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GENERAL CATALOG ISSUE
2000 2001
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ACADEMIC CALENDAR
FALL 2000 WINTER 2001 SPRING 2001 SUMMER 2001 FALL 2001
International application Priority Filing Dates March 1 July 1, 2000 Sept. 1, 2000 Dec. 1, 2000 March 1
Graduate study application April 1 Sept. 1, 2000 Nov. 1, 2000 Feb. 1 April 1
Undergraduate application or re-enrollment June 1 Oct. 1, 2000 Feb. 1 May 1 June 1 Priority Filing Dates
†Advance registration begins, touchtone May 17 Nov. 6, 2000 Feb. 21 ‡April May 21 phone and Web Access
Continuous registration and adjustments Oct. 6 Jan. 19 April 13 June 29 Oct. 5 until
Classes begin (day and evening) Sept. 25 Jan. 8 April 2 June 25 Sept. 24
Last day to enroll in classes, add a class, Oct. 6 Jan. 19 April 13 varies Oct. 5 or make section changes
Late payment fee begins Oct. 9 Jan. 22 April 16 § Oct. 8
Last day of refund period and drop without Oct. 20 Feb. 2 April 27 Oct. 19 course recorded
Last day to make changes in grading option, drop from a class without permission Oct. 27 Feb. 9 May 4 varies Oct. 26
Last day to drop a class with department Nov. 17 March 2 May 25 varies Nov. 16 permission
Final examinations Dec. 4-9 March 19-24 June 11-16 ◊Aug. 16-17 Dec. 3-8
††Commencement days June 17 Aug. 18
Term ends Dec. 9 March 24 June 16 Dec. 8
Holidays Nov. 10 Nov. 12 Nov. 23-24 Jan. 15 May 28 July 4 Nov. 22-23 Changes are published in the quarterly Schedule of Classes. †Advance registration beginning dates are tentative. Refer to the quarterly Schedule of Classes for dates and procedures. ‡Summer Session catalog available in April. §One week after session begins. ◊For eight-week courses. ††The annual Commencement Day is in June, and there is a summer ceremony in August; there are no ceremonies in fall or winter.
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PROGRAMS OF STUDY
Minor Certificate Bachelor’s Master’s Doctorate
Accounting 1
Administration of Justice
Anthropology 2
Applied Linguistics 3 Teaching English as a Second Language
Architecture
Art Undergraduate Options: Art History; Drawing/Painting/Printmaking; Graphic Design; Sculpture Graduate Options: Painting, Sculpture, Painting/Sculpture
Athletic Training
Biology 4 Undergraduate Certificate: Biotechnology
Black Studies
Business Administration 2 Undergraduate options: Accounting; Advertising Management; Finance; General Management; Human Resource Management; Information Systems; Marketing; Supply and Logistics Management Food Industry Management Certificate
Chemistry 4 Undergraduate option: Biochemistry
Chicano/Latino Studies
Child and Family Studies
Civil Engineering 2, 4 Environmental Engineering minor Graduate option: Civil Engineering Management
Community Development
Computer Applications
Computer Engineering 77
Computer Science
Conflict Resolution
Economics 2, 4, 5 Graduate options: General Economics; Applied Economics
Education6 Elementary Education Secondary Education Specialist Program options: Counseling; Curriculum and Instruction; Media/Librarianship; Policy, Foundations, and Administrative Studies; Special Education Educational Leadership Options: Administration; Curriculum and Instruction; Postsecondary Education; Special and Counselor Education
Electrical Engineering 77
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Engineering Management 2 Options: Project Management, Technology Management
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Minor Certificate Bachelor’s Master’s Doctorate
English Professional Writing
Environmental Management
Environmental Sciences and Resources Options: Biology; Chemistry; Civil Engineering; Economics; General; Geography; Geology; Physics
Environmental Studies
European Studies
Foreign Languages Undergraduate options: Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, combination of two or more of these languages; Certificate: Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language Graduate: French, German, Spanish
Foreign Literatures and Languages
Geography 4, 5
Geology 4 Undergraduate option: Environmental Geology minor Graduate option: Geohydrology
Gerontology 1
Health Education Undergraduate options: Community Health; Health and Fitness Promotion; Health Sciences; School Health; M.P.H.: Health Education/Health Promotion
History
International Business Studies
International Economics
International Management
International Studies African Studies; East Asian Studies; European Studies; Latin American Studies; Middle East Studies
Latin American Studies
Liberal Studies Options: Arts and Letters; Science; Social Science
Manufacturing Engineering (joint degree with Oregon State University)
Mathematics 2 Graduate option: Statistics
Mathematics Education
Mechanical Engineering 2
Middle East Studies
Music Jazz minor Graduate options: Performance, Conducting
Philosophy
Physics 4
Political Science 5
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Minor Certificate Bachelor’s Master’s Doctorate
Psychology 2, 5
Public Administration M.P.A. option: Health Administration; M.P.H. option: Health Administration and Policy
