THE Aus·rRALIAN NATIONAL UeUVE.RSITY

FACUL'l'Y OF ARTS

DEPAR'r!".i.ENT OF PHILOSOPHY

l'~NNUAL REPOR'l' 1~7 7

General Comments

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As in previous years, the Department kept its courses and its methods of teaching and assessment under review in a spirit of searching and constructive self-scrutiny. The same applies to other aspects of its activities.

The Departmental Review Committee (about which there is more information in the annual report for 1976) presented its report in the middle of the year . Its findings concerning the strengths and weaknesses of the Department coincided largely with the general consensus within the DGpartment.

The developmGnt of coursGs in new areas, in particular courses with an inte~disciplinary bias, was welcomGd by the: Review Committee:: . The Department has not, however, been able to irnpl2mcnt all its pl&ns; the same also holds for the 1978 programme. This is due to a decline in enrolments, which \·Jill lead to a d0cline in staffing in 1978. The caus~s of this d~clin8 arc not fully known. Almost all oth~r philosophy -ll!partments in Australia are similarly aff~ctcd. There was also, at the ANU, a failure to reach th~ targ8t. f igur8 for first-year enrolments in 1977. With an increase in total enrolments at the ANU in 1978, and a rtsurgence of int0rest in the study of philosophy, the CC:.:partrnc::nt hop1.2s thi1t its plans can be realised in the n8xt f2w years .

A rl2grcttablu consequence of the pres8nt situation is that a position of Senior 'I'utor will be suppressed from the beginning of 1978. The D~partm~nt will thcrGfore no longer havu Miss Maurita Harney on its staff. Miss Barney's services to the Department since h1.;..r arrival in August 1973, have justly njoycd thG highest estc0m. The impetus to new developments in c8rtain fields stems in particular from her efforts.

... In th~ prosent no-growth situation in Australian universities, special attention is neGded to prevent stagnation. To this end, the D~partment has been very activ8 in inviting distinguished visitors: thGir number in 1977 exceeded previous r~cords. Contacts with ;sister' departments in the I.A.S, havo remuined good, aLd costs and arrangements for some visits huv0 been shared bctwe~n the two philosophy departments. Negotiations have bGen initiated to exchange for one year a member of staff in th~ Department with a mmnber of staff in th1.;.. Dep~rtment of Philosophy, Kansas State UnLversity.

- 2 - 10/1978 • Administrative Matters

The Departmental Comrni ttee met four times . Its contribution was particularly useful wh2n course changes for 1978 were under preparation. In an effort to make the exchange of opinion between s~udents and staff even more effective,« a standing sub-corruni t:t~e for new coursE.! devr3lopments was appointed and is e~pected to meet throughout 1978. The Departmental Committee also contributGd usefully to the discussio~ concerning_-±:.he futur2 headship of the Department.

There were also a i:..umber of meetings with honours students, mainly conc0rning thd methods of assessmen~ in honours coursG·s, and· a numbi:.;r of staff me.:::tings , d12aling i.e . . with problems of staffing ano with allocction of teaching and other responsibiliti0s .

For a long time, there has bc~n a general understandipg among rn2rr~0rs of stuff that various 2dministrative duties should be shar8d on a consensus basis. This offers a great ·and welcom~ reli~f of tl18 burdens placed on a head of department. Nevertheless, c8rtain ~ssigned duties tend to fall back 6n the Head of the Dbpartrnent. It is hoped that these difficulti~s will be overcom2 in the future.

HEadship ·of th~ Dep&rtmcnt

During Dr Mautn0r 1 s study trip abroad, Professor Herbst was Acting Huad until 7 F~bruary. Dr Mautn~r's term of .office expir0d 31 Decemb8r. Follm:ring th£ conclusion of the departmental review, and consultations with various interested parties, including the D2partrnental Committee, th0 Vice-Chancellor appointed Mr Lycos as 1Head of the Dep::irtment, · in thi.:.: first instance for 1978-19.79.

Courses :..

1977 saw.th2 introduction of ·three new pass units on the programme ~ Phenomer~logy, Philosophy of Psychology, and German Philosophy (half-unit). Beceuse of difficulties in the staffing situation, Philosophy of Psychology was given u.s u semester unit and.,,Garmun Philosophy was not offered , since th~ erirolment qudta stipulated for it was not reached.

