Brigham Young University. College of Humanities and Social Sciences
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences was established in 1954 when the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Applied Science were abolished and replaced by newer colleges. The College of Humanities and Social Sciences continued in operation until 1965 when it was split into two separate colleges, that of Humanities and Social Sciences. From 1958 to 1965, Leonard Rice, Dr. Reed Bradford, and Dr. John T. Bernhard served as deans.
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Description
Established: 1954
Abolished: 1965
Location: Provo, Utah (1954-1965)
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Assets and Administrative Structure
During its years of operation, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences was the administrating body for the following social science departments: archeology, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology. Forty-two faculty members were teaching a total of 255 courses. From 1957 to 1961, forty-two additional courses were established, fourteen of which were in the department of psychology. The following departments were in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences: archaeology, english, history, journalism, modern and classical languages, political science, psychology, and sociology.
Associated Units
Superior unit: Brigham Young University (1954-1965)
Earlier unit: Brigham Young University. College of Arts and Sciences (1954)
Later unit: Brigham Young University. College of Humanities (1965)
Later unit: Brigham Young University. College of Social Sciences (1965)
Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Sociology (1954-1960)
Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. English Dept. (1954-1965)
Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of History (1954-1965)
Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Political Science (1954-1965)
Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Psychology (1954-1965)
Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Modern and Classical Languages (1954-1957)
Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Journalism (1954-1964)
Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Archaeology (1954-1965)
Subordinate unit: Brigham Young University. Dept. of Geography (1955-1965)
Sources
Brigham Young University, 1975: v. 2, p. 622 (Established, 1954) (Abolished, 1965)
Brigham Young University, 1975: v. 3, p. 118 (Leonard Rice, dean) (Dr. Reed Bradford, dean) (Social Science departments) (Dr. John T. Bernhard, dean)
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