The Joint Centre for Environmental Sciences : The first five years

Abstract

Establishment and aims After discussion and preparatory work involving representatives of the University of Canterbury (UC) and Lincoln College (LC) during 1971 and 1972, it was resolved at both Professorial Boards (UC in March 1972 and LC in June 1972) to establish a Joint Board of Studies in Environmental Sciences. To the first members of the Joint Board fell the responsibility of preparing the prescriptions for the M.Sc. programme and, until the arrival of the Director, for supervising and co-ordinating the teaching programme. At the first meeting of the Joint Board (8 February 1973) decisions were made on organisation and servicing of the Board, admission of the first students, and topics and instructors for the prescribed courses. The first five students began the M.Sc. programme in February 1973, and during 1973 and early 1974 their supervision was arranged by the Joint Board; for some of their papers they joined students enrolled for the Diploma in Natural Resources programme at LC. I was appointed Director-designate in November 1973, arrived in Christchurch on 29 May 1974, and thereafter progressively assumed responsibility for supervising and co-ordinating the programme of the Joint Centre.