Category: Learning
First Evening Courses in New England Offered
On January 4, 1921, the College of Liberal Arts offers New England’s first evening courses leading to AB and BS degrees.
Predecessor of SSW Opens
The School of Religious Education and Social Service opens.
PAL (Later CBA) Established
The College of Secretarial Science opens its doors; it becomes the College of Practical Arts and Letters in 1924 and is absorbed into the College of Business Administration in 1955.
SED Established
The School of Education is established.
First Summer Term Held
The University holds its first Summer Term.
SMG (Formerly CBA) Established
The College of Business Administration, later the School of Management, is established. Journalism courses are taught there until the School of Public Relations opens three decades later.
Collegiate Life Course Requirement
William Marshall Warren, son of the University’s first president, becomes dean of the College of Liberal Arts and assistant professor of philosophy. Freshmen are required to take his course on “Collegiate Life,” which features questions about the campus and downtown Boston, and are expected to explore the city to discover its history and beauty.
First Japanese LAW Graduate
Takeo Kikuchi is the first Japanese graduate of Boston University School of Law.
First Black LAW Graduate
Emanuel Hewlett is the first black Boston University School of Law graduate and one of the first black degree recipients of a major US law school. Upon his death in 1929, the Supreme Court adjourns for the day, an honor reserved for the most respected members of the bar.
Photo courtesy of "Crisis." New York, N.Y. Crisis Publication Company. Volume 36, Page 416. [1929]
LAW Three-Year Degree Established
The School of Law becomes the first law school in the US to require three years of study for a degree.