ThG Dc~artment a lso introd~ced - the £ive units Philosophy 2/3A-E. Thes8 each consisted of two halves of standard pass units given by the Departm~nt. The~ were introduced for the sake of gr8uter fl 0 xibility.

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Courses (continued)

For 1978, the programme has been restructured. Pass units will be styled A-- level units . U!1i ts primarily, but not exclusively, inten~ed for honours students will be styled B-level units. Honours r,;erninars wi_ l]_ b '"' styled C-level (half-units) . '.!.'ll~ i lexibility or this year's 2/ 3A-E units will be preservec. to SOiTii-: oxt~nt, in that many of the offerings in 1978 will be on a s~mester basis. Honours students will still need at least four non-philosophy units in their degre8r but this can be ext0nded to 4~ or five with a corresponding reduction in th0ir r.rnlosophy units. Because of staffing problems, r0f~rr0d to above, the three new pass units introducc::d on the prc grammc fo:r this year will not b~ giv~n in 1978 (but possibly in following years) . For 1978, two ndw pass units ar0 in troduc~d on the programme: Philosophy A 8 {Acst.hc;tics) and Philosophy A 26 (Philosophy of Religion) (hRlf-rmit: . These are expected to be of intarest also to students . ·~3.joring in Fine Arts and in Religious Studies! resp0ctiv s ly. The General Lectures in P~ilosophy :. were again nad~ available to the g1;.mt:ral public by m~2 aris of e::.1.rolrncnt through the Ce~tre for Co~tinuing Ed~cation. At the beginning of the::: year the · nt~mbcr of enrolrr r-.:nts -;vas 65. This suggests that t:112rc is in the community an interest in the study 0£ philosophy a~d the history o~ thought, which the DGpartQent ~l~~ld try tc con~i~ue ~o ~cet.

Enrolment3 and Examination RG~ults The enrolment fiyur c s as o~ 30 April for th e last four years arG~

Undergraduate w.s.u. Postgraduate w.s.u.

12:5.10

25.0

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100 . 67

22.5

1977

85.13

22.0 Four students wc~e examined for the honours degrca in Philosophy·. Of these, one obtained first class honours and three obtained second closs honours, division A. One student was examine~ fer a comb~r.ed honours degree in Romance Languages and Ph~losophy. This student obtained a second class honours , division A. One studc=nt si.:.cc~ssfully co:rnplete d an Ml~ qual.:.fying · cciur-se at the end of the year "

For details of r-::nrolments c.nd resul t:. s, see the appel"'dix to this report .

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Prizc.:s • Miss Ros ina Br-:..idctti .. who obtain-:;d a first cL:1ss honours degr,'32 in Eng--iish 1n 19 76, end in Philosopny in 19·77, WL!S aw.:irded u Univl;rsity Mede.l. c..nd th< .. Tillyard Prize.

Graduat~ Students

For dotails of enrolments ind results, s~c the appendix to this report. During the year, there ware 3 f0w withdrawals, extensions, and new C!nrolmsnts. 'I'hc. total nurnb0r remuinc;r, f:iirly constant.

A nurnbur of Ph.D. students on extGnsion of time to submit their theses continu0d to roceiv~ essistanc~ with their work from th~ o~partrn~nt. This is not shown in the statistical swnmGry in the; n.ppt:ndix.

'Th.:: following gr.;-.duate: stud0nts wGrL: u.w~rded the MA dcgr~E: following tne succ2ssful submission of their theses (supervisor's name in br3ck~ts):

Mr Pl...!tcr Jablon

Mr Kicran Donaghue

Mr E0· 1in Col0man

Staff

Professor Associu.tc Professor

Reader Senior Lecturers

Lc::::cturer

LGc t uring Fellow Senior Tutor Visiting Fellow

Research Assistu.nt (until 17 June)

for his th~sis entitled ·~owards Foundations for the.: Logic of Distinctions 1 {llr Thom)

for his thGsis Gntitled 'Hcideggcr~ beyond Nihilism?' (Dr Campbell)

for his thesis entitled 'Rationality and Evolution' (Prof. Gibson)

P, Herbstf MA. (Melb.), BA (Oxon.) Q. Gibson, BA (Melb. & Oxon.),

Ml~ ( Oxon. ) w. Ginnanc, MA (Melb.), BPhil. (Oxon.) K. Lycos, BA (Syd.), BPhil. (Oxon.) R. Campbell 1 BD 1 MA (Syd.), DPhil.