Public Administration and Policy
Science Options: Biology; Chemistry; Environmental; General; Geology
Social Science
Social Work
Sociology 2, 5
Software Engineering (Oregon College of Engineering and Computer Science)
Speech Communication Options: General Speech Communication; Speech and Hearing Sciences
Systems Engineering
Systems Science Options: Anthropology; Business Administration; Civil Engineering; Economics; Engineering Management; General; Mathematics; Mechanical Engineering; Psychology; Sociology
Theater Arts
Urban Studies and Planning Graduate option: Regional Planning
Women’s Studies 1
Writing Options: Fiction, Non-Fiction, Technical Writing
Preprofessional Programs: agriculture; chiropractic; clinical laboratory science; cytotechnology; dental hygiene; dentistry; forestry; law; medicine; naturopathic medicine; nuclear medicine technology; nursing; occupational therapy; optometry; osteopathy; pharmacy; physical therapy; physician assistant; podiatry; radiation therapy; veterinary medicine
1 Postbaccalaureate or graduate certificate. 4 Departments participating in multidisciplinary doctoral 6 M.A./M.S. offered by Graduate School of Education. 2 Departments participating in multidisciplinary doctoral pro- program of environmental sciences and resources. M.A.T./M.S.T. offered in cooperation with appropriate gram of systems science. 5 Departments participating in multidisciplinary doctoral department. 3 Offered by Department of Applied Linguistics as Teaching program of urban studies. 7 M.S., M.Eng., and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Engineering
CONTENTS Welcome to Portland State University 9 The University, Academic Resources, Undergraduate Admissions, Undergraduate Requirements, University Studies, University Honors Program, Expenses, Financial Aid, Housing, Campus Life, Student Services, University Services Graduate Studies 53 General Information, Graduate Governance, Graduate Degrees, Admission to Graduate Studies, Graduate Fees, Financial Assistance, Enrollment Policies and Credit Regulations, Academic Standing, Academic Honesty, General Requirements for Doctoral Degrees, Summary of Procedures for Doctoral Degrees, General Requirements for Master’s Degrees, Summary of Procedures for Master’s Degrees, Systems Science Courses College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 71 Anthropology, Applied Linguistics, Biology, Black Studies, Chemistry, Chicano/Latino Studies, Child and Family Studies, Economics, English, Environmental Programs, Foreign Languages and Literatures, General/Liberal Studies, Geography, Geology, History, International Studies, Mathematical Sciences, Philosophy, Physics, Preprofessional Programs, Psychology, Science Education, Sociology, Speech Communication, Women’s Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies School of Business Administration 183 Undergraduate Programs, International Business Studies Certificate, Food Industry Management Program, Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Accounting, Graduate Programs, Courses Graduate School of Education 201 Degree Programs, Programs Leading to Licensure, Courses School of Engineering and Applied Science 225 Undergraduate Programs, Graduate Programs, Manufacturing Engineering, Oregon Master of Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Elec- trical and Computer Engineering, Engineering and Technology Management, Mechanical Engineering, Courses School of Fine and Performing Arts 253 Architecture, Art, Music, Theater Arts Graduate School of Social Work 271 Graduate Programs, Extended Studies, Child Welfare Partnership, Courses, Regional Research Institute for Human Services College of Urban and Public Affairs 277 School of Community Health; Hatfield School of Government: Administration of Justice, Political Science, Public Administration; School of Urban Studies and Planning; Research Institutes School of Extended Studies and Summer Session 311
Institutional Programs 313 Office of International Affairs; Supplemental Programs: Army ROTC, Challenge, PSU LINK, Chiron Studies Directories 321 Oregon State Board of Higher Education, Portland State University Officers of Administration, Academic Faculty
Index 353
WELCOME TO PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
THE UNIVERSITY
