University of Missouri-Rolla

General Information ❐ 1 University of Missouri-Rolla Undergraduate Catalog 2001-2002 UMR publishes two catalogs – undergraduate and graduate. Both are official publications of the University of Missouri-Rolla and may be requested from the Office of Admission and Student Financial Assistance or Office of the Registrar. All statements in this publication are announcements of present policies only and are subject to change at any time without prior notice. They are not to be regarded as offers to contract. UMR is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. 2 ❐ General Information The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Equal Opportunity in Section 102 Discrimination General Rule. – No covered entity shall discriminate Programs and against a qualified individual with a disability because of the disability of such individual in regard to job application procedures, the hiring, Activities advancement, or discharge of employees, employee compensation, job training, and other terms, It is the policy of the University of Missouri-Rolla to conditions, and privileges of employment. provide full and equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, creed, UMR conducts its programs and activities involving color, sex, religion, national origin, age, or physical admission and treatment of students, employment, disability, to prohibit discrimination in recruitment, teaching, research, and public service in a non- employment, conditions of employment, including discriminatory manner as prescribed by Federal law salary and benefits related thereto, to promote and regulation. employment opportunity and to take affirmative action in this regard. Affirmative Action means the Inquiries concerning the above may be addressed to: elimination of all existing discriminatory conditions, whether purposeful or inadvertent. This Chancellor, University of Missouri-Rolla nondiscrimination policy applies to all persons, Rolla, Missouri 65409-9957 whether or not the individual is a member of a conventionally defined “Minority Group”. In other Director, Office for Civil Rights words, no person shall be denied employment, Department of Health and Human Services promotion or related benefits on grounds of his or Washington, D.C. 20201 her race, creed, color, religion, sex, age, disability or national origin. The statutes listed below are applicable to the University of Missouri: Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 “No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or INFORMATION ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” For the most current information regarding course descriptions go to www.umr.edu/~regwww. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 Students are also advised to consult the web “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sites of individual schools, college and department sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the offices. benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 “No otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the United States...shall, solely by reason of the handicap, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” Section 303 of the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of age, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” General Information ❐ 3 Computer Science ............................................... 70 Table of Contents Economics .......................................................... 76 Equal Opportunity ..................................................2 Education ........................................................... 80 Educational Goals/Mission/Vision .............................5 English............................................................... 85 Administrators.......................................................6 Etymology .......................................................... 90 Introduction .........................................................7 French ............................................................... 90 General Information ...............................................8 German.............................................................. 91 Calendar ...............................................................9 History ............................................................... 91 Latin .................................................................. 95 Management Systems .......................................... 96 General Information Mathematics ....................................................... 98 Admissions.......................................................... 10 Military Science (Army ROTC) ..............................103 Financial Assistance ............................................. 16 Music ................................................................105 Academic Assessment .......................................... 19 Philosophy .........................................................106 Academic Resources............................................. 19 Physical Education ..............................................108 Academic Extension ............................................. 20 Physics..............................................................110 Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC) ....................... 21 Political Science................................................. 115 Assistance for Students with Disabilities.................. 22 Pre-health Professions........................................ 116 Career Opportunities Center................................. 24 Pre-law ............................................................ 117 Cooperative Education Program ........................... 25 Psychology ........................................................117 Personal & Professional Development ..................... 26 Russian .............................................................120 Co-Curricula Activities .......................................... 27 Sociology/Anthropology.......................................121 Computing at UMR ............................................... 28 Spanish.............................................................122 Fees ................................................................... 13 Speech & Media Studies ......................................123 Teacher Education Program................................... 30 Statistics ...........................................................125 Honors Academy Program ..................................... 31 Theatre .............................................................126 International Affairs ............................................. 32 Library................................................................ 34 Maastricht Center for Transatlantic Students ........... 37 School of Engineering Military Science (Army ROTC)................................ 34 Aerospace Engineering ........................................129 Minority Engineering Program................................ 36 Architectural Engineering.....................................135 Missouri Consortium for International Studies.......... 36 Basic Engineering ...............................................138 Missouri London Program ...................................... 36 Engineering Graphics ..........................................140 Multicultural Educational Support (MESP)................ 37 Chemical Engineering..........................................140 Nuclear Reactor ................................................... 38 Civil Engineering ................................................146 Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) .............. 38 Environmental Engineering ..................................153 Office of the Registrar .......................................... 38 Computer Engineering.........................................154 Residential Life .................................................... 42 Electrical Engineering..........................................158 Student Conduct .................................................. 42 Engineering Management ....................................166 Student Health Services........................................ 43 Engineering Mechanics ........................................173 University Police .................................................. 43 Freshman Engineering Program............................176 Writing Across the Curriculum ............................... 47 Mechanical Engineering .......................................176 Women in Engineering Program ............................. 48 School Mines & Metallurgy Degree Programs Ceramic Engineering ...........................................187 Degree Programs ................................................ 49 Geological Engineering ........................................190 Bachelor of Arts Degree ........................................ 50 Geology/Geophysics ...........................................195 Minors ...............................................................

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