2002-2003 University Year

AMPA T THE UNIVERSITY OF CATALOG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 002 20 003 20 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 VOL. XVIII THE UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA CATALOG 2002 2003 ~ PAID Tampa, FL Tampa, U.S. Postage Permit No. 27 Bound Printed Matter Office of Admissions (888) MINARET Kennedy Blvd. 401 W. FL 33606-1490 Tampa, [email protected] www.ut.edu he University of Tampa is a medium-sized, comprehensive, private university with pres- T tige and international recognition growing even faster than its rapidly burgeoning campus. Celebrated scholars, teachers and authors from around the globe, 95% with doctoral degrees, fill its distinguished faculty. Their aim is to educate the University’s students, who come from every state and more than 86 nations worldwide, with a challenging curriculum that facilitates the University’s initiative to fully prepare students for the demands of the 21st century. A University for Today and Tomorrow That aim is accomplished with high-quality educational experiences based in theory and practice, factors that helped UT leap into a top-tier ranking in America’s Best Colleges 2002, published by U.S. News and World Report. Classes are small: The student-to-professor ratio is 17:1, helping to indi- vidualize each student’s experience. In an innova- tive first-year program, students explore global issues and cultures, examine career possibilities, and refine their critical thinking and communica- tion skills. The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and John H. Sykes College of Business together offer more than 60 fields of undergradu- ate study and pre-professional programs in a core curriculum based in the liberal arts tradition. Evening College and master’s degree programs in business and nursing exemplify the University’s commitment to the community. For qualifying students, the Honors Program offers expanded opportunities for instruction, internships and study abroad. i The University of Tampa is accredited by the Southern Learning by Thinking, Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate, Learning by Doing baccalaureate and master’s degrees. The University’s Classroom learning is comple- music program is accredited mented by internships and by the National Association student research opportunities of Schools of Music. The that create learning partner- Bachelor of Science in ships with faculty and the Nursing completion program Tampa Bay community, not and the Master of Science in only balancing learning by Nursing program are thinking with learning by accredited by the National doing, but helping UT League for Nursing. students become responsible, Additionally, UT is accredit- informed and productive ed for teacher education by citizens. Leadership oppor- the Florida State Board of tunities abound in an atmos- Education, and the John H. phere of individual discovery Sykes College of Business is and development fostered by accredited by AACSB the University’s active campus International—the life, including Greek life, more than 100 student clubs and Association to Advance organizations, and service learning opportunities. Collegiate Schools of Professionals in the Academic Center for Excellence (ACE), Business. The Florida State the Saunders Writing Center, and the Academic Advising Approving Agency for and Career Services offices help students stay on track Veterans’ Training academically. International experience is a celebrated focus recognizes the University of campus life and study. for veterans’ educational A United Nations simulation and Study Abroad are just two benefits. UT also is an of the hands-on programs at UT that help make the associate member of the University a microcosm of the world European Council of around it, and help students emerge International Schools with a comprehensive world view. (ECIS), a European accrediting association. The Henry B. Plant Museum also boasts full accreditation, having been awarded the highest honor available in the museum field: Accreditation by the American Assoc- iation of Museums (AAM) is accorded fewer than 10% of all museums nationwide. ii ACCREDITATION 00 g, Our History , Henry B. Plant’s luxury hotel—now a registered national historic site housing Plant Hall and the H. B. Plant Museum— $3 million) hosted guests with prestige to stands tall and imposing in its original match their surroundings: Teddy Roosevelt grandeur, a railroad magnate’s 19th-century and his Rough Riders, Babe Ruth, Stephen o vision of a palatial oasis nestled in the man- Crane, Clara Barton, Sarah Bernhart, Mrs. grove swamps of central Florida. Standing Ulysses S. Grant and The Queen of amid the 20th-century designs of nationally England, among others. Ruth signed his prominent architects, The University of first baseball contract in the grand dining Tampa’s flagship building links past and room. present. But the passage of years