Portland State University is a comprehen- support a high quality educational environ- sive public university of growing distinc- ment and reflect issues important to the tion. The University has more than 16,000 region. It actively promotes the develop- enrolled students and serves 40,000 indi- ment of a network of educational institu- viduals in credit or noncredit classes each tions to serve the community. year, including nearly one-third of the Presidents who have served the Univer- Oregon University System’s enrolled gradu- sity are John F. Cramer, 1955 to 1958; ate students. PSU is Oregon’s primary vehi- Branford P. Millar, 1959 to 1968; Gregory cle for meeting higher education, research, B. Wolfe, 1968 to 1974; Joseph C. Blumel, and public service needs throughout the 1974 to 1986; Natale A. Sicuro, 1986 to Portland metropolitan area. Its research 1988; Roger N. Edgington (interim presi- and study programs are essential elements dent) 1988 to 1990; and Judith A. Ramaley, in the development of the state and the 1990-1997. Daniel O. Bernstine took office region in the decades ahead. The institu- August 1, 1997. tion serves Oregon’s population and com- mercial center through academic program CAMPUS, CITYSCAPE flexibility, intellectual creativity, and dedi- cation to lifelong learning. The PSU campus is a cityscape, designed to Portland State University is at the center meet student needs. of a dynamic community. Almost 60 per- Occupying 41 buildings in a 49-acre cent of Oregonians live within commuting area, the campus is built around the Park distance of the campus and the population Blocks, a greenway area reserved for pedes- of greater Portland has grown to nearly two trians and bicyclists. The Park Blocks are million people. With its excellent parks, well used by PSU students. Landscaped to cultural facilities, transportation systems, combine utility with natural beauty, they and cityscape, Portland is one of the finest provide a place for students and the com- cities in the United States. As Oregon’s eco- munity to gather, talk, study, or put on an nomic and population center, and as a impromptu concert or lecture. gateway to the Pacific Rim, Portland offers Elevated walkways connect many of the unique opportunities for business, indus- buildings, bridging city streets and provid- try, government, and the University to ing fast, easy routes for busy students. An enhance partnerships that promote eco- underground tunnel network serves the nomic, social, cultural, and international same purpose and contains shops, game development. rooms, and eating places. The University’s mission is to enhance At the edge of campus, the University the intellectual, social, cultural, and eco- merges easily into downtown Portland. The nomic qualities of urban life by providing areas immediately surrounding the campus access throughout the life span to a quality contain private student housing, shops, liberal education for undergraduates and to taverns, convenience stores, dry cleaners, an appropriate array of professional and theaters, and restaurants which primarily graduate programs especially relevant to serve the University. metropolitan areas. The University con- Commercial and governmental centers, ducts research and community service that as well as cultural and entertainment 10 P ORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
resources, are within easy walking distance in specialized courses while actively programs in civil, electrical, and mechani- of campus. Among them are the Oregon involved in their professions.The faculty is cal engineering are accredited by the Engi- History Center, Performing Arts Center, supported by about 700 non-teaching neering Accreditation Commission/ Portland Art Museum, Multnomah County administrative, office, and technical Accreditation Board for Engineering and Library, Portland Center with its noted personnel. Technology. The computer science program Lovejoy and Keller fountains, Civic is accredited by the Computing Sciences Stadium, Civic Auditorium, theaters, and ACCREDITATION Accreditation Board. restaurants. In the Department of Speech Commu- The campus is located within 90 min- Portland State University is accredited by nication, the training program in speech utes’ driving time of snow-covered Mt. the Northwest Association of Schools and pathology is accredited by the Education Hood to the east and the famed Oregon Colleges, the official accrediting agency for and Training Board, American Board of coastline to the west. the region. Portland State is a member of Examiners through the American Speech- the Association of American Colleges and Language-Hearing Association. The speech FACULTY Universities. and hearing clinics have accreditation in Various schools and departments within both speech pathology and audiology by PSU faculty members are engaged in teach- the University also are accredited by special the Professional Service Board, American ing, research, and related academic work. agencies. The undergraduate and graduate Board of Examiners in Speech Pathology Many also put their expertise to work in programs and the accounting program of and Audiology through the American community affairs, consulting with local the School of Business Administration are Speech-Language-Hearing Association. business concerns, holding key assign- accredited by the American Assembly of In the College of Urban and Public ments in professional, cultural, and civic Collegiate Schools of Business. The Gradu- Affairs, the Master of Urban Planning groups, working cooperatively with social ate School of Education teacher education degree is accredited by the Planning agencies, or otherwise serving the programs are accredited by the National Accreditation Board, and the Master of community. Council for Accreditation of Teacher