{ Oxon.) T. Mautner, fil.kand. (Lund), fil.lic

(Goth.) P. Thom, Mh ( Syd.) , BPhil. ( Oxon.)

\G. Lloyd, Ba (Syd.), BPhil. (Oxon.) DPhil. ( Oxon )

P. Rocper, Dr.phil.nat. (Frankf.}, BPhil. ( Oxon. )

W. Goclfrey-Smi th, l-11-1 (ANU) i:1. Harney, ~-IA. Dip.Ed. (Melb.) T. Dartnall; BA (Bristol.), M.Litt.

(Edin.), Dip.Gen.Ling. (Edin.)

P. Dc::.vics, Ba (N'clc), AI.Ai-\, Dip.Lib. (CCAE)

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Gtaf f l~oveh ents

Dr.Roeper spent the final part o:i: his stud.' leave in Oxford and returned in February.

Dr Campbell's secondment as ~.cacie1r·J.c. i-\ssistant to ti.1e Vice­Cnancellor continued until the end of t11e year. !Juring the time of l1is secondn ent, Dr Camp0ell has to a limited extent partici~ated in the ~0partrnent=s teachins and other activities.

Dr 111..:.<utner rc::sumeC. work on rc.anuscric>ts in the TJ1.)psala University LiLrary during January. Hr Terry Dartnall tool. up a one~·year teaching position / c~eated in compensation for Dr Caopbell's secondment, as Visiting Fellrn1, in February.

Professor Herl...ist was on study leave in the second term, visitins Simon Fraser University. i•ir Paul Davies left tr.e D<:::partment at the ex:i;>iration of his current terr:: of appointment. The pos1x1on of Research Assistant had been suppress2d as a consequence of financial cutbacks affecting the University. lk Ginnane was on study leave from the middle of the year. During the second half of th·2 year; ::e spent his study leave in Canberra.

Staff Attendance a.t Cor.ferences ~ Syr,i,_JOsia, etc.

Professor herbst

I-Ir Lycos I'iiss harney Professor HerLst Dr llautner Professor Berbst Mr Ginnane Dr Mautner Professor herbst Dr Campbell Dr hautner Dr Lloyd Dr Roeper [·lr Godfrey·-Smi th Miss Earney iir Dartnall Cr Roeper Hiss 1~arney

Canaaian Philosophical lssociation, University of de\·1 Brunswick, Hay 1977 Freuu Conference, Deakin University, June 1977 ~~rl~ Con~ress on Philosophy of Law and Social Philoso~hy, Canberra, August 1977 Colloquium -on Preference, Decision anc...:. Value 'l'heory, Departr.:ent of Pi·1ilosophy, R.S.S.S.; August 1977 AAP ·~ ... nnual Conference, i!ollongong, .?>ugust-Set?tember 1977

Logic Conf2renc , Mel:bourne University October 1977

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Papers 11:-ac, to Outside Boc1ies by 1.em;x~rs of Staff

Professor Lerbst 'Admiration ancl the Bpistemic Foundation of Virtue-Ethics', University of Britis~ Columbia, July 1977

i:.lr Ginnane Reply to Ii. Stocker. 'Choosing and Preferring tne ~ad', Colloquium on Preference, Choice ana Value Theory, Department of Philosopi.1y, R.S.S.S., Ausust 1977

I·ff Lycos

Dr r.Iautner

Dr Car..pbell

Lr Thom

Dr Lloyd

Dr ::1oeper

''l'he daturalistic Fallacy', AAP Annual Conference, Wollongong, August 1977

Reply to br A. J. :Gak;:;?r ~ 'Anderson• s Social and Ethical 'l'heory', John Anderson Corunemoration Lectures, University of Syaney, ipri l 1977

