Graduate School-- New Brunswick Ca t a l o g 20 0 3 --20 0 5 Contents Academic Calendars 2 About the University 3 Graduate Study at the University 4 Other Graduate Study at the University 5 Degree Programs Available 6 Admission 8 Tuition and Fees 9 Financial Aid 11 Student Services 15 Academic Policies and Procedures 22 Degree Requirements 34 Programs, Faculty, and Courses 40 Research Centers, Bureaus, an d Institutes 215 Administration 221 Governance of the University 222 Divisions of the University 223 Index 228 Important Notice Please note that only the printed version of this catalog is the official document of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. While Rutgers offers its catalogs on the Internet as a convenience, the university’s online catalogs are unofficial, as is academic information offered at other Rutgers web sites. The university reserves the right for any reason to cancel or modify any course or program listed herein. In addition, individual course offerings and programs may vary from year to year as circumstances dictate. 1 Academic Calendars Dates are subject to change. 2003–2004 2004–2005 September September 2 Tuesday Fall term begins. 1 Wednesday Fall term begins. November 6 Monday Labor Day—No classes. 25 Tuesday Thursday classes meet. November 26 Wednesday Friday classes meet. 24 Wednesday No classes. 27 Thursday Thanksgiving recess begins. 25 Thursday Thanksgiving recess begins. 30 Sunday Thanksgiving recess ends. 28 Sunday Thanksgiving recess ends. December December 10 Wednesday Regular classes end. 13 Monday Regular classes end. 11 Thursday Reading period. 14 Tuesday Reading period. 12 Friday Reading period. 15 Wednesday Reading period. 15 Monday Fall exams begin. 16 Thursday Fall exams begin. 22 Monday Fall exams end. 23 Thursday Fall exams end. 23 Tuesday Winter recess begins. 24 Friday Winter recess begins. January January 19 Monday Winter recess ends. 17 Monday Winter recess ends. 20 Tuesday Spring term begins. 18 Tuesday Spring term begins. March March 14 Sunday Spring recess begins. 13 Sunday Spring recess begins. 21 Sunday Spring recess ends. 20 Sunday Spring recess ends. May May 3 Monday Regular classes end. 2 Monday Regular classes end. 4 Tuesday Reading period. 3 Tuesday Reading period. 5 Wednesday Reading period. 4 Wednesday Reading period. 6 Thursday Spring exams begin. 5 Thursday Spring exams begin. 12 Wednesday Spring exams end. 11 Wednesday Spring exams end. 20 Thursday University commencement. 19 Thursday University commencement. 2 Graduate School–Camden serve their respective campuses. About the University In addition, the university has established professional schools in applied and professional psychology; communi- cation, information, and library studies; criminal justice; the fine arts; management; and social work. Several of these schools offer undergraduate programs as well. In 1969, the university founded Livingston College to provide under- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, with more graduate degrees to a diverse community of students. than 50,000 students on campuses in Camden, Newark, and Today, Rutgers continues to grow, both in its facilities New Brunswick, is one of the nation’s major state university and in the variety and depth of its educational and research systems. The university comprises 29 degree-granting programs. The university’s goals for the future include the divisions: 12 undergraduate colleges, 11 graduate schools, continued provision of the highest quality undergraduate and 6 schools offering both undergraduate and graduate and graduate education along with increased support for de g r ees. Five are located in Camden, 8 in Newark, and outstanding research to meet the needs of society and to 16 in New Brun s w i c k . fulfill Rutgers’ role as the state university of New Jersey. Rutgers has a unique history as a colonial college, a land- grant institution, and a state university. Chartered in 1766 Institutional and Specialized Accreditation as Queen’s College, it was the eighth institution of higher Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is accredited learning to be founded in the colonies. The school opened by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle its doors in New Brunswick in 1771 with one instructor, States Association of Colleges and Schools, 3624 Market one sophomore, and a handful of first-year students. Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2680 (215/662-5606, During this early period, the college developed as a classi- http://www.msache.org/). The Commission on Higher cal liberal arts institution. In 1825, the name of the college Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges was changed to Rutgers to honor a former trustee and and Schools is an institutional accrediting agency recog- Revolutionary War veteran, Colonel Henry Rutgers. nized by the U.S. secretary of education and the Council Rutgers College became the land-grant college of New for Higher Education Accreditation. That accreditation Jersey in 1864, resulting in the establishment of the Rutgers was renewed and endorsed in 1998. Documents describing Scientific School with departments of agriculture, engineer- the institution’s accreditation may be downloaded from ing, and chemistry. Further expansion in the sciences came the university’s web site at http://oirap.rutgers.edu/reports/ with the founding of the New Jersey Agricultural MSA/index.html. They may be reviewed during regular Experiment Station in 1880, the College of Engineering in office hours by contacting the Office of Institutional 1914 (now the School of Engineering), and the College of Research and Academic Planning, Rutgers, The State Agriculture (now Cook College) in 1921. The precursors to University of New Jersey, 85 Somerset Street, New several other Rutgers divisions also date from this period: Brunswick, NJ 08901-1281 (732/932-7956). the College of Pharmacy in 1892 (now the Ernest Mario Certain undergraduate programs on the Camden, School of Pharmacy), the New Jersey College for Women Newark, and New Brunswick campuses of Rutgers are (now Douglass College) in 1918, and the School of subject to specialized accreditation. For further information Education (now a graduate school) in 1924. about specialized accreditation, including the names of Rutgers College became a university in 1924. The legisla- associations that accredit university programs, contact the ture passed laws in 1945 and 1956 designating all divisions Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning. of Rutgers as the state university of New Jersey. During these years, the university expanded dramatically. An Licensure evening division, University College, opened in 1934. The University of Newark joined the system in 1946, and the Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is licensed by College of South Jersey at Camden was added in 1950. the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education. For Since the 1950s, Rutgers has continued to expand, more information, contact its Office of Academic Affairs at especially in graduate education. The Graduate School– 609/292-2955. New Brunswick, the Graduate School–Newark, and the 3 The traditional goal of undergraduate instruction is a lib- eral education in the arts and sciences, while the traditional Graduate Study goal of graduate instruction is an education that fosters cre- ative research, criticism, and scholarship in a particular dis- at the University cipline. The two goals are complementary. Most members of the graduate faculty at the university teach both gradu- ate and undergraduate courses and are as concerned with general education as with specialization. They know that a university is supposed to be an organization of men and women dedicated to bringing about advances in human GR A D U A TE SCHOOL– knowledge. The measure of a university’s success is the degree to which its faculty and students are able to enrich NEW BRUNSWICK the life of human societies. The size of the graduate community stems from the large Graduate instruction at the university began in 1876 with number of departmental and interdepartmental programs courses at Rutgers College, which conferred its first doctor offered. Yet, actual enrollment is limited. Thus, the school of philosophy degree in 1884. The college issued detailed can provide small classes and seminars in most degree pro- regulations governing graduate degrees in 1912 and set up grams, which permits close association between students a separate graduate faculty in 1932. The Graduate and faculty members and encourages independent study. School–New Brunswick was established in 1952. The The graduate school stresses flexible programs to meet expansion of graduate programs on the Newark and diverse student needs. Students and faculty members are Camden campuses led to the formation of the Graduate engaged in the common pursuit of learning, and the School–Newark in 1974 and the Graduate School–Camden Graduate School–New Brunswick encourages their in 1981. joint exploration without imposing rigid, mechanical Seventeen units grant graduate degrees at the university. requirements. In addition to the three graduate schools mentioned above, Graduate students who earn their degrees at the univer- there are schools offering graduate professional degrees in sity leave with a rigorous grounding in their disciplines the arts; business; criminal justice; education; law; commu- and possess markedly broader intellectual experience and nication, information, and library studies; management agility than they had when they began their studies. They