COLLEGE OF LETTERS AND SCIENCE
Degrees Range From Art to Zoology With about 2,000 students enrolled in 20 departments, the College of Letters and Science is one of the oldest and largest colleges at the University of Idaho. Included within Letters and Science are the Departments of Art and Architecture, Biological Sc iences, Che mistry, Engl is h, Fore ign Languages, Literatures, Histo ry, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Politica l Science, Publ ic Affairs Research, Psychology, Sociology/ Anthropology , and Theatre Arts.
The School of Communication , the School of Home Economics, and the School of Music also function as departments of the college. In October the Board of Regents blocked elevation of the Department of Art and Architecture, the largest Letters and Science Department. to college status, saying the timing was poor. The U of I faculty and adm inistration had approved the change. President Gibb agreed that the timing wasn 't ideal. " But I' m not sure that as I look ahead , there's
going to be a good time to present this ," he said. Although he disagreed with the board's action, Gibb said he understood it. He said he will bring the request back to the board next year. Elmer Raunio, Dean of the College of Letters and Science, came to Moscow in 1949. He was a professor of chemistry until 1970 , when he became Acting Dean of Letters and Science.