eventually saw When the Tampa Bay Hotel opened in the hotel’s demise. The fate of the grand February 1891, its 511 rooms rivaled any structure was uncertain until Frederic other winter resort for opulence and com- H. Spaulding, a former principal of fort. Its appearance was celebrated, as well: Hillsborough High School, pushed for five stories of brick topped with Moorish separate quarters for the college he had minarets forming a mini-skyline that, ironi- helped found. Tampa Junior College cally, more than a century later is a symbol opened in 1931, holding classes at night at of modern Tampa, as well as being Tampa Hillsborough High. Spaulding secured the Bay’s symbol of educational excellence. old hotel as the place for his college, and Plant’s grand hotel (built beginning in with the move came the decision to expand 1888 at a then-extravagant cost of the institution’s scope. iii On August 2,1933, the move An Old Hotel was made. It was modest in material, but undeniably significant in history. A couple of Becomes letter files, a reconditioned typewriter, a stack A New of student records, some stationery and office supplies rode with Spaulding in a battered old University pickup truck to the old hotel. When they arrived, they and their destination became a single new entity: The University of Tampa. It is difficult to imagine now that Plant Hall once housed the University in its entirety. Administration, classrooms, dining hall, library and student living quarters all fit into the old resort with room to spare. Fall 1933 enrollment was 262. While that first fledgling student body numbered fewer than 300, fall 2002 enrollment will exceed 4,000. In fact, the University has set a new enrollment record each of the past eight years. The campus today reflects that growth, with more than 45 buildings. The Campus A Modern Microcosm On its campus as in its academics, history gives And Beyond rise to the future at The University of Tampa. A microcosm of a growing, modernizing world, the University’s 90-acre landscape is dramatically trans- formed from only a few years ago. Towering state-of-the-art residence halls are opening almost year-by-year: Crescent Place in 1998, Brevard Hall iv in 2000, and the Vaughn Center and building projects. All this and more on a Residence Hall in 2001. With the latter, campus named best-looking in the state by life at the University was re-centered and Florida Leader magazine. redefined. Overlooking the scenic Hillsborough River, The new Vaughn Center is the hub of cam- the campus is just across the river from down- pus activity, housing student government, town. Plant Park, with its “Sticks of Fire” the Moroccan yearbook, the Minaret student sculpture by O. V. Shaffer and statue of newspaper, the Residence Life and Student President John F. Kennedy near where he Activities offices, along with commuter addressed a crowd only days before his lounges, meeting rooms, a cafeteria, and assassination, lies along the river. Greek Life and Student Government offices. Immediately west of the river is Plant Hall. It also contains the campus store operated by A registered national historic site Barnes and Noble. Clothing, greeting cards, since 1977, Plant Hall convenience items, now contains the University’s school supplies, film and administrative offices, as well as film processing, class rings, faculty offices, classrooms, laboratories a UPS service and dry cleaning and UT’s beautiful Fletcher Lounge, are available here, in addition Music Room and East Verandah. In the to new and used textbooks basement of Plant Hall is the Rathskellar, and general-interest reading materials. a meeting and dining place for students, The building is topped by 33,000 square alumni, faculty and fountain, snack feet of ninth-floor banquet and seminar counter, short-order grill and Starbuck’s space with a spectacular view of the coffee are featured here, along with a big- campus, and beyond it, downtown Tampa screen TV, pool tables and video games. to the east, neighborhoods to the north A Place for Study, and west, and sparkling Tampa Bay to the south. Thought, Reflection A fourth new residence hall, Stadium Place, The Macdonald-Kelce Library, with more will open in fall 2003. Now, an amazing than 250,000 bound volumes and some 75% of all UT student housing is brand 1,600 periodicals, is well equipped to meet new or built within the past five years. the diversified needs of college students. The boom is part of a new campus plan The library is a repository for United States that includes more than $110 million in and state government publications. Its v special collections include old and rare books, first editions, autographed editions, materials on Florida and the Southeast, an outstanding Florida Military Collection and the University archives. Among recent additions to the facility is UTOPIA, a Windows-based on-line catalog with Internet access.

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