The University of Oklahoma

ESTABLISHMENT DATES

The University of Oklahoma


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
Norman Campus
  Architecture 1970
  Arts and Sciences 1892
  Michael F. Price College of Business* 1929
  Continuing Education 1992
  Education 1929
  Engineering 1909
  Fine Arts 1924
  Geosciences 1981
  Graduate College 1909
  Honors College 1996
  Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication 2000
  Law 1909
  Liberal Studies 1960
  University College 1942
Health Sciences Center
  Allied Health 1970
  Dentistry 1969
  Medicine 1900
  Nursing 1911
  Pharmacy 1893
  Public Health 1967

 
  *Established as College of Business, renamed in 1997.
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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