Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
South Dakota State University. College of Arts and Sciences
Parallel form(s) of name
- South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. Division of Science and Applied Arts
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
The College of Arts and Sciences was initially known as the General Sciences Course. Beginning in 1884, a student could obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in science and the arts by taking courses (not majors) in English & rhetoric, Latin, French, German, history, philosophy, physical science, mineralogy and geology, biological science, metallurgy, mathematics, and music. There were no departmental administrators or dean until 1924, when the General Science Division was formed. By 1953, the Division added applied arts to the title. After the college became a university, the Division of Science and Applied Arts changed its name to the College of Arts and Science. / The College of Arts and Sciences serves two significant functions within the university. It provides instruction in the university core requirement for a liberal education as well as education in specific disciplines. / The fifteen departments in the College of Arts and Sciences offer major and/or minor programs leading to one of three undergraduate degrees. In addition, five departments in other colleges offer majors and/or minors in programs administered through the College of Arts and Sciences.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
- Communication Studies and Theater Department
- English Department
- Journalism and Mass Communications Department
- Music Department
- Chemistry and Biochemistry Department
- Modern Language and Global Studies Department
- Military Science Department
- Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Department
- Visual Arts Department
- Political Science Department
- Psychology Department
- Philosophy and Religion Department
- Geography Department
- History Department
- Commerce Department
- Latin American studies
- Women's Studies
- American Indian Studies
- Global Studies