'Anaerson , Freud and Literature', Jo~n Anderson Conruemoration Conference, Bundanoon; ~1.S.\i., April 1977

Reply to Professor P. Singer. 'Classical Utilitarianism an~ Preference-Utili tarianis1,1 1

, Colloquium on Preference, Choice and Value Theory, Department of Philosophy, R.S.S.S., August 1977 1 Contextual T~1eology anG the Platonic Ti1eory of Trui:h: , i--\11ZS':i'S Conference on Christianity anc.\ Pla-conis1 .. , Queen ' s College, University of uelbourne, Hay 1977 'The A.C.T. Admissions Package', Conference on Alternatives to the asc, University of l·few South ~vales, June 1977

'Personal and Verbal Re::ference', AAP Annual Conference, Hollonson9 1 lmgust 1977 1 uni ver s i ties anC:t tde Fu tu re 1

, Conference ci: :_eads of ~.ialls and Colleges, University of FJew South Hales, August 1977 'Anderson's :Gogic 1

, John Anderson Commemoration Conference, .0undanoon, ~ ·. d.S.:J., April 1S77

'Spihoza on Indivicuality and Activity' Department of Philosophy, Hacquarie University, SeptePfuer 1~77 : 1!.ass ·J.'errns and 0uantification' Philosop~1y discussion group, Oxford University, February lt.J77

'Entailmerit anc. i:i1<= t.:caning of Logical. Connecti vcs · , Lc::1.;c:.rtment of: Philoso~i1y, R. S.S. S. . Llovexnber 1977

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f.i;.)dios by !,lcmbe:rs of _Staff_ (continued)

Mr Godfr0y-SmiLi1 '~he Rights of Non-Humans and Intrinsic Values· i Conf~renc~ on Environmental Ethics, Queensland Univ0rsity, May 1977

Miss Harney

'Tempor:ll EzistEmc1.:. ' , li.T~P Annual Conference f i ol longons.. s ..::ptc-rarJ•..or 19 7 7 1 Husserl .-:nd Fn~•:.fC' , rii-1.P h.nnual Conf Grence, Wollongong, S0pt'-'n.1b.:...r 1977

Academic Lcctur0s 2nd Cours....:s Given Outsid..:: the Dep.:lrtment by M8mb·2rs of S 4:.::ff

Mr GinnQn~ gnvc thrL~ 10ctur~s on Dante and the Mediaeval world-view in Itnlian III (sLcond t0rm)

Pr Godfrc:y-Smith g:>.vG a s12ri•..:!S of five: lectures on Environm0ntal Ethics for Radio 2XX (tnird term)

Miss Harney gave n guest 12cturc on Ph~nomenology in the Hum.:m Scicnc'"':s progr.::ur.:n·..; (first t-..:rm)

Dr Mautner conduct ·. :id the t:.c..a.ching in Jurisprudence in the L.:iw Faculty during the first half of the second semester

Other hCtivitics

A lar<;2 number of s0minars ;::ind work-in-progress seminv.rs w2re arrang~d during thu year. Th~ level of att2ndanc2 and participation by SLaff ~nd stud~nts, and other interested persons w~s very s.:itisfactory. Tt::n st~ff membE:rs contributed 19 papers. One grqduat~ stud2nt also prcls0ntad o paper. In addition, tw2lvc papers w~re presented by 0leven visitors (for particulJrs, S8~ below).

tt thesis workshop for graJuate stud~nts w~s initiated. It provides an opportunity to exchangL ideas about the problems thGy ore dealing with in their thes~s and 0nables them to b8com0 acquainted with the rang2 of interests of their fellow students.

During the year, mcmb0rs of staff and gradqQte stud~nts m0t regularly lo discuss the work of Hilary Putnam on the philosophy of 1-:rgu~ge.

In the third t0rm, two st"lf f memb8rs and on0 graduate student m~t regularly to study the Latin text of Spinoza's Ethics under the guid~nca of Dr Colin l1ayrhofer of the Classics Department, who g~nerously contributed with his time and expertise.

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Oth~r Activities (continuGd)

During the y0ar, Dr Mautnar was enroll8( as a part-time stud8nt in Latin I A.

