A History of NC State, 1887-1945 By kmmurray Period: Jan 1, 1887 to Dec 31, 1945 Early History of NC State Jan 1, 1889 Department of Chemistry May 14, 1889 Department of Horticulture, Arboriculture, and Botany May 14, 1889 Department of English May 14, 1889 Department of Chemistry Established Oct 14, 1889 First History courses May 14, 1894 Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering Established May 14, 1894 Department of Physics and Electrical Engineering Established May 14, 1895 Poultry Division May 14, 1895 NC Agricultural Experiment Station moves to the A&M Campus May 14, 1895 Department of Civil Engineering and Mathematics May 14, 1899 Chemical Engineering Degrees First Offered May 14, 1899 Textiles Department Established May 14, 1900 Division of Agronomy May 14, 1900 First Poultry Courses May 14, 1901 Biological Division May 14, 1901 Biological Division created May 14, 1902 Department of Modern Languages May 14, 1906 Department of Civil Engineering May 14, 1912 Department of Zoology and Entomology May 14, 1912 Poultry Curriculum Established May 14, 1917 BS in Agriculture May 14, 1917 First Agricultural Engineering Courses May 14, 1917 Department of Electical Engineering May 14, 1920 Department of Animal Industry May 14, 1920 Plant Pathology Curriculum May 14, 1923 School of Engineering Established May 14, 1923 Poultry Division Established May 14, 1923 Department of Rural Sociology and History Established May 14, 1923 School of Agriculture Established May 14, 1924 Department of Agronomy May 14, 1924 Department of Chemical Engineering May 14, 1924 Department of Ceramic Engineering May 14, 1924 Department of Education May 14, 1925 Department of Rural Sociology May 14, 1925 Department of Mining Engineering May 14, 1925 Department of Modern Languages and Translation Services May 14, 1925 School of Textiles Established May 14, 1927 Department of Agricultural Economics May 14, 1927 Department of Ethics May 14, 1927 Department of Psychology Established May 14, 1927 Department of Geology Established May 14, 1927 School of Education May 14, 1927 Department of Mining Engineering dissolved May 14, 1929 Department of Forestry Established May 14, 1930 Rural Sociology Department merges with Agricultural Economics May 14, 1930 Rural Sociology merges with Agricultural Economics Department May 14, 1931 Department of Forestry renamed Division of Forestry May 14, 1935 Department of Geology becomes Department of Geoolgical Engineering Jan 1, 1937 Department of Chemistry renamed Department of Agriculture and Biological Chemistry May 14, 1937 Agricultural Engineering May 14, 1937 Department of History, Department of Sociology Curriculums separated. May 14, 1937 Department of Agriculture and Biological Chemistry May 14, 1939 Department of Ethics and Religion May 14, 1940 Food Science curriculum established Scattered throughout several departments such as Animal Industry, Horiculture, and Poultry Science. May 14, 1940 Department of Experimental Statistics established May 14, 1942 Division of Landscape Architecture May 14, 1943 Department of History and Political Science May 14, 1945 Department of Botany and Plant Pathology May 14, 1945 Department of Botany and Plant Pathology established