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1999-2000 Undergraduate Catalogue The Contents Academic Calendar 1 Introduction 3 Admission to the University 7 Student Expenses and Financial Aid 16 Academic Support and Resources 21 Campus Community Life 24 Academic and General Information 29 Academic Options 39 Family and Consumer Sciences Education Program Urban Forestry and Landscape Horticulture Department of Military Studies/Reserve Officers' Training Corps Study Abroad The Living/Learning Center Continuing Education Student Exchange: New England State Universities Studying the Environment 44 The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 47 The College of Arts and Sciences 58 The School of Business Administration 74 The College of Education and Social Services 77 The College of Engineering and Mathematics 87 The Division of Health Sciences ; 99 The School of Allied Health Sciences The School of Nursing The College of Medicine The School of Natural Resources 106 Courses of Instruction Ill Trustees, Administration 202 Faculty 203 Index 265 The Catalogue is produced annually by the Provost's Office and University Graphics & Printing. Wendy G. Smith, Editor; Silver Cloud Design, Cover Design; Nancy C. Hankey, Tamara R. Smith, Typography. Printing: Custom Printing Co., Owensville, MO. Photo credits: Ken Burns, John Earle, Sharon Fosbrook, Sandy Milens. Printed on recycled paper. Correspondence Requests for a catalogue, an application form, or information concerning admis­ sions policies and procedures, room and board, and tuition may be addressed to: Director of Admissions The University of Vermont 194 South Prospect Street Burlington, Vermont 05401-3596 Other correspondence may be addressed as follows: Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean, School of Allied Health Sciences Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Dean, School of Business Administration Dean, College of Education and Social Services Dean, College of Engineering and Mathematics Dean, Graduate College Dean, College of Medicine Dean, School of Natural Resources Dean, School of Nursing Director, Environmental Program Director, Continuing Education (includes Summer University, Evening University, Regional Centers in Montpelier, Rutland, and Brattleboro, Distance Learning Network, Church Street Center, and Lane Series) The University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont 05405 Academic Calendar FALL 1999 Classes begin August 30 Monday Labor Day holiday September 6 Monday Fall recess October 15 Friday Thanksgiving recess November 24-26 Wednesday-Friday Classes end December 8 Wednesday Reading and exam period December 9-17 Reading days December 9, 11, 12, 15 Exam days December 10, 13, 14, 16, 17 SPRING 2000 Martin Luther King holiday January 17 Monday Classes begin January 18 Tuesday President's Day holiday February 21 Monday Town Meeting recess March 7 Tuesday Spring recess March 20-24 Monday-Friday Honors Day April 14 Friday Classes end May 3 Wednesday Reading and exam period May 4-12 Reading days May 4, 6, 7,10 Exam days May 5, 8, 9,11, 12 Commencement May 21 Sunday Notes: Refer to the policy on Class Attendance (page 31) for information regarding observance of religious holidays and participation in intercollegiate athletics. The Schedule of classes offered through Continuing Education may differ from this Academic Calendar. Refer to Contining Education publications. S'"' :v"> Sra» *v "* - " -V, i #•, J-4 * >v *: ¥" -'•? „ * .- *» '»v * V»-'- "*•• k ar > - • - t «-. *T ; rV» •• r * INTRODUCTION | 3 Introduction THE UNIVERSITY MISSION The first building was subscribed by citizens of Burling ton and, when fire destroyed that edifice in 1824, its successor, The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College for which General Lafayette laid the cornerstone, was again blends the academic heritage of a private university with made possible by the citizens of Burlington. That building, service missions in the land-grant tradition. Vermont's only the Old Mill, was only the first in a long line to be made university-level institution of higher education directs its possible by private philanthropy. The list includes all but resources toward the provision of excellence in instruction, one of the buildings on University Row: Ira Allen Chapel, innovation in research and scholarship, and public service Billings, Williams, Old Mill, and the Royall Tyler Theatre. to the citizens of the state, nation, and world. As befits a Morrill Hall, the first UVM building to be provided by State small but comprehensive university, the curricula in UVM's funding, did not come until 1907. undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs inte­ grate the principles of liberal education to enhance the Nearly all state universities function as departments of personal, professional, and intellectual growth of its stu­ government, and the faculty and staff are state employees. dents. Through a widespread spirit of inquiry and investiga­ In Vermont, the University is an "instrumentality" of the tive rigor, UVM's faculty, staff, and students participate in State and its Board of Trustees balances both the public extending humankind's knowledge of self