Question

Universities are typically organized by departments or colleges such as business, biology, engineering, political science, and so on. Is this an appropriate structure? What aspects of the environment support this structure? Are there any aspects of the internal or external environment that currently or in the near future push for changes in university structures?

Answer 1

The University creates many departments for different fields of study. This structure has been institutionalized since primitivity to enable group of people with same academic interest, and Long & short term career goals share ideas, knowledge and learn together in same environment. This structure is ideal and supportive and allows for complete focus on one's area of interest. However, this structure is currently being modified and may entirely change in the nearest future as there have being increasing overlaps between courses of different field. Multidisciplinary departments have come in handy with research that help in preserving humanity just as Biology is overlapping with different fields of study to find cure for the ravaging Covid-19.