founded in 1888, utah state university is the agricultural college and land grant institution for utah. in 1903, usu was divided into five schools: the school of agriculture, the school of agricultural engineering and mechanical arts, the school of home economics, the school of general science, and the school of commerce. in 1907, the state of utah prohibited usu from providing degrees in teaching and engineering (to prevent competition with the university of utah). in 1923, the university expanded to six academic colleges: agriculture, home economics, agricultural engineering, commerce and business administration, mechanic arts, and general science. in 1924, the institution added a school of education, and restructured the school of general science to include a school of basic arts and sciences.