| |
Prior to 1920, the courses that make up the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences were sorted under the heading of Group of Applied Sciences. As reported in the November-December 1919 issue of College and State, “Those departments which have heretofore been without group organization, serving as supplementary departments to the other schools, have now been organized into the school of science and literature and Professor A.E. Minard has been appointed chairman of the school.” (p.8) In 1920, the School of Science and Literature was established with the following departments: biology, English and philosophy, geology and mineralogy, history, mathematics, modern languages, public discussion and social science, and social and economic science. By 1935, the School, as well as all other schools of NDAC, had been replaced by the Division of Applied Arts and Sciences. Departments within this grouping included: botany and plant physiology, education, English and philosophy, geology and mineralogy, history, mathematics, modern languages, pharmacy, public discussion and social service, social and economic sciences, and zoology and physiology.
In 1939, Schools were once again established and the School of Applied Arts and Sciences appeared. Departments within the school were: botany, economics and sociology, education and psychology, English and philosophy, geology and mineralogy, history and political science, mathematics, modern languages, speech, and zoology and physiology. By 1960, the School had changed names to the School of Arts and Sciences, with the following departments: bacteriology, botany, communications, economics, education, English and philosophy, entomology, geography, geology, history, library science, mathematics, modern languages, music, physical education, political science, psychology, related art, sociology, speech, and zoology. Upon the change of NDAC to NDSU in December of 1960, the School became a College.
Early in 1973, the College consisted of the following majors: art, bacteriology, biological science, botany, economics, business economics, earth science, English, entomology, history, mathematics, computer science, French, German, music, physical education, psychology, science, speech and drama, speech pathology and audiology, social science, sociology, zoology, and medical technology. In March, 1973, the State Board of Higher Education approved a “reorganization of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Chemistry and Physics to reduce the disparity in size and complexity.” The Colleges of Humanities and Social Sciences and Science and Mathematics are created. The majors in the newly formed College of Humanities and Social Sciences were: art, economics, business economics, English, history, humanities, French, German, music, physical education, political science, speech and drama, speech pathology and audiology, social science, and sociology.
As of the 1996-98 Bulletin, the majors in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences are: art, economics, English, French, German, history, humanities, mass communications, music, political science, social science, sociology, Spanish, speech communications, and theatre arts. In January 1998 the North Dakota Board of Higher Education confirmed the college name change to the College of Arts , Humanities and Social Sciences. “The new name explicitly recognizes the centrality of the three departments of the Division of Fine Arts to the mission of the college.” ( AHSS Alumni Newslette r, 1998)
As of September 2003, ND BOHE, approved name change to: Department of Criminal Justice and Political Science. In addition, a B.S. with a major in Criminal Justice and a B.F.A. in Art was also approved.
As per the web site of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (February 2005), the following majors are offered: anthropology, broadcast journalism, broadcast production, c riminal justice, criminology/corrections/law enforcement, emergency management, English, French,
general communications, German, history, political science, print media, p ublic history, public relations, public service, m ass communications, music, natural resource management, religious studies, sociology, Spanish, speech communications, theater arts, and visual arts.
In addition the following interdisciplinary programs were available as of 2006: gerontology, humanities, pre-dentistry, pre-law, pre-med, social science and women's studies.
In February 2006, it was announced that five new majors would be offered from the Communications Department in the fall 2006: m anagement communication; journalism, broadcasting and communication technology; health communication; agricultural communication and public relations and advertising.
|