and environ­ and private sectors. The Board is composed of 25 mem­ ment. In its special partnership with the citizens of Ver­ bers: nine self-perpetuating, nine elected by the State Leg­ mont, The University of Vermont contributes analysis and islature, three appointed by the Governor, and two mem­ definition to the human, social, technological, managerial, bers of the student body. The President of the University cultural, environmental, and educational issues of the State. and the Governor of the State serve as ex officio members of the Board. From the beginning, the University has relied on both pub­ THE UNIVERSITY AND lic and private funding. Today, the University's appropria­ THE BURLINGTON COMMUNITY tion from the State of Vermont is about 10 percent of the total operating budget of $290 million. The largest single Chartered in 1791, the same year that Vermont became the share (about 40 percent) is obtained from student tuition fourteenth state in the union, The University of Vermont and fees. Government grants and contracts account for was established as the fifth college in New England. Much about 20 percent of the budget and the remainder comes of the initial funding and planning for the University was from alumni and other private philanthropy, endowment, undertaken by Ira Allen who is honored as UVM's founder. sales, services, and auxiliary enterprises. The University of Vermont was the first college or university During 1998-99, 7,520 students were enrolled in the eight in the country to have it plainly declared in its charter that undergraduate colleges and schools — the Colleges of the "rules, regulations, and by-laws shall not tend to give Agriculture and Life Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Educa­ preference to any religious sect or denomination whatso­ tion and Social Services, and Engineering and Mathemat­ ever" — a clear assertion of Vermont's commitment to ics, and the Schools of Allied Health Sciences, Business equality and enlightenment. Administration, Natural Resources, and Nursing — and Nine more years passed before, in 1800, the University was 1,100 were enrolled in the Graduate College and 379 in finally set in motion with a president-professor and a hand­ the College of Medicine. In addition, 1,293 students en­ ful of students. roll in courses offered by Continuing Education. The Uni­ versity employs over 3,000 full- and part-time faculty and UVM was founded in a day when U.S. colleges and universi­ staff. ties existed primarily to educate men for the professions, especially for the ministry. Yet, in studying University his­ The campus of The University of Vermont is located in Bur­ tory, Professor Emerita Betty Bandel discovered that "this lington, the State's largest city. Within a greater Burlington small institution located in a frontier community of New area of 132,000 people, the city with its population of England became a pioneer in the kind of practical educa­ 39,000 enjoys magnificent views of Lake Champlain and the tion which later became the basis for the establishment of Adirondack Mountains to the west and Vermont's Green the land-grant universities — those institutions which made Mountains to the east. Burlington is located approximately it possible for the sons and daughters of average citizens to 200 miles northwest of Boston, 300 miles north of New York aspire to a college education." For example, she noted that City, and 100 miles south of Montreal. the University is believed to be the first nonmilitary institu­ tion to have offered engineering courses. The Graduate College The University pioneered in yet another area of society, The Graduate College serves the needs of college graduates that of giving women equal status with men in higher edu­ who desire continued professional development and a broader cation. In 1871, the University defied custom and admitted and mote thorough knowledge of scholarship and research two women as students and four years later was the first in their chosen fields. The College offers master's degree institution in the country to admit women to full member­ programs in over 70 fields of study and doctoral degree ship in the scholarly society, Phi Beta Kappa. programs in 20 fields. In some departments, selected under­ graduate students may participate in Accelerated Master's Tucked in the northwest corner of the Ira Allen Chapel Degree Programs. For detailed information regarding gradu­ grounds is a memorial to a late nineteenth century gradu­ ate programs, degree requirements, and Graduate College ate of this University, Philosopher John Dewey, whose regulations and procedures, refer to the Graduate College ideas about practical education are still debated with pas­ Catalogue available from the Graduate Admissions Office, sionate vigor. 333 Waterman Building. 4 | INTRODUCTION Persons applying to and enrolled in graduate programs are Morgan Horse Farm expected to be familiar with the general regulations of the The Morgan Horse Farm in Weybridge, Vermont, 35 miles Graduate College and with the specific degree requirements south of the main campus, has been a shrine for Morgan horse in their chosen fields of study.
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