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The University of Vermont CATALOGUE 1984-85 The Contents Academic Calendar 1 Introduction 3 Admission to the University . 7 Student Expenses and Financial Aid 13 Student Life 19 General Information 27 Academic Options 37 The College of Agriculture 43 The College of Arts and Sciences 55 The College of Education and Social Services 69 The Division of Engineering, Mathematics, and Business Administration 79 The Division of Health Sciences -91 The School of Natural Resources 99 Courses of Instruction 105 Trustees, Faculty, Administration 179 Index 211 Correspondence 215 The University of Vermont reserves the right to make changes in the course offerings, degree requirements, charges, and regulations, and procedures contained herein as educational and financial considerations require, subject to and consistent with established procedures and authorizations for making such changes. Although its legal title is The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, the University is known to its students and alumni as UVM. This popular abbreviation is derived from the Latin Universitas Viridis Montis, University of the Green Mountains. The colors of the University are green and gold. The mascot is the catamount. POLICY STATEMENT ON NON-DISCRIMINATION It is the policy of the University of Vermont to provide equal opportunity in admissions, programs, and activities in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975. As such, all University sponsored programs and activities, except where limitations or restrictions are legally permissible, shall be open to all students without regard to race, sex, handicap, color, religion, age, or national origin. In addition, it is the policy of the University that any and all forms of sexual harassment are unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Inquiries regarding compliance with the foregoing, or the affirmative action policies of the University, should be directed to: The Assistant Vice President for Human Resource Development. The University has an on-going program to provide accessible facilities and to respond to special needs of disabled persons. Questions should be referred to the Office of Architectural Barrier Control. In addition, students with physical or learning disabilities may contact the Office of Specialized Student Services in the Counseling and Testing Center. 17, a Academic Calendar FALL 1984 Registration August 27 Monday Classes begin August 28 Tuesday Labor Day holiday September 3 Monday Fall recess October 12 Friday Preregistration November 14-16 Wednesday-Friday Thanksgiving recess November 21-23 Wednesday-Friday Classes end December 10 Monday Exams begin December 13 Thursday Exams end December 18 Tuesday SPRING 1985 Registration January 15 Tuesday Classes begin January 16 Wednesday Martin Luther King holiday January 21 Monday Washington's Birthday holiday February 18 Monday Town Meeting recess March 5 Tuesday Spring recess March 18-22 Monday-Friday Preregistration April 17-19 Wednesday-Friday Honors Day April 22 Monday (no classes after 3 p.m.) Classes end May 3 Friday Exams begin May 7 Tuesday Exams end May 11 Saturday Commencement May 18 Saturday For informational purposes, the major Jewish holidays which occur during the academic year are listed below. Classes will meet as scheduled. Rosh Hashanah (New Year) September 27-28 Th ursday-Friday Yom Kippur (Atonement) October 6 Saturday Succot (Tabernacles, Beginning) October 11-12 Thursday-Friday Sh'mini Atzeret (Tabernacles, Concluding) October 18 Thursday Simchat Torah October 19 Friday Pesach (Passover) April 6-7 Saturday-Sunday Pesach, Concluding April 12-13 Friday-Saturday aftttKiahti1* xmmmm* «IM4 -t,J ««ttAXIKfl it » ,: : MM / is it. t j m:mmmzznm » -.aaal'? x . ? •• •- a*/; -JiT* To •• i ,'i ,** :».V -v* * VP? ' « Introduction hartered in 1791, the same year that Vermont became From the beginning, the University has relied on both Cthe fourteenth state in the union, the University of public and private funding. Today, the University's appro Vermont was established as the fifth college in New priation from the State of Vermont is about 16 percent of England. Much of the initial funding and planning for the the total operating budget of $128 million. The largest University was undertaken by Ira Allen who is honored as single share (about 33 percent) is obtained from student tui UVM's founder. tion. Grants and contracts account for about 20 percent of the budget and the remainder comes from alumni and other The University of Vermont was the first college or universi private philanthropy, endowment, sales, services, and aux ty in the country to have it plainly declared in its charter iliary enterprises. that the "rules, regulations, and by-laws shall not tend to give preference to any religious sect or denomination what During 1983-84, 7,724 students were enrolled in the eight soever" — a clear assertion of Vermont's commitment to undergraduate colleges