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The College of Literature, Science, and the Arts was originally designated the Literary Department and was the core of the University of Michigan. From 1841 to 1874, the faculty elected a president that communicated with the regents about department needs. In 1875, Henry Simmons Frieze became the first of the deans of LSA.
The University of Michigan traces its origins to August 26, 1817, [1] when it was established in the Territory of Michigan as the Catholepistemiad or University of Michigania through a legislative act signed by acting governor and secretary William Woodbridge, chief justice Augustus B. Woodward, and judge John Griffin.
Students pursuing an M.L.A. degree choose from two tracks: Three-year accredited M.L.A. degree; Two-year program for those individuals interested in obtaining a second degree in landscape architecture at the master's level, practicing landscape architects seeking advanced education, and those interested in pursuing a doctoral degree
Since 2008, the University of Michigan has offered a bachelor's degree in Informatics. [3] Informatics is housed in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts in cooperation with the College of Engineering and the School of Information and gives students a solid grounding in information systems, statistics, mathematics and computer programming. [4]
The history of the museum begins before the museum was established. The founder of the university's collection of artifacts was Francis Kelsey, a professor of Latin at the University of Michigan from 1889 until his death in 1927. [3] [4] Kelsey began acquiring artifacts in 1893 in order to help his students understand the ancient world. [5]
In 1998, the University of Michigan formed a commission to create a vision for the future of the life sciences at the university. In response to the commission's recommendations, in 1999, the Regents of the University of Michigan unanimously approved the construction of the Life Sciences Institute, noting that "the creation of a life sciences institute will eliminate the structural barriers to ...
The university's natural history collection was housed in the Alexander G. Ruthven Museums Building from 1928 to 2017, when preparations began to move the museum to the new the Biological Sciences Building on the university's Central Campus. The museum has over 45,000 square feet of exhibit space, and offers free admission to the general public ...
For 2011, the program rose to 1st, overtaking the Harvard Graduate School of Design, which had held the spot since DI began ranking M.Arch programs individually in 2004. [3] In this survey, Taubman College's M.Arch program was also rated the 5th most admired by school deans, and fared well in the following skills areas: 1st - Analysis and planning