Edu- Public Administration degree is accredited Faculty members come from colleges cation and by the Oregon Teacher Stan- by the National Association of Schools of and universities throughout the United dards and Practices Commission. Public Affairs and Administration. States and from foreign countries. The fac- The Graduate School of Social Work The Department of Music is accredited ulty includes more than 600 full-time and program is accredited by the Council on by the National Association of Schools of several hundred part-time members. More Social Work Education. The Department of Music. Programs in the Department of Art than 70 percent of the full-time faculty Chemistry is accredited by the American are accredited by the National Association have doctoral degrees. Many of the part- Chemical Society. The School of Engineer- of Schools of Art and Design. time members from the community lecture ing and Applied Science’s undergraduate
ACADEMIC RESOURCES
The major academic units of the University education programs supplement the major EAR ROUND STUDY are the College of Liberal Arts and Sci- studies and provide many diverse opportu- Y - , ences, the College of Urban and Public nities. Students achieve the understanding DAY AND EVENING Affairs, the professional schools of Business and knowledge necessary to participate Three 11-week terms, Summer Session, Administration, Engineering and Applied fully in the social, political, and cultural and Extended Studies make up PSU’s year- Science, and Fine and Performing Arts, and activities of the community. round study program. The programs and the graduate schools of Education and Master’s degrees are offered in numer- courses described in this catalog are offered Social Work. ous disciplines, and the University offers throughout the year. Students may enter nine doctoral degrees, including degrees in Operating from a solid base of liberal PSU at the beginning of any term. To enroll and professional arts and sciences, the Uni- computer science, engineering, education, mathematics education, social work and for 9 credits or more during fall, winter, or versity encourages innovative curricula spring, formal admission to PSU is both on the undergraduate and the gradu- social research, and four interdisciplinary degrees in which approximately a dozen required; nonadmitted students may take a ate levels through its degree, certificate, maximum of 8 credits per term. In sum- and preprofessional programs. New pro- departments participate. These professional advanced degrees enable students to make mer, students may take a full academic load grams are initiated to meet educational without being admitted formally. See the needs as they are recognized. valuable contributions to society through the use of new knowledge and enhanced academic calendar on page 3 for important Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science awareness of its concerns. dates. degrees are available in a wide variety of See pages 4-6 for a list of the programs fields from the academic colleges and pro- offered at PSU and consult the index for fessional schools. The Bachelor of Music further information about these programs. degree is available for those seeking a pro- fessional music degree. Additionally, spe- cialist certificate programs, minors, preprofessional programs, and secondary W ELCOME TO PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY 11
UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS
105 Neuberger Hall test scores are submitted directly to PSU 1975 are not required to provide the SAT P.O. Box 751 from the testing board. For more informa- or ACT. Portland, Oregon 97207-0751 tion on these examinations, contact the 3. Subject Requirements. Must satisfac- (503) 725-3511 College Board, 1947 Center Street, Berke- torily complete 14 units (one year equal to www.pdx.edu/ ley, CA 94704; The American College one unit) of college preparatory work in Testing Program, Iowa City, IA 52240; or the following subject areas: HOW TO APPLY: PSU Counseling and Psychological a. English (4 units). Shall include the Services, M343 Smith Memorial Center, study of the English language, literature, DOMESTIC STUDENTS (503) 725-4423. speaking and listening, and writing with emphasis on and frequent practice in Domestic students should submit the fol- 5. The number of students admitted for any term is subject to the availability of writing expository prose during all four lowing information to the Office of Admis- years. sions and Records. space. When space is limited, selection b. Mathematics (3 units). Shall include 1. Application Form and Nonrefund- may be based on grade point average, date of application, intended major, etc. first-year algebra and two additional able Fee. Copies of the official form may years of college preparatory mathematics be obtained from the PSU Office of Admis- 6. Altered Transcripts and Falsified such as geometry (deductive or descrip- sions and Records and at the counseling Applications. Students who knowingly tive), advance topics in algebra, trigo- offices in