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Rochester Institute of Technology 1984-85 Institute Calendar • FALL QUARTER • WINTER QUARTER July 9 - August 10 *CCE Mail-in Registration October 22 - Nov. 2 *CCE Mail-in Registration July 9 - August 24 CCE Walk-in Registration October 22 - Nov. 16 CCE Walk-in Registration August 29 - 30 CCE Open Registration November 19 -20 CCE Open Registration September 2 Move-in Day for New Resident November 26 First Day of Classes (CCE) Students November 26 Day College Open Registration September 3-4 Orientation for New Students November 27 First Day of Classes (Day College) September 5 First Day of Classes (CCE) November 27 Non-matriculated Students September 5 Day College Open Registration (Day College Registration) (New Students) December 6 Physical Education Registration September 6 Day College Open Registration December 21 Last Day of Classes Before Break (Returning Students) January 3 Classes Resume September 7 First Day of Classes (Day College) February 1 Last Day to Withdraw with a September 7 Non-matriculated Students Grade of "W" (Day College Registration) February 5 Teaching Effectiveness September 12 Physical Education Registration Conference (No Day College October 26 Last Day to Withdraw with a Classes) Grade of "W" February 19 Last Day of Classes (Day College) November 15 Last Day of Classes (Day College) February 20 - 23 Exam Week November 16, 17, 19, 20 Exam Week February 23 Last Day of Classes (CCE) November 20 Last Day of Classes (CCE) February 24 - March 3 Winter/Spring Break November 21 - 25 Fall/Winter Break • SPRING QUARTER • SUMMER QUARTER January 28 - February 8 *CCE Mail-in Registration April 22 - May 3 *CCE Mail-in Registration January 28 - February 22 CCE Walk-in Registration April 22 - May 17 CCE Walk-in Registration February 26 - 27 CCE Open Registration May 20, 21 CCE Open Registration March 4 First Day of Classes (CCE) May 28 Day College Open Registration March 4 Day College Open Registration May 28 First Day of Classes (CCE) March 5 First Day of Classes (Day College) May 29 First Day of Classes (Day College) March 5 Non-matriculated Students May 29 Non-matriculated Students (Day College Registration) (Day College Registration) March 8 Physical Education Registration June 3 Physical Education Registration April 26 Last Day to Withdraw with a July 4 Holiday (no Classes Grade of "W" July 19 Last Day to Withdraw with a May 13 Last Day of Classes (Day College) Grade of "W" May 14-17 Exam Week August 8 Last Day of Classes (Day College) May 18 Last Day of Classes (CCE) August 9, 10, 12 Exam Week May 18 Commencement August 12 Last Day of Classes (CCE) May 19-27 Spring/Summer Break *CCE - College of Continuing Education Dates of various summer sessions will be announced Published by the Office of the Registrar Contents About this bulletin Calendar (inside front cover) 2 RIT at a Glance The RIT Undergraduate Bulletin does 2 What is RIT? not constitute a contract between the 4 Student Body Institute and its students on either a 4 The Center for Cooperative Education and Career Services collective or individual basis. It 5 Student Contact Standards represents RIT's best academic, social, and financial planning at the Enrollment Information time of publication. Course and 6 Admissions Staff curriculum changes, modifications of 6 Technical and Liberal Studies Option tuition; fees; dormitory, meal, and 7 Veterans other charges; plus unforeseen 7 Costs and Tuition changes in other aspects of RIT life 8 Refund Policies sometimes occur after the bulletin has 9 Aid to Estimating Tuition been printed, but before the changes 10 Financial Aid can be incorporated in a later edition 14 Admissions Procedures of the same publication. Because of 16 Registration and Records this, Rochester Institute of 17 Academic Standards and Regulations Technology does not assume a Student Affairs Division contractual obligation with its 19 Complementary Education students for the contents of this 19 Higher Education Opportunity Program Undergraduate Bulletin. 20 International Student Affairs RIT admits and hires men and 20 Counseling Center women, veterans and disabled individ- 21 Special Services uals of any race, color, national or 21 Student Health Service ethnic origin, or marital status in 22 Student Housing compliance with all appropriate 22 Orientation legislation, including the Age 23 Student Clubs and Organizations Discrimination Act. The compliance 24 Physical Education and Intercollegiate Athletics officer is James Papero. 