About UC s McMicken College of Arts & Sciences
Fast Facts About McMicken
Enrollment:
Undergraduate, 2006 fall quarter: 5,373
Graduate, 2006 fall quarter: 928
Faculty:
full-time: 392
part-time: 347
Average class size:
24
Student to Faculty ratio:
11:1
Majors offered:
Undergraduate: 36
Graduate:
Masters: 28
Doctorate: 17
Evening programs:
3
Co-op programs:
8 programs, all optional.
History of the McMicken College of Arts & Sciences
The liberal arts tradition within the University of Cincinnati traces its beginning to October 1873, when afternoon classes in college subjects for 50 students were held in Woodward High School. The Academic Department, as it was called, offered classes in mathematics, chemistry and natural philosophy, Latin and Greek, French, and German.
At the first commencement exercises in June 1878, four men and one woman received the bachelor of arts degree, one man received the bachelor of science, and one man from Brazil received the degree of civil engineer. These events signified that the cherished dream of Charles McMicken was, at last, becoming a reality.
The college name changed a few more times in the early 1900s until 1953, when the name reverted back to McMicken College of Arts and Sciences, which it remains to this day. At the time, the curriculum was completely revised: students now could choose programs leading either to a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree.
Deans
W.R. Benedict, 1891
E.W. Hyde, 1892
William O. Sproull, 18931894
P.V.N. Myers, 18951897
E.W. Hyde, 18971900
Merrick Whitcomb, 19001901
Joseph E. Harry, 19011906
Merrick Whitcomb, 19061910
Louis Trenchard More, 19101912
Frank W. Chandler, 19131928
Merton J. Hubert, Acting Dean, 19281929
William W. Hewett, 19301933
Howard D. Roeloffs, 19331936
Merton J. Hubert, Acting Dean, 19361938
George B. Barbour, 19381958
Charles K. Weichert, 19581969
Guy Stern, Acting Dean, 19691970
Campbell Crockett, Acting Dean, 19701971
Campbell Crocket, 19711976
David Lipsich, 19761981
William N. Dember, 19821986
Ronald L. Pollitt, Acting Dean, 19871988
Joseph A. Caruso, 19882000
Charles Groetsch, Acting Dean, 20002001
Karen Gould, 20012007
Cynthia Berryman-Fink, Interim Dean, 2007
Valerie Hardcastle, 2007
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