Unit Publications
The Unit Publications series includes brochures, bulletins, calendars of events, directories, histories, manuals, newsletters, planning documents, programs, proposals and reports.
Academic degree program requirements are defined in what is called the university "bulletin" or general catalog. For example, program requirements outline how many credits and what subjects a student needs to complete in order to receive a degree in an academic program within a specific school or college. At theUniversity of Michigan, the degree program requirements are positioned as a contract between the university and the student with regard to the definition and program requirements. Bulletins are arranged chronologically by academic year from 1881 to the present. There is a complete run of college bulletins available via print and digitized copies. As of academic year 2018, print copies of the Bulletin have been discontinued. The online version is available at http://bulletin.engin.umich.edu.
This series also includes calendars titled The Week Ahead, The Two Weeks Ahead and This Month Ahead, which describe day-to-day activities of the college from 1967 to 1999. The College of Engineering published the directories Photographic Roster of the Engineering Faculty from 1969 to 1983 and the Faculty Directory from 1985 to 2001. Earlier faculty pictorial directories dating from 1960 to 1969 will be found under the "Industry Program" in the Sub-Unit Publications. There are several histories in the Unit Publications series, including the centennial history titled A Century of Engineering Education published in 1953, and an undated History--College of Engineering Buildings. There are several manuals which describe the community, university, and the College of Engineering in detail for incoming students. These include The Arch which was published in 1940 and What Every Engineer Should Know...Or...The Facts of Life (At Michigan), issued in 1949. To orientate its students the College of Engineering published The U-M Survival Guide to the Engineering Universe in 1991, and from 1995 to 1997 and 2004 to 2008, The First-Year Students' Handbook.
There are several newsletters published by the college, including News, issued from 1981 to 1982, News from the College of Engineering published from 1982 to 1983, and The Michigan Engineer which was first released in 1984 and continues to the present. What's New in the College of Engineering was printed from 1992 to 1993. The Unit Publications series also includes planning documents describing the vision for the future of the college, programs for various events occurring at the college, proposals to various government agencies requesting support, and reports on improving engineering education and space utilization.