Oakland University College of Arts and Sciences records
Scope and Contents
This collection includes administrative files (constitutions, assembly meeting minutes, annual reports, etc.) as well as program files (mostly program proposals) and publications of the College and Arts and Sciences at Oakland University. The records of most academic units in the school are also included, except for those of the History Department and the Department of Music, Theater and Dance, which have their own collections.
The collection includes information on the development of the Kettering Magnetics Laboratory. Additional information on it can be found in the University Archives Buildings File and the Durward B. Varner Papers.
Dates
- 1960 - 2012
Access and Use note
The Oakland University College of Arts and Sciences records are open for research except for certain records restricted by statute or university policy.
Copyright
Copyright held by Oakland University.
History
The College of Arts and Sciences was created in May 1965 as part of the university's administrative reorganization from divisions to professional schools and a college. Professor George T. Matthews was appointed Dean of the new College of Arts and Sciences.
Graduate programs were started in 1965-1966, when the English and Mathematics Departments enrolled students in M.A. and M.A.T. programs in conjunction with the School of Education, and the Chemistry Department offered the first courses leading to a M.S. The College also innovated with area studies, especially its Asian studies program, and established a Center for Asian Studies in 1965-1966. A Chinese major was created in Fall 1968. New undergraduate and graduate programs were added consistently over the years with the except of the classics department, which was terminated in 1977.
From the start the College has been the largest academic unit at Oakland University.
Extent
8 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The College of Arts and Sciences, created at Oakland University in 1965, includes administrative files (constitutions, assembly meeting minutes, annual reports, etc.) as well as program proposal and publications covering the 1965-2012 period. The records of most academic units in the school are also included, except for those of the History Department and the Department of Music, Theater and Dance, which have their own collections. The collection includes information on the development of the Kettering Magnetics Laboratory.
Accruals
Commencements.
Processing
Processed by Linda Hildebrand, Shirley Paquette and Dominique Daniel
- Author
- Dominique Daniel and Shirley Paquette
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Oakland University Archives and Special Collections Repository
Kresge Library
100 Library Drive
Rochester MI 48309 USA