most Oregon high schools and submit altered transcripts or falsified appli- nometry, analytical geometry, finite community colleges or on-line at http:// cations jeopardize their admission status mathematics, advanced applications, cal- www.pdx.edu. To assure consideration for and could have their registration canceled. culus, probability and statistics, or admission, the application should be sub- All records submitted, filed, and accumu- courses that integrate topics from two or mitted by the dates listed on the form and lated in the Office of Admissions and more of these areas. (One unit is highly must be accompanied by a nonrefundable Records become the property of the recommended in the senior year.) Alge- † bra and geometry taken prior to the $50 application fee . The application and University. the nonrefundable $50 application fee are ninth grade will be accepted. valid for one calendar year. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS c. Science (2 units). Shall include a 2. Admission Validation. If the student Entering Freshmen—Residents and year each in two fields of college prepara- does not validate admission by registering Nonresidents. To be admitted as fresh- tory science such as biology, chemistry, men, students need to fulfill each of the physics, or earth and physical science; for classes within one calendar year, the one recommended as laboratory science. student must submit a new application requirements (or alternatives to each) as and pay the $50 fee again. To validate your specified in items 1-4 below. d. Social Studies (3 units). Shall admission, you must register and pay for at include one year of U.S. history, one year 1. High School Graduation Require- of global studies (world history, geogra- least one credit in the term for which you ment. Must have graduated from a stan- phy, etc.), one year of social studies elec- were admitted. dard or accredited high school. Students tive (government highly recommended). 3. Official Transcripts. Transcripts must who have not graduated from high school e. Second Language (2 units). Shall be submitted directly from each high or from a standard or accredited high include two years of the same second school or college attended. Transfer stu- school may meet entry requirements language. dents who have earned fewer than 30 through alternative testing. Alternative Alternatives to the Subject Require- testing includes successful completion of credits of college transfer coursework are ments. (Any one of the following.) required to submit high school tran- the Test of General Education Develop- ment (GED) with a minimum overall score i. Score an average of 470 or above scripts. Since all official transcripts submit- (1410 total) on the SAT II subject ted become the property of PSU and of 46 and a minimum score of 40 on each of the five sub-tests. Students may also exams (English Composition, Math cannot be copied or returned to the stu- Level I or IIc, and a third test of the dent, students are encouraged to obtain meet the high school graduation require- student’s choice). ment with a minimum score of 1,000 on unofficial copies of their transcripts from ii. Take make-up coursework for spe- the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or 21 on prior institutions for advising or personal cific subject requirements missed in the American College Test (ACT) and an purposes. high school and achieve a passing average of 470 or above (1,410 total) on grade. Note: Satisfactory completion of 4. Official Scores of College Board each of SAT II subject tests for English, Math 95 or its equivalent (Intermedi- Scholastic Aptitude Test or American Math Level I or IIc, and one additional ate Algebra) fulfills in total the subject College Test. For new freshmen entering subject test of the student’s choice. requirement in mathematics. PSU directly from high school or who have 2. Admissions Test Requirement. Must 4. Grade Point Average Requirement. earned fewer than 30 credits of college submit scores of the Scholastic Aptitude To be admitted, students must have a 2.50 transfer work, scores from the College Test (SAT) or American College Test grade point average in all graded subjects Board Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or (ACT). Note: Students graduated before taken toward graduation in four years of American College Test (ACT) are required. high school. The applicant is responsible for seeing that
