1948-1949 Undergraduate Catalogue
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Correspondence ADMISSIONS: For all matters pertaining to the admission of under graduate students, including requisitions for the catalogue, and informa tion concerning rooms, tuitions, and scholarships Director of Admissions Adult Education Director of Adult Education College of Medicine Dean, College of Medicine Foreign Study Program Director of Admissions Graduate Division Director of Graduate Study Summer Session Director of the Summer Session TRANSCRIPTS OF RECORDS Office of the Registrar EMPLOYMENT OF SENIORS AND ALUMNI Director of Placement MATTERS OF ALUMNI INTEREST Alumni Secretary MATTERS OF GENERAL UNIVERSITY INTEREST The President Bulletin of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College VOLUME XLVI— MARCH, 1949—-NUMBER 3 Published by the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, Burlington, Vermont, four times a year; in January, February, March, and October, and entered as second-class matter June 24, 1932 at the post office at Burlington, Vermont, under the Act of Congress of August 24, 1921 BULLETIN of the UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT and STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE §121» 17St THE CATALOGUE - 1 9 48 - 1 949 ANNOUNCEMENTS - 1 949 -1 9 50 BURLINGTON VERMONT U V M * J The University is located at Burlington, Vermont, overlooking an at tractive tree-shaded city situated on the shores of Lake Champlain. 5 Burlington, the largest city in the state with a population of 30,000, is 100 miles from Montreal, 240 miles from Boston, and 280 miles from New York City. The city enjoys fast daily plane service to these urban points in addition to regular railroad and bus service. 5 Chartered in 1791, the University is the eighteenth oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first institution founded by state legislative action to offer instruction at the university level. J Within the six divisions of the University, instruction is offered in fifty-two different curricula, of which thirty-seven are professional and fifteen non-professional. J The University is fully accredited by the following accrediting agencies and learned societies: The Association of American Universities The New England Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools The Association of American Colleges The Association of Colleges of Teacher Training The American Medical Association The American Society for Engineering Education The American Chemical Society 5 Currently enrolled are 3,189 students, of whom 1,939 are residents of Vermont; the remainder represents 27 states and 9 foreign countries. UVM, the popular method of referring to the University, is derived from the Latin — Vmversitas Viridis Montis. 2 UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Educational Opportunities The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College aims to provide for qualified young men and women the opportunity to acquire an understanding and appreciation of the main fields of human knowledge, to develop those qualities of mind and character which will enable them to assume responsible leadership among their fellow men, and to lay the foundations for successful careers. In the process of achieving these aims, the University believes that a student will grow in self-mastery and personal depth, will learn to reason logically, and will develop open-mindedness and tolerance toward the opinion of others. The instructional activities of the University are organized under four colleges—Agriculture, Arts, Medicine, and Technology; the School of Education and Nursing; and the Graduate Council. "Within these six instructional divisions, students may select from a wide variety of cur ricula. THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES The College of Arts and Sciences provides a general liberal four-year curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with opportunity for concentration in one or more of the following departments: Botany, Chemistry, Economics, English, Geology, German, Greek, History, Latin, Mathematics, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Romance Languages (French and Spanish), and Zoology. It also offers a four-year professional curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology. All pre-professional requirements for admission to colleges of medicine, dentistry, law, and theology may be met in the College' of Arts and Sci ences by a proper selection of electives. Those who have completed three years of pre-medical study at the University are awarded the degree of Bachelor of Science after successfully completing one year of study in an approved college of medicine. 3 4 Educational Opportunities THE COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY The College of Technology offers four-year curricula leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineer ing, or Mechanical Engineering. Certain departments of this college also offer specialized four-year curricula leading to the professional degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemistry or the Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Economics (Business Administration). Options in Commerce and Economics during the junior and senior years are: Accounting, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Business Ad ministration, Industrial Management, Marketing and Merchandising, Per sonnel Management, and Secretarial Studies. THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE The College of Agriculture offers a four-year curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, which includes both general and specialized training. The fields of specialization are Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Education, Agronomy, Botany, Dairy Manufac turing, Dairy Production, Horticulture, and Poultry Husbandry. There is also offered in co-operation with the College of Technology a four-year curriculum in Agricultural Engineering which leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering. A two-year program of courses is offered to prepare students for admission to professional train ing in veterinary science and forestry at other institutions. The College of Agriculture also offers a four-year curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, with specializa tion in one of the following fields: Food and Nutrition; Clothing, Tex tiles, and Related Arts; Home Economics Education; and General Home Economics. THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND NURSING The School of Education and Nursing offers four-year curricula lead ing to the following degrees: in Elementary, Junior High, Secondary, and Industrial Education, the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education; in Business Education, the degree of Bachelor of Science in Business Educa tion; and in Music Education, the degree of Bachelor of Science in Music Education. This School also offers a five-year curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and a three-year curriculum for graduate nurses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education. History 5 THE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE The College of Medicine offers a four-year curriculum leading to the degree of Doctor of Medicine. THE GRADUATE COUNCIL Under the supervision of the Graduate Council, instruction is given leading to the degrees of Master of Arts, Science, or Education. The student may elect to work for his appropriate degree in virtually any department of the University. History The University owes its foundation to Ira Allen, who gave four thou sand pounds to help establish a university in Burlington. He had aided more than any other one man in forming the State and in preserving its integrity through the troubled years preceding its admission to the Union. In 1791 the first General Assembly of the new State granted the charter for the University. Instruction was begun by the first president, Daniel C. Sanders, in 1800 and four years later the first class was graduated. In 1872 women were first admitted. The Hon. Justin S. Morrill, Representative and later Senator from Ver mont, sponsored the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862, which provided for colleges to teach Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. Under this act the Legislature chartered the Vermont Agricultural College in 1864, then the two corporations were joined by mutual agreement in a new corporation, the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. Four-year courses in Agriculture and in Home Economics were offered and later the Experiment Station and Extension Service were established by the Legislature. Courses in Civil Engineering were first given in 1829, then four-year curricula in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical Engineering fol lowed. The study of Medicine began with the appointment in 1804 of a lec turer in Chirurgery and Anatomy, and a full course of Medical Lectures was offered in 1822 by the cooperation of an association of doctors and the University. From this developed the Medical College, which was finally taken completely into the University in 1908. Since 1920, women have been admitted to this college. 6 The Campus Since 1944, the University has offered pre-clinical classroom instruc tion for the nursing students of most Vermont hospitals. In 1946, the University was re-organized into its present divisions. Some of the most recently added curricula include Nursing, Business Administration, Agricultural Engineering, Industrial Education, and Busi ness Education. In the summer of 1948, the University sponsored its first foreign study program. Under this program, known as The Marshall Plan in Action Course, a group of 300 students and seven faculty members from many American colleges