in the 1960s bánáthy began teaching courses in applied linguistics and systems science at san josé state university. in 1962 he was named dean and chairman of the east europe and middle east division at the army language school, overseeing ten language departments. in 1963 he completed his master's degree in psychology at san jose state university, and in 1966 he received a doctorate in education for a transdisciplinary program in education, systems theory, and linguistics from the university of california in berkeley. during the mid-1960s bánáthy was named chair of western division of the society for general systems research. he published his first book, "instructional systems," in 1968.