Montana State University Bozeman - Montanan Yearbook (Bozeman, MT)

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Two-thirds ol the 550 faculty members hold doctorates, many from very prestigious Ivy League schools, such as MIT. Harvard, and Oxford Because of the nature of a land-grant university, many of the staff members hold joint appointments with affiliated research organizations on campus Faculty members also serve as advisors to both undergraduate and graduate students, and many also serve as advisors for sludent organizations and committees MSU currently operates on the quarter system with a two part summer session also being offered However, plans are undersay to switch over to a semester system. This transition will be complete by 1991. MSU offers undergraduate instruction through the Colleges of Agriculture. Arts and Architecture. Business. Education. Engineering. Letters and Sciences, and Nursing Master's degrees are offered in 38 fields and doctorates m 16 fields The Extended Studies program offers and administrates on - and off campus instruction for individuals not regularly enrolled at MSU. However, courses offered by Extended Studies are available and open to all MSU students

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The 1987-88 academic year was a success as Jar as enrollment was concerned. Autumn Quarter saw a total enrollment of 9.878 students. The breakdown was College of Engineering. 1.988 students; College of Letters and Science. 1.576 students. College of Business. 1.411 students; General Studies. 1.147 students; College of Education. Health, and Human Development. 965 students; College of Arts and Architecture. 592 students; College of Nursing. 495 students; and the WAMI Medical Program. 21 students. Winter Quarter at Montana Slate University was much better than expected. MSU Registrar Joe Frazier had been expecting 9.600 students to enroll at MSU this quarter, but was pleasantly surprised when 9.710 showed up. Winter quarter enrollment was down 1.7% from Fall quarter's total of 9.878. Usual losses are 3% to 5%. Winter quarter also saw 123 new freshmen at MSU. Once again the College of Engineering was the top draw with 1.890 students. It was followed by the College of Letters and Science with 1.613; the College ol Business with 1.380; General Studies with 1,116; the College of Education. Health, and Human Development with 988; the College of Arts and Archi- tecture with 839; Graduate Studies with 822. the College of Agriculture with 568; the College of Nursing with 474; and the WAMI Medical Program with 20. Frazier expressed high hopes for Spring Quarter enrollment, hoping that it would be as good as Autumn and Winter Quarters. According to Frazier, the most popular number of credits carried by a student was 16. The average of MSU's undergraduate student was 23.1 and the average age of the graduate student was 32.1. The most populous age bracket was the 19 year-old group, followed closely by the 20 year-old bracket.