Established in 2007 from the merger of Rutgers' undergraduate liberal arts colleges and the non-student college known as the "Faculty of Arts and Sciences," the School of Arts and Sciences was implemented to centralize and consolidate undergraduate education at the university, focusing on providing one set of admissions and graduation requirements and imposing a universal core curriculum.
Cook College was renamed the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences at the time of the 2007 merger.
Students now enrolling may major only in the environmental and biological fields unique to the college.
In this respect, one facet of the former Cook College was absorbed into the School of Arts and Sciences.
Students of Livingston, Douglass, and Cook colleges generally used residence and dining halls on their respective campus (Livingston [formerly "Kilmer"], Douglass, or Cook Campus).