- The Center for Jewish Studies was established and in 1987 was approved by the Board of Regents to offer degrees. The center provides an undergraduate, interdepartmental curriculum, which serves as a basis for understandingthe broad spectrum of Jewish culture, religion, and civilization.
- The Center for Studies in Criminology and Law was established as a joint venture between sociology, psychology and political science. The center actually began this year as a criminal justice program, evolved by 1983 into the Institute for Studies in Criminology and Law, and was named the Center for Studies in Criminology and Law in 1985. The center, which is now part of the Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law, offers an interdisciplinary BA in criminology and law and gaduate degrees.