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Show i," MINES AND MINERALS supplies revenue ENGINEERING alters class structure 4 The greatest challenge faced by the College of Mines and Minerals comes from the state of Utah. More than 60% of the state's basic revenue relates to mining and the mineral industries. Under the direction of Dean George R. Hill, the College of Mines and Minerals strives to fill the need for competent engineers and other technical experts for Utah and national mineral industries. A staff of experts qualified by training and experience directs research, initiates long-range planning, and stimulates exploration of the state of Utah's mineral resources. College of Engineering Dean Max L. Williams assisted by Associate Dean L. Dale Harris, guided engineering undergraduates into innovative class structures in 1968. Ranging from Electrical Engineering 12 to Mechanical Engineering 150, the new program encompassed seven classes, each taught by a professor using an unusual teaching method. Methods ranged from an inductive approach in which the professor proposed problems and the students discovered principles by research and solution probing, to a 100-member class divided into ten semi-autonomous, competitive groups operated with little or no professor-controlled supervision or interference. 1 George R. H\\\/Dean of the College of Mines and Mineral Industries Max L. Williams/Dean of the College of Engineering |