UCR College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
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The College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CHASS) at the University of California, Riverside
(UCR) can trace its history to the founding undergraduate institution at UCR, the College of Letters and Science, which first opened in 1954. (During a consolidation period in the early 1970s, its natural science
departments merged with UCR's College of Agriculture, founded in 1958, to form the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
.) It is today a vibrant and critical research and teaching oriented community. Notable research centers include the Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research, the Center for Family Studies, the Ernesto Galarza
Applied Research Center, and the Robert Presley Center for Crime & Justice Studies.
studies. Over 30 federally recognized Indian nations reside in Riverside Countyhttp://www.americanindian.ucr.edu/.
University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of the ten general campuses of the University of California system. UCR is consistently ranked as one of the most ethnically and economically diverse universities in the United...
(UCR) can trace its history to the founding undergraduate institution at UCR, the College of Letters and Science, which first opened in 1954. (During a consolidation period in the early 1970s, its natural science
Natural science
The natural sciences are branches of science that seek to elucidate the rules that govern the natural world by using empirical and scientific methods...
departments merged with UCR's College of Agriculture, founded in 1958, to form the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
The College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences at the University of California, Riverside is a nationally unique academic division in that it combines the physical, biological, mathematical and agricultural disciplines under one organizational umbrella...
.) It is today a vibrant and critical research and teaching oriented community. Notable research centers include the Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research, the Center for Family Studies, the Ernesto Galarza
Ernesto Galarza
Ernesto Galarza was a Mexican-American labor activist, professor, poet and writer, a key figure in the history of immigrant farm worker organization in California.- Early career :...
Applied Research Center, and the Robert Presley Center for Crime & Justice Studies.
Center for California Native Nations
UCR hosts the Center for California Native Nations, an interdisciplinary research institute dedicated to supporting research for and about the Native Nations of Californiahttp://ccnn.ucr.edu/index.html. This center is supported by the Costo Chair in American Indian Affairs and the Costo Archive of materials relating to American Indian Studies. UCR's History Department grants a master of arts degree as well as a doctorate in American Indian history, and the Ethnic Studies Dept grants a bachelor of arts in Native AmericanIndigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
studies. Over 30 federally recognized Indian nations reside in Riverside Countyhttp://www.americanindian.ucr.edu/.