After Baton Rouge dealt an intense round of budget cuts, a few colleges at ULM had to cut faculty, classes or reduce the offerings classes.

The College of Arts and Sciences was hit hardest by the cuts. The college released many faculty members and cut out minors in Geology, Geography, Theatre and Physics, according to Interim-Dean Michael Camille.

“Even in these tough fiscal times, I think we are offering a sufficient variety of courses to satisfy the needs of our students,” Camille said.

The College of Arts and Sciences is also merging the degrees in Mass Communication and Communication Studies, as this paper reported earlier.

Arts and Sciences is the only college that has had to merge programs or cut minors.

The College of Business was also hit hard by the cuts. It had to cut 13 sections of classes, mostly online courses, from its offerings. The college also lost three full-time faculty line items and an administrative position.

College of Business Dean Ron Berry said that some faculty members have had to teach winter and May session courses for free in order to off set the cuts.

The College of Education and Human Development’s dean said they’ve made the college more economical. They’ve increased class size in the lower level courses for classes like psychology.

Education and Human Development did restructure their college during the summer, which reduced the number of departments from four to three.

“Despite a reduction in resources, the College of Education and Human Development continues to maintain high standards and quality programs,” said Dean Sandra Lemoine.

The College of Pharmacy has not had to cut any programs and has even been able to add Food Safety Toxicology to its toxicology program despite being funded at just half of the regents’ formula.

The College of Health Sciences has not had to cut any classes. And its accrediting bodies require its professional classes, so it cannot cut any of those classes.