University of California, Irvine School of Social Ecology

The School of Social Ecology is one of the schools of the University of California, Irvine (UCI). When it was founded in 1970, it was highly controversial to devote a school to the study of social ecology and human ecology, a field "centered on the concept of the human being as a biological organism in a cultural-physical environment",[1] and the founding class consisted only of 35 students.[2] Social ecology programs remain rare at U.S. universities, but the School of Social Ecology at UCI currently enrolls nearly 3,000 students and is the third largest school at UCI by student population.[2][3] Students in the social ecology program at UCI undergo a multidisciplinary program that examines real-world social and environmental issues and that involves the students in off-campus internships as well as on-campus courses.[1][2]

The school has three departments: Criminology, Law and Society; Psychology and Social Behavior; and Planning, Policy, and Design.[3] Its faculty include Distinguished Professor Elizabeth Loftus, known for her expertise on false memories.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Klein, Julie Thompson (1990), Interdisciplinarity: history, theory, and practice, Wayne State University Press, pp. 174–175, ISBN 9780814320884 .
  2. ^ a b c Muller, Martin (October 21, 1996), "Problem-Solvers: UC Irvine School of Social Ecology Applies Research to Real-Life Issues", Los Angeles Times, http://articles.latimes.com/1996-10-21/news/mn-56220_1_social-ecology-programs .
  3. ^ a b "Fact Sheet: School of Social Ecology", UC Irvine Today (UC Irvine), http://today.uci.edu/facts/se.asp, retrieved 2008-02-22 
  4. ^ Gottlieb, Jeff (December 1, 2004), "UCI Professor Wins Big Award: Elizabeth Loftus has shown memory to be malleable, thus casting doubt on sensitive cases", Los Angeles Times .

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