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Note to Researcher: The College of Human Environmental Sciences was disbanded in 2021.

According to the HES web page (https://hes.missouri.edu/) from the summer of 2021:

"On February 8, 2021, the University of Missouri announced the restructuring of the College of Human Environmental Sciences. On March 3, 2021, the University announced the new college homes of the five academic units in the College of Human Environmental Sciences. The transition of departmental faculty, staff, and students to new academic homes occurred on July 1, 2021.

Departments:

• The Department of Architectural Studies is now administered by the College of Arts and Science. The department office is still physically located at 137 Stanley Hall.
• The Department of Textile and Apparel Management is now administered by the College of Arts and Science. The department office is still physically located in 137 Stanley Hall.
• The Department of Human Development and Family Science joined the College of Education & Human Development. The department office is physically located in 102 Gwynn Hall.
• The Department of Personal Financial Planning (PFP) joined the Division of Applied Social Sciences within the College of Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources (CAFNR). The department is currently located in 239 Stanley Hall but will move to Mumford Hall in August.
• Faculty in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology currently housed in HES moved into CAFNR in the newly formed Division of Food, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences. The department is still physically located in 204 Gwynn Hall.
• Extension faculty currently in PFP, along with the Center for Financial and Economic Education, joined the Marketing Department in the Trulaske College of Business, while Extension faculty in the Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology joined various academic units within the School of Health Professions.

• Extension faculty and staff in HES Youth and Family Extension will be moving to Gentry Hall in August."

The information about the College of Human Environmental Sciences found on the remainder of this page was originally compiled in 1999.

History

A Home Economics Education specialization has been offered since the establishment of the Department of Household Economics at the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1900. A two-year teacher's course was offered "to meet the needs of those who realize the importance of Household Science and observing the demand for teachers' desire to specialize."

Following the enactment of the Smith-Hughes Act for vocational education in 1917, a department of Home Economics Education was organized in the College of Education. Under the College of Education, Home Economics Education eventually developed into a four-year program. In 1998-99, the HES Education program was transferred from the College of Education to the HES Human Development and Family Studies department, where it was renamed Family and Consumer Sciences Education. The Family and Consumer Sciences Education option leads to a Bachelor of Science in HES. A graduate program in HES Education still resides in the College of Education.

Sources: University General Catalogs (C:0/51/1/); School of Home Economics Catalogs and Bulletins (C:5/12/1); HES Dean's Office - M. Mangel HE History Records (C:5/1/NP)

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