A quick look at IU’s 12 undergraduate schools Students cross the street Aug. 24, 2021, outside of the Kelley School of Business’s Hodge Hall. By Ethan Moore
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College of Arts and Sciences The College dates back to the founding of IU in 1820 and is now home to more than 120 departments, programs, institutes and centers. It offers more than 80 majors, ranging from art history to chemistry. The College also houses the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, and the Media School. Kelley School of Business The Kelley School of Business evolved from the School of the Commerce and Finance, which was established in 1920. The business school was named after E. W. Kelley, an alumnus of the school that is credited for the modernday success of the Indianapolisbased restaurant chain Steak ’n Shake. Today, the business school offers many top-rated programs. Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design First known as the School of Art + Design, the art school was founded in 2016 and is now part of the College of Arts and Sciences. The school shares a namesake
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with the Eskenazi Museum of Art, thanks to donations of Indianapolis-based philanthropists Sidney and Lois Eskenazi.
Fred Luddy, who, in 2019, gifted the second-largest private donation in IU’s history. The Media School
School of Education The School of Education formed in 1923 after the Department of Education separated from the College of Arts and Sciences. The school offers programs for education, counseling and school psychology. Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies Established in 2012, the international school offers majors focused on international policies, cultures and languages. The school is named after former U.S. Rep. Lee H. Hamilton and former U.S. Sen. Richard G. Lugar, who both received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering
One of IU’s newest schools, the Media School was founded in 2014 after the IU Board of Trustees voted to merge the College’s Department of Telecommunications and the School of Journalism, which was founded in 1974. Today, the Media School offers programs in journalism, media studies and game design. Jacobs School of Music In 1921, the Department of Music became the then-named School of Music after the department was founded 11 years prior. After a more than $40 million donation in 2005 from Barbara Jacobs, the wife of IU alumnus and businessman David H. Jacobs. The school offers programs in different aspects of music, from vocal performance to ballet. School of Nursing
The then-named School of Informatics was founded in 2000 and has since been joined by several different IU departments to become the school it is today. The school is named after American billionaire and former IU student
Founded in 1914, the School of Nursing is one of the largest nursing schools in the nation, spanning three of IU’s campuses. The Bloomington campus offers an undergraduate degree in nursing.
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Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs The O’Neill School, founded in 1972, combines public policy management with environmental sciences and is a top rated school for public affairs. The school was named after IU alumnus Paul H. O’Neill in 2019, who served as the United States Secretary of the Treasury. School of Public HealthBloomington The School of Public Health focuses on the instruction about disease prevention and wellness, offering programs from nutrition sciences to recreational therapy. The school was founded in 2012 after health and wellness courses existed at the university since the 19th century. School of Social Work The School of Social Work allows students to study social work, enabling them to seek careers in schools, hospitals, prisons and more. The Department of Social Service was founded in 1911 and was made into an independent academic unit following the increased need for social workers following World War II.
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