Ball State University bulletins and course catalogs
Scope and Contents
This collection includes bulletins, undergraduate and graduate course catalogs, and schedules of classes for Ball State University, formerly known as Indiana State Normal School, Eastern Division (1918-1922), Ball Teachers College (1922-1929), Ball State Teachers College (1929-1961), and Ball State College (1961-1965). This collection also includes several bulletins from Indiana State Normal School prior to the addition of the Muncie branch in 1918. Produced by the Office of Academic Systems, these publications provide information regarding the campus, academic departments, majors, minors, class offerings, and graduation requirements. Materials in this collection range in date from 1914 to 2012.
To find more recent course catalogs, please visit: https://www.bsu.edu/academics/catalog
Dates
- 1914 - 2012
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Ball State University Libraries make every reasonable effort to provide accurate information regarding the copyright status of materials held by Archives and Special Collections. Patrons may scan items or request a reproduction of one or more items in the collection; however, it is the responsibility of the patron to evaluate whether or not the intended use complies with copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
The Ball State University Office of Academic Systems, and its predecessor institutions, produced bulletins containing listings of course times, locations, and isntructors. Beginning with the Spring 2009 semester, the office started offering the Bulletin in online format only, discontinuing the practice of printing course schedules listings.
The Office of Academic Systems is responsible for the Degree Analysis Progress Report, the Automatic Course Transfer System, Undergraduate and Graduate Course Catalogs, the compilation of the Annual Master Schedule, the Facilities Management system, and the compilation of the Schedule of Classes.
Extent
13 Cubic Feet (18 Boxes (10 paige boxes, 6 archival letter boxes, 1 thin archival letter box, 1 oversize archival box))
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged in the following subseries:
Series 1: Bulletins, 1914-2012
Series 2: Bulletin Briefs, 1976-1987
Series 3: Schedule of Classes, 1918-2007
Series 4: Supplemental Material, 1988
UA Restructuring
RG.25.02.02, RG.25.02.04, and RG.25.02.05 were combined to create UA.039.
- Ball State University -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Courses and lectures Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Education Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Muncie (Ind.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Schedules, School Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Ball State University bulletins and course catalogs
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Collection reprocessed by Mindy Shull.
- Date
- 2020-09-28
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Ball State University Archives Repository
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie Indiana 47306 USA
765-285-5078
libarchives@bsu.edu
