Texas A&M College of Science

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Texas A&M College of Science
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Parent institution
 Texas A&M University
Dean Dr. Valen Johnson
Academic staff
233 [1]
Students3,080 [2]
Undergraduates 2,323
Postgraduates 389 Masters
368 Ph.D.
Location 30°36′47″N96°20′24″W / 30.613181°N 96.339878°W / 30.613181; -96.339878 Coordinates: 30°36′47″N96°20′24″W / 30.613181°N 96.339878°W / 30.613181; -96.339878
Website www.science.tamu.edu

The Texas A&M College of Science is the science college of Texas A&M University in College Station. The faculty includes a Nobel laureate and three National Academy of Sciences members. In 2006, the faculty collected a combined $38.5 million in peer-reviewed federal funding, and annually generates over $5 million in indirect cost return for Texas A&M. [3]

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The Chemistry Department ranks 15th nationally in the National Research Council rankings, the highest ranking of any Texas A&M department, and ranks as the seventh-largest chemistry department in research and development expenditures among all American universities. The Department of Mathematics ranks 13th nationally among other public university Mathematics departments in research funding, and is one of only five nationwide that has both Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical Sciences (VIGRE) and Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) National Science Foundation grants. The Mathematics Departments also offers one of the nation's only fully online master's degrees in mathematics. The Physics Department is one of eight partners in the $500 million Giant Magellan Telescope. [4]

History

When Texas A&M was founded as a land-grant agricultural college in 1876, the school consisted of only two faculty, one of whom taught agricultural chemistry and scientific agriculture. The Texas State Legislature had mandated that science and mathematics existed only to supply instruction to applied fields, and pure scientific study or research was not encouraged. It was not until 1924 that the college established a School of Arts and Sciences, which taught liberal arts, business administration, preparation for teaching, and science. Courses in chemistry and physics were offered in the School of Engineering. [5]

Following World War II and the advent of the atomic bomb, more students clamored for training in pure and natural sciences versus applied science. In 1944 the college had established the Texas A&M Research Foundation, further encourage scientifically minded young people to attend A&M. Between 1948 and 1958 the proportion of students in the School of Arts and Sciences grew much more rapidly than those in the Schools of Agriculture and Engineering, and by 1957 comprised 25% of the student body. [5]

Texas A&M was elevated to university status in 1963, and three years later the College of Science was born, offering the departments of biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics. The Cyclotron Institute, which conducts research in the nuclear aspects of chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering was placed under the administration of the College of Science in 1971, and in 1984 the Institute of Statistics was renamed to the Department of Statistics. [5] In 2009, the Department of Physics became the Department of Physics and Astronomy to reflect the membership in the Giant Magellan Telescope Project in 2004, and the inclusion of an Astronomy Program in 2006. [6]

The Trotter Prize (Texas A&M) is an award and lecture series.

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References

  1. ↑ "Faculty Salary Study" (PDF). Texas A&M University Office of Institutional Studies and Planning. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
  2. ↑ "Texas A&M University Fall 2007 Enrollment" (PDF). Texas A&M University Office of Institutional Studies and Planning. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
  3. ↑ "First-Rate Faculty" (PDF). Texas A&M University. May 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
  4. ↑ "Departments of Distinction". Texas A&M University. May 2006. Retrieved 2015-07-16.
  5. 1 2 3 "A History of the College". Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on 2007-02-20. Retrieved 2007-04-03.
  6. ↑ "Giant Magellan Telescope" . Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "America's Best Colleges 2007". U.S. News & World Report. 2006-09-15. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
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