Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

Franklin College of Arts and Sciences

The Franklin College of Arts and Sciences is the founding college of the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia, United States. The college was named in honor of Benjamin Franklin. cite web |url=http://www.franklin.uga.edu/about/index.htm |title=History of the Franklin |publisher=University of Georgia |accessdate=2007-12-23]

History

Opened in 1801 as Franklin College, it remained the sole college until 1859 when the University Board of Trustees reorganized the school and created three additional colleges specifically focused on Law, Agriculture, and Civil Engineering and Applied Mathematics.cite web |url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/cgi-bin/ebind2html.pl/reed_c05?seq=183 |title=History of the University of Georgia |accessdate=2007-12-23 |last=Reed |first=Thomas Walter |year= "ca." 1949 |publisher=University of Georgia |pages=p. 656 ] From that point on the school was known as the Franklin College of Liberal Arts.cite web |title=History of the University of Georgia |url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/cgi-bin/ebind2html.pl/reed_c16?seq=4 |last=Reed |pages= p. 3020 |accessdate=2007-12-23]

Departments

* Anthropology
* Lamar Dodd School of Art
* Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
* Biological Sciences
* Cellular Biology
* Chemistry
* Classics
* Comparative Literature
* Computer Science
* Dance
* Theatre & Film Studies [http://www.drama.uga.edu]
* English
* Entomology
* Genetics
* Geography
* Geology
* Germanic & Slavic Languages
* History
* Marine Sciences
* Mathematics
* Microbiology
* Hugh Hodgson School of Music
* Philosophy
* Physics and Astronomy
* Plant Biology
* Psychology
* Religion
* Romance Languages
* Sociology
* Speech Communication
* Statistics

Degrees offered

* Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
* Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
* Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (B.S.Chem.)
* Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
* Bachelor of Music (B.Mus.)

Deans

From 1977-1988 W. J. Payne.From 2004-present Garnett S. Stokes.

Notes

References

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External links

* [http://www.franklin.uga.edu/index.html Franklin College of Arts & Sciences home page]


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