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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 1 GENERAL CATALOG 2000-2002 UNDERGRADUATE STUDY UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION University Administration Richard L. McCormick, President Lee L. Huntsman, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Weldon E. Ihrig, Executive Vice President Myron Apilado, Vice President for Minority Affairs Lynn K. Hogan, Interim Vice President for Development Paul G. Ramsey, Vice President for Medical Affairs Ronald A. Johnson, Vice President for Computing & Communications Ernest R. Morris, Vice President for Student Affairs David B. Thorud, Acting Vice President for University Relations Wilbur W. Washburn, Executive Director, Admissions and Records Board of Regents Jeffrey H. Brotman Ark G. Chin Mari J. Clack Daniel J. Evans William H. Gates Gerald Grinstein Christopher S. Knaus Constance L. Proctor Michele (Shelly) Yapp Cindy Zehnder Jennefer L. Penfold, Secretary V’Ella Warren, Treasurer This publication is available in alternate formats upon request. Contact the Office of Admissions (206) 543-9686. 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON www.washington.edu/home/about.html THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON 3 Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is the oldest state-assisted institution of higher education on the Pacific coast. From its original site on a 10-acre tract of wooded wilderness that is now located in downtown Seattle, the campus has grown to comprise 703 acres of trees, landscape, and buildings. Located between the shores of Lake Washington and Lake Union, it is in a residential section of the city that long has been considered one of the most attractive in the nation. Enrollment at the University in autumn quarter 1999 was 35,559, of which 25,638 were undergraduates and the balance were in professional and graduate programs. Almost 90 percent of the undergraduates enter as freshmen from Washington high schools or as transfer students from Washington community colleges or other colleges and universities in the state. The grade-point average for the regularly admitted freshman class entering in autumn quarter 1999 was 3.62. In 1999, the full-time teaching faculty of the University numbered 3,015 members. Mission Statement Founded 4 November 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest state-supported institutions of higher education on the Pacific coast. The University is comprised of three campuses: the Seattle campus is made up of sixteen schools and colleges whose faculty offer educational opportunities to students ranging from first-year undergraduates through doctoral-level candidates; the Bothell and Tacoma campuses, each developing a distinctive identity and undergoing rapid growth, offer diverse programs to upper-division undergraduates and to graduate students. The primary mission of the University of Washington is the preservation, advancement, and dissemination of knowledge. The University preserves knowledge through its libraries and collections, its courses, and the scholarship of its faculty. It advances new knowledge through many forms of research, inquiry, and discussion; and disseminates it through the classroom and the laboratory, scholarly exchanges, creative practice, international education, and public service. As one of the nation’s outstanding teaching and research institutions, the University is committed to maintaining an environment for objectivity and imaginative inquiry and for the original scholarship and research that ensure the production of new knowledge in the free exchange of diverse facts, theories, and ideas. To promote their capacity to make humane and informed decisions, the University fosters an environment in which its students can develop mature and independent judgment and an appreciation of the range and diversity of human achievement. The University cultivates in its students both critical thinking and the effective articulation of that thinking. As an integral part of a large and diverse community, the university seeks broad representation of and encourages sustained participation in that community by its students, its faculty, and its staff. It serves both non-traditional and traditional students. Through its three-campus system and through educational outreach, evening degree and distance learning programs, it extends educational opportunities to many who would not otherwise have access to them. The academic core of the University of Washington is its College of Arts and Sciences; the teaching and research of the University’s many professional schools provide essential complements to these programs in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural and mathematical sciences. Programs in law, medicine, forest resources, oceanography and fisheries, library science, and aeronautics are offered exclusively (in accord with state law) by the University of Washington. In addition, the University of Washington has assumed primary responsibility for the health science fields of dentistry and public health, and offers education and training in medicine for a multi-state region of the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. The schools and colleges of architecture and urban planning, business administration, education, engineering, nursing, pharmacy, public affairs, and social work have a long tradition of educating students for service to the region and the nation. These schools and colleges make indispensable contributions to the state and, with the rest of the university, share a long tradition of educating undergraduate and graduate students towards achieving an excellence that well serves the state, the region, and the nation. Board of Regents February 1981; revised February 1998 President’s Message A university is a community of scholars and artists, a place where faculty and students communicate with each other to enrich human understanding. Universities have played an essential role in societies for hundreds of years, promoting learning and culture, generating new knowledge, and training professionals in specialized callings. The University of Washington is one of the finest universities in the world. It is also an exciting place to be, with a lively interplay of teaching, research, and public service. Its contributions to the state, the nation, and the world will continue to grow as we face the challenges of the twenty-first century. Richard L. McCormick, President 4 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 2000-2001 2001-2002 For directory assistance, call the University switchboard, (206) 543-2100. Summer Quarter 2000 Summer Quarter 2001 Address correspondence to: Full-term and term a classes begin .... June 19 Full-term and term a classes begin .... June 18 University of Washington Independence Day holiday .................... July 4 Independence Day holiday .................... July 4 (Name of office and box number) Term a classes end .............................. July 19 Term a classes end .............................. July 18 Seattle, Washington 98195 Term b classes begin........................... July 20 Term b classes begin........................... July 19 Full-term and term b classes end ... August 18 Full-term and term b classes end ... August 17 Autumn Quarter 2000 Autumn Quarter 2001 Classes begin ........................... September 25 Classes begin .................................. October 1 Veterans Day holiday ................ November 11 Veterans Day holiday ................ November 11 Thanksgiving recess ........... November 23, 24 Thanksgiving recess ........... November 22, 23 Last day of instruction ................. December 6 Last day of instruction ............... December 12 Final examinations .................. December 7-14 Final examinations ................ December 13-20 Winter Quarter 2001 Winter Quarter 2002 Classes begin ................................... January 2 Classes begin ................................... January 7 Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday holiday..............................January 15 Birthday holiday..............................January 21 The University of Washington reaffirms its policy of equal oppor- Presidents Day holiday ................ February 19 Presidents Day holiday ................ February 18 tunity regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or status Last day of instruction ........................ March 9 Last day of instruction ...................... March 15 as a disabled veteran or Vietnam era veteran. This policy applies to all programs and facilities including, but not limited to, admis- Final examinations ....................... March 12-16 Final examinations ....................... March 18-22 sions, educational programs, employment, and patient and hospital services. Spring Quarter 2001 Spring Quarter 2002 Classes begin ................................... March 26 Classes begin ........................................ April 1 Any discriminatory action can be a cause for disciplinary action. Discrimination is prohibited by Presidential Executive Order Memorial Day holiday........................... May 28 Memorial Day holiday........................... May 27 11246 as amended; Washington State Gubernatorial Executive Orders 89-01 and 93-07; Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act Last day of instruction ........................... June 1 Last day of instruction ........................... June 7 of 1964; Washington State Law Against Discrimination RCW 49.60; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; State of Final examinations ............................. June 4-8 Final examinations ........................