University of Massachusetts Amherst. Academic Units
1870-2007
100 linear feet
Call no.: RG 025
The academic departments at UMass Amherst are organized within ten schools and colleges. Among the more than 88 degree programs in 2009, 74 confer masters degrees, and 53 confer doctorates.
Containing the records of individual academic departments, programs, institutes, and centers, Record Group 25 documents the shifting history of disciplinarity and departmental affairs at UMass Amherst. The papers of individual faculty members are contained within the Faculty and Staff (FS) collections and are indexed separately in UMarmot.
| 00. Publications (including newsletters, but excluding all materials filed above) | |||
| A2. Accounting | |||
| A4. W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies | |||
| A5.5. Agricultural Education | |||
| A5.75. Agricultural Management Systems Center | |||
| A6. Anthropology | |||
| A7. Art | |||
| A8. Asian Studies Program and Committee | |||
| B5. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | |||
| .5. Molecular and Cellular Biology | |||
| B6. Biology | |||
| B7. Biotechnology Program | |||
| B8. Botany | |||
| B9. Building Materials Technology and Management | |||
| C2. Chemical Engineering | |||
| C3. Chemistry | |||
| C4. Civil Engineering | |||
| C5. Classics | |||
| C7. Communication Studies | |||
| .3. Student oratory speaking contests | 1870-1948 | ||
| .4. Debate | |||
| .5. Communication Disorders Department | |||
| .6. Center for the Study of Communication (CSC) | |||
| .7. Media Literacy Institute | |||
| C8. Comparative Literature | |||
| C9. Computer and Information Science | |||
| .1. Center for Realtime, Intelligent, Complex Computing Systems (CRICCS) | |||
| .2. Center for Computer-Based Instructional Technology (CCBIT) | |||
| C12. Center for Studies in Contemporary Culture | |||
| E1. Economics | |||
| E2. Electrical and Computer Engineering | |||
| E3. English (including Folklore and Journalism) | |||
| E4. Entomology | |||
| .9. Pesticide Chemical Information Center | |||
| E7. Environmental Quality, Technical Guidance Center for | |||
| E7.5. Environmental Education and Management Center (EEMC) | |||
| E8. Environmental Sciences | |||
| E9. Exercise Science | |||
| F2. Fine Arts Center | |||
| Prior to 1995, arts programs were the responsibility of the Fine Arts Council. For University Gallery Records before 1995, please see the records of the College of Arts and Sciences, RG 11/15. All New World Theater records prior to 1995 have been added to RG 25/F2/N4. | |||
| A8. Asian Arts and Culture Program | 1999-2007 | 9 lin. feet | |
| The Asian Arts and Culture Program was created in 1999 and is devoted to the expression of the performing and visual arts of Asian countries.
Materials include two Chinese calligraphy scrolls, Asian puppet exhibit materials, posters and photographs from performances, brochures, season programs, videotaped performances, audio cds, and two books: Arts in India 2003-2004 and Rituals in Dance. |
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| N4. New World Theater | 1995-2007 | ||
| U5. University Art Gallery | 1995-2007 | ||
| F3. Family Business Center | 1994-2007 | ||
| F4. Food and Agricultural Engineering | |||
| F4.5. Food and Resource Economics (renamed in 1982, Agricultural and Resource Economics) | |||
| F4.7. Food Engineering | |||
| F5. Food Science and Nutrition | |||
| F5.5. Foreign Language Resource Center(s) (University and Five-College Inc.) | |||
| F6. Forestry and Wildlife Management | |||
| F8. UMass Program at Freiburg | |||
| F9. French and Italian Department | |||
| G2. General Business and Finance | |||
| G4. Geology and Geography (GeoSciences) | |||
| G6. Germanic | |||
| H4. Hispanic Literature and Linguistics | |||
| H5. History | |||
| .5. History Institute | |||