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Alternative to the GPA Requirement. Transfer Evaluations. A copy of the Applications will be considered for all (Either of the following.) transfer evaluation is sent after the transfer terms subject to department and/or Uni- i. 1000 SAT or student has been admitted. versity restrictions and/or course availabil- ii. 21 ACT Academic Probation/Disqualification. ity. Students applying for graduate study 5. Special Admissions. A limited number Academic probation/disqualification will should contact the appropriate academic of students who do not meet the admis- not affect the admissibility of a student department for specific departmental appli- whose complete academic record meets the sions requirements or alternatives listed cation information. minimum admission requirements in effect above may be admitted through special at the time of application. A student who ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS action of an admissions committee. To be fails to meet the minimum admission Applicants must satisfy an English lan- considered on this basis, contact: Portland requirements must petition the Office of guage competency requirement and an State University, Office of Admissions and Admissions and Records. academic preparation requirement. Records, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR Disciplinary Disqualification. A stu- English Language Competency 97207-0751, (503) 725-3611 or email dent who has been disqualified from Requirement. The English language com- [email protected]. another institution for disciplinary reasons petency requirement applies to all under- Admission of Students Graduated in must be eligible to re-enroll at that institu- graduate students. It may be satisfied by 1984 or Before tion to be considered for admission to Port- scoring 525 on the Test of English as a Students who graduated from high school land State University. Students with Foreign Language (TOEFL). Effective fall extenuating circumstances may petition the in 1984 or before will not be required to term 1996, only the international TOEFL meet the 14 units of prescribed subjects. Scholastic Standards Committee for a waiver of this policy. examination or the PSU institutional They will, however, need to meet the TOEFL examination will be accepted. requirements (or alternatives) effective fall Applicants who do not satisfy the English term 1984. Students who attend a college HOW TO APPLY: language competency requirement may be or a university in the interim between high INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS considered for admission in the English as school graduation and admission will be a Second Language (ESL) program; stu- required to meet the transfer requirements To be considered for admission to Portland dents assigned to the ESL program as a in effect at the time of their transfer. State University for a full course of studies, condition of admission are restricted to non-U.S. citizens must submit an Interna- ESL courses until they attain satisfactory Entering Transfer Students tional Student Application, a $50 (U.S. dol- Oregon Resident. To be admitted as a proficiency in English. Information on lars) nonrefundable application fee, and transfer student, resident applicants must TOEFL test dates, cost, and location of have a minimum GPA of 2.00 in 30 quarter academic documents to show that the stu- testing centers is available from TOEFL, credit hours of transferable college work. dent meets the admission requirements P.O. Box 899, Princeton, NJ 08540, or from Students who have accumulated up to 29 described below. All international students www.toefl.org. credits of college work must also meet the must provide evidence of adequate finan- Academic Preparation Requirement. freshman admission requirements. cial resources to pay for their PSU educa- Undergraduate students: by completing Nonresident. To be admitted as a trans- tion and their expenses. academic (university preparatory) U.S. sec- fer student, nonresident applicants must Candidates for admission are given pri- ondary school education or equivalent at have a minimum GPA of 2.25 in 30 quarter ority if complete applications are filed by: an acceptable standard determined by the credit hours of transferable college work. March 1 for fall term Office of Admissions and Records; or, as a Students who have accumulated up to July 1 for winter term transfer student, by completing 30 college 29 credits of college work must also meet September 1 for spring term credits, excluding ESL courses, with a 2.50 the freshman admission requirements. December 1 for Summer Session GPA or better at an accredited American college or university. English as a Second Language Test. Applicants who are admitted to Portland State may take an institutional TOEFL on campus. Call the Testing Office, (503) 725- 4428, for dates and details of the testing program. Intensive English Language Program. Persons seeking English language training only, who do not wish to continue toward university-level academic study, may apply for admission to the Intensive English Lan- guage Program (IELP). The IELP provides non-credit classes only; therefore, no university-level aca- demic credit will be offered. Students must have earned the equivalent to a U.S. high school diploma for admission consider- ation. Prospective students must be in legal U.S. immigration status at the time of application. Contact the Department of Applied Linguistics, (503) 725-4088, for additional requirements. W ELCOME TO PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY 13