26 Resources for Community Living General Information and Alumni Undergraduate Study 1984-85 27 Alumni Association Student Academic Development Produced by 27 Learning Development Center RIT Communications Academic Services For more information concerning 29 Instructional Media Services undergraduate study at RIT, or for a 29 Wallace Memorial Library complete list of courses offered, write 29 Information Systems and Computing or phone: Faculty and Program Development 30 Curriculum Planning Rochester Institute of Technology Office of Admissions Undergraduate Programs One Lomb Memorial Drive 30 College of Applied Science and Technology P.O. Box 9887 52 College of Business Rochester, N.Y. 14623 64 College of Continuing Education (716) 475-6631 65 College of Engineering 75 College of Fine and Applied Arts 82 College of Graphic Arts and Photography 102 College of Liberal Arts 112 College of Science 128 National Technical Institute for the Deaf 132 Department of Military Science and Reserve Officers Training Corps Personnel 135 Board of Trustees 137 Endowed Professorships 138 Officers of the Institute 138 Deans 138 Faculty and Staff Campus Map (inside back cover) RIT Official Bulletin Vol. LXXXIV No. 5 August 30,1984 The RIT Official Bulletin (USPS 715-400) is published six times annually by Rochester Institute of Technology, One Lomb Memorial Drive, P.O. Box 9887, Rochester, N.Y., 14623, monthly in March and May and semi-monthly in July and August. Second-class postage paid at Rochester, N.Y. Postmaster Send address changes to Rochester Institute of Technology, One Lomb Memorial Drive, P.O. Box 9887, Rochester, N.Y. 14623. » 2 RIT at a Glance Location Degrees Placement Two campuses: one in the suburbs Associate in Arts (AA), Associate in The Institute makes every effort to and the other, City Center, in Science (AS), Associate in Applied help students find employment, both downtown Rochester. The greater Science (AAS), Bachelor of Fine Arts during school and after graduation. Rochester area has a population of (BFA), Bachelor of Science (BS), The Center for Cooperative Education about 700,000 and offers diverse Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech), and Career Services acts in four cultural, social, and athletic Master of Business Administration principal areas as a liaison between opportunities. (MBA), Master of Engineering (ME), employers and those students seeking Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Master of positions. These areas include: part- Type Science (MS), Master of Science for time jobs, summer work, cooperative Teachers (MST). employment, and permanent Private, coeducational, non-sectarian. employment for senior students and Housing alumni. Orientation Residence halls for over 3,400 Science, technology, the fine and students, with on-campus apartments Accreditation graphic arts, management, selected and townhouses for upperclass The Institute is chartered by the social professions, with strong students. legislature of the State of New York emphasis on professional and accredited by the Commission on competency. Sports Higher Education of the Middle States Size Full intercollegiate sports schedule, as Association of Colleges and Schools. Full-time equivalency enrollment in well as intramural and recreational In addition to institutional fall, 1983, was 10,705 students. programs; facilities include indoor ice accreditation, curricula in some of the rink and pool. colleges are accredited by appropriate Calendar professional accreditation bodies. RIT operates on the quarter plan, each Other cocurricular activities Specific mention of these is included quarter being 11 weeks in duration. Fraternities, sororities, professional in the college descriptions, where Many classes also are available during and honorary societies, special applicable. the summer (see current summer interest clubs, service organizations. sessions bulletin). Alumni More than 45,000 in all 50 states and worldwide. What Is RIT? With a history of more than 150 years, Many of the programs are co-op, a The percentage of women also is Rochester Institute of Technology is a formal program of campus study increasing: today about a third of the privately endowed, co-educational, augmented by work off campus in the Institute's students are female. non-sectarian major institute of higher student's chosen field. Pioneered by An increasing number of RIT alumni education. Its principal task is RIT in New York State, the are entering graduate schools, but an preparing students for technological cooperative educational concept RIT education helps many graduates and managerial competence in a enhances the Institute's "learn by move directly into professional world of change. doing" philosophy. During the past occupations. RIT is composed of nine colleges: academic year, over 2,000 students in RIT continues to place basic Applied Science and Technology, business, engineering, science, emphasis upon teaching and research Business, Continuing Education, engineering technology, printing and as the essential responsibilities of the Engineering, Fine and Applied Arts,