in 1907, an agreement was struck to instead limit the curricula of the agricultural college strictly to agriculture, domestic science, and mechanic arts. this meant closing all departments in logan, including the already-impressive music department, which did not fall under that umbrella. consequently, the university of utah became solely responsible, for a time, for courses in engineering, law, medicine, fine arts, and pedagogy, despite the agricultural college's initial charter in 1888 which mandated that it offer instruction in such things. the bulk of the curricular restrictions were lifted during the next two decades, with the exception of law and medicine, which have since remained the sole property of the university of utah.