ETERANS ADMISSION ART TIME STUDENTS any. The University does not maintain any V ’ P - / records of senior citizen enrollments, but REQUIREMENTS NONADMITTED STUDENTS the registration receipt may be used to (503) 725-3876 (503) 725-3511 obtain a library card. Contact the Senior Adult Learning Center, 113A Urban and Portland State University is approved for A student may take up to a maximum of 8 Public Affairs Building. the training of veterans. credits per term without applying for Veterans considering entering PSU are formal admission. However, a first-time expected to meet admission requirements registrant must complete and provide a RETENTION OF STUDENT appropriate for their educational back- Quick Entry Form to the Office of Admis- DOCUMENTS grounds. (Please see Veterans’ Services sions and Records so a file can be created under Student Services for instruction in on the database. Credit work taken as a All documents submitted to PSU become how to apply.) part-time student is acceptable in degree the property of the University and may Academic Credit. Credit may be programs subject to University regula- not be copied or returned to a student. granted for some types of military service tions. Students who plan to earn a degree Transcripts from other institutions cannot courses on the college level where equiva- at PSU should be admitted formally as soon be copied. lency to Portland State courses can be as possible. Nonadmitted students are not shown. Veterans should provide transcripts eligible to receive financial aid. RELEASE OF STUDENT from appropriate military schools and a Non-admitted students are allowed to INFORMATION copy of VA form DD214 to the Admissions register after all other students. Space may and Records Office upon application to be limited. Please note: The privacy laws do not permit PSU. A student may earn most University the University to discuss a student’s appli- Satisfactory Progress Standards. In degrees as a part-time student. Some cation with anyone other than the appli- order to maintain satisfactory progress, the degrees may be earned by taking courses cant. All inquiries must originate with the student veteran must complete the follow- exclusively at night. Students who wish to applicant. ing credits: earn a degree should apply for admission at Certified for: . . Undergraduate:. . . Graduate: or before their junior year. Part-time stu- STUDENT RECORDS Full time...... 12 credits...... 9 credits dents, especially, should meet regularly Three-quarter time . . . . 9 credits...... 7 credits with an adviser for up-to-date require- One-half time ...... 6 credits...... 5 credits The University Student Records Policy, in ments and University policies. accordance with the federal Family Educa- The GPA required to maintain satisfac- The Schedule of Classes, published each tional Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 as tory progress at Portland State University is term, contains information needed to regis- Amended, governs the collection, use, and 2.00. One hundred and eighty (180) cred- ter as a part-time student. Part-time stu- disclosure of student records with the goal its are required to graduate with a bacca- dents may follow the same advance of ensuring their privacy. Generally it pro- laureate degree (the total is greater in some registration, touchtone telephone, and Web vides the right to nonrelease of confidential programs). Incompletes, withdrawals, access procedures as full-time students. information except as directed by the stu- and audits do not count toward credits Fee payment is required by published dent in a transcript request, or as provided completed and may result in a VA deadlines. by law; the right to inspect educational overpayment. Students are responsible for making records maintained by the University; the For reporting purposes, the last date of sure that prerequisites have been met. Stu- right to correction of errors, a hearing if attendance is the same as the date of official dents should consult schools and depart- necessary, and the right to file a complaint withdrawal from class or classes, date of ments regarding admission to upper- with the U.S. Department of Education. student notification of a change in credits division courses. Prerequisites are listed in Copies of the full Student Records Policy to the Veterans’ Clerk, or the date of deter- individual course descriptions in this cata- are available from the Office of Student mination of unsatisfactory progress, which- log. If a student has not taken the necessary Affairs and the Office of Admissions and ever is earliest. This date determines the prerequisites but feels confident of per- Records. amount of overpayment, if any, incurred by forming the coursework, the student a student not maintaining satisfactory should check with the department. Often progress standards. the department will waive the prerequisite STUDENTS RETURNING Courses may be dropped during the for individuals with equivalent experience TO PSU AFTER AN ABSENCE drop periods, but student veterans are still or learning in the field. Former Portland State University students responsible for reporting any