At the Annual m1..;<::ting of the Australasian Association of Philosophy, Professor Gibson was re-elected Chairman of tho Executivl:! and Dr 11iautnc.;r was re·-0h .. cted Treasurer.

· or Campbell was appoint~d to the A.C.T. Schools Authority by the Minister for Education and is also Chairman of its Resources Standing CommittE.e. hE:.. was also the university reprss0ntativE on the A.C.T. Schools Authority AccreGiting Panel in Religious Stuaies.

Faculty Visitcr

From the b~gin11ing of September, Professor ~.~. Chakrabarti, Calcutta Univ~rsity, was a Faculty yisitor to th~ Dupa~tment. His visit, initially ~nvisaged to extend until the end of 1977, will now b0 extended until the ~nd of the first term 1978. During his stay, Professor Chakrabarti has prescnt8d seminar pai::·ers and guest lectures both in the Department and outside. It is expected that .he will be able to qompiete the major part of prt::parations for, a , comparati~e history of ancient Greck and Indian logic during his stay. Eis work has be .. ::n promoted by thE.! opportunity for discussions with rnerrbers of staff, in particular Mr 'i1 hom and Mr Lycos, and th2 D~partmcnt has ben~fited from th~ opportunity to gain a closer acquaintance with a philosophical tradition which rar2ly attracts the interest it dcs0rvus in universities in th~ English-speaking world. ,

SGminar Papers Presented by Visitors to the Departmerit The following pa90rs w~re presented in seminars by visitors to the D~partrnent .

hr ~oss Pool~, Macauarie University 'Lock~· and Liberalism' 1 Desir2f F2ar an~ the Self;

Professor Sb:::i:;h1;::n Ross 1 i~. Y. State University r Stonybrook ·,,

'Som0 Ambisuities in I<lentifying the Work of Art, with Implications for the Pol:'ular Arts 1

Professor iiR.elic.~ norty _, Rutg0rs Uni vE::rsi ty 1 rl'llc Plac.:.:: of Conter.i~·lation in Aristotle 's Ethicsi

Professor bl::!n 'l'ils,h;nan 1 ~,ansas Statt:: University

I Seein9 and s~eing-?~s in 1.littgcns-c2in' s Tractatus'

1 April 10 June

23 Jun~

11 August

13 August

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Seminar Papers Presented by Visitors to the Department (continued)

Professor Newton da Costa, University of Sao Paolo

=The Meaning of Intuitionist Logic' 16 September Dr Barry Taylor, Melbourne Univezsity

'Truth-Theories for Indexical Languages' 23 September

Mr Derek Browne, University of Canterbury, Christchurch ·N.Z.

'Nonegalitarian Justice ' 7 October Dr Dieter Freundlieb, Johann Wolfgang­Goethe-Universitat, Frankfurt

'Hermeneutics and Literary Theory' (arranged together with the Department of English)

Professor ~.K. Chakrabarti, Calcutta Universi·cy

~Gotarna's Theory of Heaning' Dr Douglas Kirsnerr Deakin University

1 Szasz and Laing. h Confrontation 1

Mr Peter Whitney, Macquarie University 'Foucault on the Dispersion oi thu Knowing Subject'

13 October

4 November

11 November

18 November

Contributions to Undergraduate Courses by visitors to the Department

Professor J.J.C. Smart gave on~ lecture and one tutorial on Utilitarianism in the Ethics and Politics unit (s..::cond term)

Professor K.K, Chakrabarti gave thr~e lectures on ancient Indian logic in the Logic unit (third term)

Publications

Campbc..11, R. J.

Gibson, Q.B.

' The Charact~r of Australian Religion', l~eanjin .l§_, 1977,No. 2, pp. 177-188 'Flexibility in a Steady State University 1 V~stes 20, 1977, No. 3 1 , pp. S-17

R0vil.:.!w of W. Stringfellow, An Ethic for Christians and Other Aliens in a St:range Land, St. Hark's Review~' 1977, pp. 52-53 Revi ew of B. Fay, Social Theory and Political Practicef Australasian Journal of Philosophy~, 1977 1 PPu 158-161

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Publications (continued)

Godfrey-Smith? W.

