page_title: University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Millard E. Tydings Hall on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park, home to the University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences, and the Departments of Government &amp; Politics and Economics.
context_page_description: The University of Maryland College of Behavioral and Social Sciences is one of the 13 schools and colleges at the University of Maryland, College Park. With 10 departments, it is one of the largest colleges at the university, with three in ten University of Maryland undergraduates receiving their degree from the college. 45 research centers also are located in the College. Its social science programs are collectively ranked 10th in the United States by the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, and 18th in the world by the Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
context_section_description: The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences began as "The School of Liberal Arts" in 1919, and was headquartered in Morrill Hall; Frederic E. Lee served as the school's first dean. In the 1920s, it became "The College of Arts and Sciences," with five separate divisions. In 1936, the college moved into the newly completed College of Arts and Sciences Building, which was renamed Francis Scott Key Hall in 1955. In the 1940s, the departments of Economics, Geography and Government & Politics moved into The College of Business and Public Administration.
  In 1972, the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business and Public Administration combined to become the new "Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences", one of five divisions in the university. In 1986, the five divisions split into fourteen colleges, and The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences was formed. The college has been headquartered in Millard E. Tydings Hall since 1993.
caption: North view of Millard E. Tydings Hall, home to the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences as well as the Department of Economics and the Department Government & Politics
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