 In 2004, UCF's Board of Trustees voted to give UCF's School of Optics and Photonics full college status, making it the first college dedicated specifically to optics and photonics at a public university in the United States.Until 2013, it was the only college at UCF that did not offer an undergraduate program, offering only Masters and Doctoral degrees in Optics.In March 2013, the Board of Trustees approved the Bachelor of Science in Photonic Science and Engineering.