Lloyd, G.

Mautner, T.

Jtoeper, P. and Reid, E. 1'

1 Beginning and Ceasing to Existu, Philosophical Studies_ 28, 1977, (10 ;_::>p.)

vTensc and Predication', Mind 86, 1977, pp. 433-438 -- --Translation of and Introduction to A.IZ. Phalen, 1 IIume 1 s Psychological

-~- Explanation Df the-~dea of Causality', International Philosophical Quarterly 17p 1977, pp. 43-57 'On Complex Terms', Theoretical Linguistics !• 1977, pp. 129-142

* written during her tir11e as member of the Depa~tment

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DEPAl-Q.,.,1~\11' OF P.1:1i IDSOPHY - AN..Z\LYSIS Ot· STUDENT .!:'ERFOR."1.1\NCE

Percentage of Nurrber Enrolled Percentage of Nurrber Sitting e l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Subject or Unit Enrolled Sitting Wastage Failure Sitting High Distinct- Credit Pass Pass Fail as at (i.e. Distinct- ion with

30. 4.1977 2 - 3) ion Merit No. % No. % No. % No. % No . % No . % No . % No. % No. % No . % No. %

Philosophy I 128 (100) 99 (77) 29 (23) 7 (5) 99 (100) l (1) 12 (12) 35 (35) 44 ( 44) 7 ( 7) .t:thics & Poli ties 15 (100) 11 (73) 4 (27) 1 (7) 11 (100) 2 (18) l (9) 4 (36) 3 (27) 1 (9) Greek Philosophy 9 (100) 9 (100) 9 ( 100) 7 (78) 2 (22) -History of Phil. 19 (100) 20* (100) 20 (100) 5 (25) 11 (55) 4 (20) -Phil. 2/3 A,B,C,D,E 18 (100) 11 (61) 7 (39) 1 (6) 11 (lvO ) 2 (lS) 8 '7~ ) 1 I '\

\ :. i P.h.il of Science 5 (100) 1 (20 ) 4 (80) 1 (100) 1 ( 100 ) -hi - f . A# 13 (100) 10 (77) 3 (23) 1 ( 8) 10 (100) 2 (20) 3 (30) 4 (40) l (10) P. J. o - Sci. B# 7 (100) 8* (100) 1 (14) 8 (100) l (13) l (13) 4 (50) l (13) l (13)

Logic 19 (100) 15 (79) 4 (21) 15 (100) l ( 7) 6 (40) 2 (13) 6 (40) -Phenarer1ology 8 (100} 8 (100) 2 (25) 8 ( 100) 2 (25) 3 (38) l (13) 2 (25) Phil. of Psychology# 9 (100) 6 (67) 3 (33) 6 (100) l (17) 2 (33) 3 (SO) Spee. Phil. 1op. A 5 (100) 3 (60) 2 (40) 3 (100) l (33) l (33) l ( 33) Si;:ec. Phil. 1'op. B 3 (100)

.., (100) 3 (100) 3 (100) ~

Phil. Adv. Sem. A 7 (100) 8* (100) l (14) 8 (100) 5 (63) l ( 13) l (13) l (13) Phil. Adv. Sero. B 2 (100) 2 (100) 2 \100) 2 (100) Phil. III H 4 (100) 2 (50) 2 (50) 2 ( 100) 2 (100) Phil. III H p.o. 3 (100) 2** (67) 2**QOO) Phil. IV rl 4 (100) 4 (100) 4 (100) n.a. n.a. - 11. a. - n.a.- n.a.-Phil./French IV H l (100) 1 (100) 1 (100) n.a. n.a. - n.a.- n.a.- n.a.-

279

Enrolled Sitting: or Results (as at 30 April 1977) Submitting:

Final Honours Philosophy 4 full-time 4 1 Class I . 3 Class IIA

Final Honours Phil./French ccnb. 1 full-tine 1 · l Class IIA Masters Qualifying 1 full-tirre 4 part-tirre 1 .Masters Degree 2 full-tirre 4 part-tirre 2 PhD 5 full -tirre l staff PhD 1

* l enrolled after 30.4 . 1977 ** first part rorrpleted, final results in 1978 # serrester unit