and schools — the Colleges of Agri equality and enlightment. culture, Arts and Sciences, Education and Social Services, Nine more years passed before, in 1800, the University was and Engineering and Mathematics, and the Schools of finally set in motion with a president-professor and a hand Allied Health Sciences, Business Administration, Natural ful of students. Resources, and Nursing — and 1,054 were enrolled in the Graduate College and 370 in the College of Medicine. UVM was founded in a day when U.S. colleges and univer sities existed primarily to educate men for the professions, The campus of the University of Vermont is located in Bur expecially for the ministry. Yet, in studying University lington, the State's largest city. Within a greater Burlington history, Professor Emeritus Betty Bandel discovered that area of 100,000 people, the city with its population of "this small institution located in a frontier community of 38,000 enjoys magnificent views of Lake Champlain and New England became a pioneer in the kind of practical edu the Adirondack Mountains to the west and Vermont's cation which later became the basis for the establishment of Green Mountains to the east. Burlington is located approx the Land Grant universities — those institutions which imately 200 miles northwest of Boston, 300 miles north of made it possible for the sons and daughters of average New York City, and 100 miles south of Montreal. citizens to aspire to a college education." For example, she noted that the University is believed to be the first non- THE UNIVERSITY MISSION military institution to have offered engineering courses. Combining the heritage of a private university with that of The University pioneered in yet another area of society, a land-grant institution, the University of Vermont and that of giving women equal status with men in higher edu State Agricultural College embraces a broad range of in cation. In 1871, the University defied custom and admitted structional and research programs in the liberal disciplines two women as students and four years later was the first in and in the professions, and, as well, focuses a significant stitution in the country to admit women to full membership portion of its resources on serving the practical concerns of in the scholarly society, Phi Beta Kappa. the citizens of the state. The blend of these characteristics is Tucked in the northwest corner of the Ira Allen Chapel reflected in the student body, drawn from Vermont and grounds is a memorial to a late nineteenth century graduate throughout the nation. The University is at once a local and of this University, philosopher John Dewey, whose ideas a national resource and, because of its moderate size, is ac about practical education are still debated with passionate curately characterized as a comprehensive university with vigor. the teaching environment of a college. The first building was subscribed by citizens of Burlington The University of Vermont is dedicated to the advance and when fire destroyed that edifice in 1824, its successor, ment, transmission, and application of knowledge through for which General Lafayette laid the cornerstone, was again teaching, research and scholarly pursuits, and public ser made possible by the citizens of Burlington. That building, vice. Its faculty and students participate in enhancing the the Old Mill, was only the first in a long line to be made understanding of self and of environment. Exposed to the possible by private philanthropy. The list includes all but range of human achievement, stimulated by a spirit of in one of the buildings on University Row: Ira Allen Chapel, quiry and intellectual rigor, faculty and students are Billings, Williams, Old Mill, and the Royall Tyler Theatre. enabled to develop and extend their knowledge. Morrill Hall, the first UVM building to be provided by The curricula of the undergraduate, graduate, and profes State funding, did not come until 1907. sional programs provide a balance between response to Nearly all state universities function as departments of changing societal needs and the preservation and enhance government, and the faculty and staff are state employees. ment of the foundations of liberal education. The Universi In Vermont, the University is an "instrumentality" of the ty offers a rich environment for research, scholarship, and State and its Board of Trustees balances both the public and creative work in many realms of human inquiry, sharing private sectors. The Board is composed of 25 members: the excitement and fruits of investigation and creation with nine self-perpetuating, nine elected by the State Legislature, students and society. Through a variety of research, exten three appointed by the Governor, and two members of the sion, continuing education, and other programs, the Uni student body. The President of the University and the Gov versity provides assistance, in its special partnership with ernor of the State serve as ex officio members of the Board.