Geoffrey Cullwick; 1942-1943 Wilfred Ernest Cornish (Acting); [1944- 1947] John Wardlaw Porteous (Acting); 1947-1964 James Alfred Harle 1964-1969 George Brown Walker. Chairs: 1969-1974 George Brown Walker; 1974-1987 Christopher R. James; 1987- Peter Robert Smy.

This department's range of responsibilities includes the instruction of elementary school teachers, graduate program supervision, research, and publications. It also serves the University and educational community at large, participating on committees, providing workshops and presentations at conferences, and acting as a consultant for various educational organizations (PACCR, 1985). Heads: 1950-1961 William Dewar McDougall; 1961-1966 Walter Holms Worth; 1967 Neil M. Purvis (Acting); 1967-1968 Arthur Kratzmann; 1968-1969 Leonard Doyal Nelson (Acting). Chairs: 1969-1972 Myer Horowitz; 1972-1977 David Allister McKay; 1977-[1985] Patricia A. McFetridge; 1985-1990 Warren D. Wilde.Multiple media, 1950-1985,

The Department of English was one of the four original departments established in 1908. Its first professor, Edmund Kemper Broadus, was faced with the task of setting the standard and program for entering students. From the start, the Department had the important service function of training students of every faculty to write, and of giving them an acquaintance with literature. The Department offers a broad range of courses in literature and language, and offers specialization in the areas of Canadian literature (especially prairie fiction), and creative writing. The English honours program is the largest in the Faculty of Arts. Heads: 1908-1936 Edmund Kemper Broadus; 1936-1950 Robert Kay Gordon; 1950-1953 Frederick Millet Salter; 1953-1961 John Thomas Jones; 1961-1967 Henry Kreisel. Chairs: 1968-1971 R. George Baldwin; 1971-1976 Edward Rose; 1976-1981 Roland Anderson; 1981-1986 David Jackel; 1986-1989 Linda Woodbridge; 1989-1992 Maurice Roger Legris.