Lyman Briggs College works closely with other MSU departments, divisions, and colleges to offer a variety of academic and co-curricular programs.

Some of our closest partners include the other residential colleges, James Madison College (JMC) and the Residential College in Arts and Humanities (RCAH), and MSU's Honors College. Our joint ventures include specializations, cross-listed courses, student competitions such as the Briggs-Madison Olympics and the annual Canoe Race, and student-faculty gatherings like the Fireside Chats.

Briggs also collaborates regularly with MSU's Division of Residential and Hospitality Services and MSU's Department of Resident Life to establish creative living-learning spaces and supportive programs for the student residents of Holmes Hall.

Briggs offers coordinate majors in partnership with many departments in colleges across campus; these enable students to obtain their scientific foundation and their HPS curriculum within Briggs, while pursuing more specialized courses in the coordinate department. Current partners include (links below will open into a new window ):

Animal Science
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Biomedical Laboratory Diagnostics
Chemistry
Computer Science and Engineering
Entomology
Fisheries and Wildlife
Food Science and Human Nutrition
Geological Sciences
Mathematics
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Physics and Astronomy
Physiology
Plant Biology
Statistics
Zoology

Most Lyman Briggs College faculty have their majority appointment within LBC and a minority appointment (typically 25%) in the department of their academic discipline. These joint appointments facilitate research and collaboration, and enable faculty to be active teacher-scholars working at the forefront of their fields. Current partners include (links below will open into a new window ):

Chemistry
Entomology
Fisheries and Wildlife
History
Mathematics
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Philosophy
Physics and Astronomy
Physiology
Science and Mathematics Education
Sociology
Statistics