MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY

state university system comprising five coeducational campuses. The main campus in Bozeman is divided into colleges of Letters and Science; Engineering; Education, Health, and Human Development; Graduate Studies; Arts and Architecture; Business; Agriculture; and Nursing. The university offers baccalaureates in about 45 different disciplines, master's degrees in almost 40 fields, and doctorates in about 25 areas. Campus facilities include the Museum of the Rockies, the Agricultural Experiment Station, the Engineering Experiment Station, and the Center for Native American Studies. Student enrollment at the Bozeman campus is approximately 10,000. Also within the Montana State University system, which was reorganized in 1994, are branch campuses at Billings and at Northern, in Havre, and technical colleges at Billings and Great Falls. Facilities at the Billings campus include the Native American Cultural Institute of Montana and the Red Lodge Mountain Biological Field Station. Montana State University was established in 1893 as the Agricultural College of the State of Montana. Under the authority of the Morrill Act of 1862, it became a land-grant institution. The first graduate degree was awarded in 1902. The name of the university changed in 1913, 1920, and 1965. Notable faculty members have included paleontologist John R. Horner.