The University of Oklahoma

ESTABLISHMENT DATES

The University of Oklahoma - Norman Campus


The University of Oklahoma    Dates
  Established   1890
  First Charter   1890
  First year postsecondary work offered   1892
  First degree awarded - Baccalaureate in Pharmaceutical Chemistry   1896
  First graduate degree awarded - Master of Arts   1900
  First accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools   1913

 
College Established
Architecture 1970
Arts and Sciences 1892
Business 1929
Continuing Education 1992
Education 1929
Engineering 1909
Fine Arts 1924
Geosciences 1981
Graduate College 1909
Honors College 1996
Law 1909
Liberal Studies 1960
University College 1942
Sources:
  1) Gittinger, Roy. (1942). The University of Oklahoma, A History of Fifty Years, 1892-1942, Norman, OK: The University of Oklahoma Press.
  2) Long, Charles F. and Carolyn G. Hart. (1980). The Sooner Story, Ninety Years at the University of Oklahoma, 1890-1980, Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Foundation.
  3) Office of News Services, University of Oklahoma.


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