Administrative Changes



The following administrative changes resulted in structural realignments affecting the location of degree programs and courses across colleges since Fall Semester 2001.

Effective Semester/Date	Department/College	Comment
Fall 2008	Lyman Briggs School	Moved from College of Natural Science to become Lyman Briggs College.
Fall 2007	School of Music	Moved from College of Arts and Letters to become the College of Music.
Fall 2007	Residential College in the Arts & Humanities	Establishment of College.
Fall 2005	College of Law (formerly MSU Detroit College of Law)	Integration of curriculum into academic governance.
Summer 2005	College of Human Ecology	Dissolved and transferred curriculum to other colleges. (Arts & Letters, Communication Arts & Sciences, Agriculture & Natural Resources and Social Science)
July 1, 2004	Dept of History	Moved from College of Arts and Letters to the College of Social Science.
July 1, 2001	Dept of Economics	Moved from College of Business to College of Social Science.
Fall 2001	Dept of Entomology	Moved from College of Natural Science to College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Still jointly administered with College of Natural Science.

The following administrative changes resulted in departmental realignments since Fall 2001.

Effective Semester/Date	Department	Comment
Fall 2004	Depts of ANR Education and Communication Systems; Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources; and Resource Development	Dissolved and reassigned to Dept of Community, Agriculture, Recreation and Resource Studies.
July 1, 2003	Dept of Romance and Classical Languages	Split into two departments: French, Classics and Italian - Spanish and Portugese.
July 1, 2001	Dept of Materials Science and Mechanics	Dissolved and reassigned to other departments within the College of Engineering.