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New Plans at ULM

The University of Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) has announced plans to transfer departments such as Aviation and Construction to the College of Business Administration (CBA).

I think this is a good move. Part of the reasoning behind the move is that so many aspects of aviation and construction--as well as the other departments being tranferred--are business-related. They have until now been part of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), which is where they seem most comfortable, at first glance. It could be argued easily that they are most more science-related than business-related, and I would agree with this statement outside this context. My response is that all aspects of business and of the CBA are by nature connected to either the arts or the sciences and, therefore, should be part of the CAS, based on the given criteria. That is why ULM has created the CAS and designed it to include the core departments and programs; however, as long as there is going to be a CBA, I think aviation and construction should be included in it.

Posted by Courtney Huntington at June 15, 2005 04:51 PM