| H6. Home Economics Education | |||
| H8. Hotel, Restaurant, and Travel Administration | |||
| H9. Human Development | |||
| 5. Nursery School | |||
| I4. Industrial Engineering | |||
| I6. Interdepartmental Program in Film Studies | |||
| I7. Interpreter’s Studies Program | |||
| J8. Judaic Studies (Program and Committee) | |||
| J8.5. Center for Jewish Studies (CJS) | 1991-2007 | ||
| L1. Labor Relations and Research Center | |||
| L2. Landscape Architecture | |||
| L4. Latin American Studies (Program and Committee) | |||
| L6. Leisure Studies and Services | |||
| L7. Legal Studies | |||
| L8. Linguistics | |||
| M2. Management | |||
| M3. Marine Sciences Program | |||
| M4. Marketing | |||
| .8. Massachusetts Development Research Institute (MDRI) | |||
| M4.3. Massachusetts Center for Renaissance Studies | |||
| M4.5. Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) (1994-2007) | |||
| M5. Mathematics and Statistics | |||
| .5. Center for Applied Mathematics | |||
| M6. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | |||
| .1. Agricultural Engineering Laboratory, Wareham | |||
| M6.5. Microbial and Molecular Biology Laboratory Support Services (MMBLSS) | 1995-2007 | ||
| M7. Microbiology | |||
| M8. Military and Air Science | |||
| M9. Music and Dance | |||
| .2. Bands | |||
| .3. Orchestra | |||
| .4. Operetta Guild/Music Theatre Guild | |||
| .5. Singing Clubs (Glee Clubs, Arion Quartet, Statesman, Choirs, Chamber Singers, University Choral, etc.) | |||
| N3. National Environmental Technology for Waste Prevention Institute (NETI) (1994- ) | |||
| N4. Near Eastern Studies (Program and Committee) | |||
| N5. Neuro Science and Behavior Program | |||
| N6. Institute for North American Trade and Economics | |||
| N7. Northeast Center for Urban and Community Forestry (1996- ) | |||
| O2. Ocean Engineering Program | |||
| P2. Philosophy | |||
| P3. Physics and Astronomy | |||
| P3.1. Men’s Physical Education | |||
| P3.2. Women’s Physical Education (WOPE) | |||
| P3.3. Professional Preparation in Physical Education | |||
| P4. Plant and Soil Sciences | |||
| P4.5. Plant Biology Program | |||
| P5. Plant Pathology | |||
| .2. Shade Tree Lab | |||
| P6. Political Science | |||
| .2. Certificate Program in Population Studies | |||
| .3. Center for Public Policy and Administration (CPPA) | 1997-2007 | ||
| .4. Bureau of Public Administration | |||
| .5. Bureau of Government Research | |||
| .6. Legislative Service Project | |||
| .7. Jackie Robinson Initiative (1994-1997) | |||
| P7. Polymer Science and Engineering Program | |||
| .5. Center for University of Massachusetts-Industry Research on Polymers (CUMIRP) | |||
| P8. Psychology | |||
| .4. Psychological Services Center | |||
| .5. Cognitive Processes Laboratory | |||
| R3. Recreation | |||
| R4/R5. Remote Sensing Center | |||
| S3. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Education Institute | 1996-2007 | ||
| S5. Slavic Languages and Literature | |||
| S6. Social Thought and Political Economy (STPEC) | |||
| S7. Sociology | |||
| .5. Soviet and East European Studies (Program and Committee) | |||
| S8. Sport Studies | |||
| S10. Systems Neuroscience, Center for | |||
| T3. Theatre | |||
| .4. Summer Repertory Theatre | |||
| .5. Commonwealth Stage | |||
| .6. Black Repertory Theater | 1969-2007 | ||
| .8. University Theatre | |||
| .9. Theatre in the Works (Summer series) | |||
| U4. University of Massachusetts Transportation Center (UMTC) | 1994-2007 | ||
| U5. United Asia Learning Resource Center (UALRC) | 1990 | ||
| V2. Veterinary and Animal Sciences | |||
| W2. Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) | |||
| W3. Western European Area Studies (Program and Committee) | |||
| W5. Women’s Studies Program | |||
| W7. Wood Science and Technology | |||
| Z5. Zoology | |||