University Course Catalogs

Collection

Identifier: 12-0200

Dates

Publication: 1904 - 2011

Creator

American Passage Media Corporation (Publisher, Organization)

Biographical / Historical

Texas State University was established by the 26th Legislature in 1899 as the Southwest Texas State Normal School; 303 pupils were enrolled in 1903-04, the first year classes were held. The first course catalog in this collection lists class options for the summer session of 1904 and includes photos from campus and the surrounding area of San Marcos. In addition to Undergraduate Catalogs (also called Bulletins), this collection also includes Graduate Catalogs/Bulletins starting from 1948, as Graduate classes began being offered at Southwest Texas State around 1935. The third series includes a variety of other types of course catalogs, like seasonal/partial year, correspondence, and non-credit catalogs.The majority of catalogs in the last series are for correspondce, or distance learning courses, which were offered beginning in 1953.

The school name changed to Southwest Texas State Normal College in 1918, to Southwest Texas State Teachers College in 1923, to Southwest Texas State College in 1959, to Southwest Texas State University in 1969, to Texas State University-San Marcos in 2003, and to Texas State University in 2013. These changes are reflected throughout the collection.

Full Extent

4.92 Linear Feet (5 banker boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Related Names

Source

Multi-Institutional Teaching Center (MITC) (Round Rock, Texas) (Organization)
Southwest Texas State University (Organization)
Texas State University (Organization)
Southwest Texas State College (Organization)
Southwest Texas State Normal School (Organization)
Southwest Texas State University. Graduate School (Organization)
Southwest Texas State Normal College (Organization)
Southwest Texas State Teachers College (Organization)
Texas State University--San Marcos (Organization)

Subjects

Topical

Universities and colleges--Curricula--Catalogs

Deaccessions

Southwest Texas State University Undergraduate Catalog Addendum 1994-1996, Southwest Texas State University Undergraduate Catalog Addendum 1992-1994 (x3), Texas State University Correspondence Studies 2010 Course Catalog, Southwest Texas State University 1994-1995 Correspondence Catalog, Southwest Texas State University Graduate Catalog 1995-1997, Texas State University Graduate Catalog 2009-2011, Office of Continuing Education Fall 2009 to Spring 2010 Catalog, Bulletin of Southwest Texas State University Office of Correspondence Study Catalog 2000-2001