changes in Evening classes on campus at Portland who have attended another college or uni- credits which affect the rate of VA certifica- State University are a continuation of the versity since leaving PSU and who wish to tion. The number of credits completed is regular daytime offerings. Credit courses enroll after an absence must submit a re- checked against the number of credits for have the same academic value whether enrollment application form to the Office which the veteran is certified each term by taken by day or in the evening. of Admissions and Records. Official tran- the Veterans’ certification clerk. Library privileges are available to part- scripts must be submitted from each insti- Failure to maintain satisfactory progress time students and they may use their fee tution attended since leaving PSU. The standards at Portland State University will receipt to obtain or revalidate a library filing date for a re-enrollment is the same as result in the termination of G.I. benefits. card. This is done at the Circulation Desk for new students. Please contact Veterans’ Services, (503) in Millar Library. Part-time students are 725-3876, 118 Smith Memorial Center, for encouraged to obtain an ID card in the more information. Neuberger Hall lobby. Senior citizens, persons 65 or older not enrolled as regular students, may take classes on a space-available basis at no charge other than for special materials, if 14 P ORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
DMISSION TO financial aid for both PSU and the commu- Students who qualify may elect to pursue A nity college courses. Students in this either of these programs. Scholarships are PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS program are initially restricted to eight or available on a competitive basis for those AND SCHOOLS fewer credit hours per term at the PSU who qualify. The ROTC credits earned are campus. Applicants should contact accepted as transfer credits to meet Port- Admission to Portland State University Clackamas Community College at (503) land State University’s total credit require- does not automatically admit students to its 657-6958, ext. 2770, or Mt. Hood Com- ments for graduation. For more professional programs and schools. Stan- munity College at (503) 669-6996, or the information, see the University of Portland dards for admission and evaluation of Portland State University Office of Admis- catalog or contact the professor of aero- transfer credits often exceed general Uni- sions and Records at (503) 725-3511 for space studies, University of Portland, Port- versity requirements. Students should more information. land, Oregon 97203, (503) 283-7216. check this catalog under the appropriate Associate Degree Transfers. Students Army ROTC. For information on the academic unit to determine if a unit has who upon admission have completed an Portland State Army ROTC program, see special admission requirements. Associate of Arts-Oregon Transfer (AAOT) page 319. degree at an accredited Oregon community National Student Exchange Program. TRANSFER college or another PSU-approved associate Portland State is a member of the National CREDITS degree, have met all lower-division general Student Exchange Program, which enables education and University requirements. Wr sophomores, juniors, and seniors to attend Accredited Colleges and Universities. 323 is waived. The student must still fulfill state-supported institutions in other areas The Office of Admissions and Records eval- any outstanding upper-division general of the nation for up to one academic year. uates credits from accredited colleges and education requirements. The transfer A.A. Students pay in-state tuition. Call (503) universities. Portland State University may not satisfy all requirements for admis- 725-3511 for applications. accepts college-level credits earned in aca- sion to professional schools. Please check College Courses Completed before demic degree programs at colleges and uni- with each school for specific admission High School Graduation. College courses versities accredited by regional accrediting requirements. taken before a high school diploma is associations and as recommended in Trans- Vocational and Technical Schools. received are accepted in transfer provided fer Credit Practices of Designated Educa- Portland State University generally does the student receives grades of D- or above tional Institutions. All courses are not grant credit for courses which are in the courses and the grades are posted on evaluated to be either equivalent or parallel deemed vocational-technical that are not a college transcript. to PSU courses. Equivalent means that the applicable toward a four-year baccalaureate Health Science Professions. Students catalog course description is substantially degree. A student may petition to have up who have completed preprofessional pro- equal to that in the Portland State Univer- to twelve lower-division vocational-techni- grams at PSU may transfer up to 48 credits sity Bulletin. Parallel means that the cal credits transferred to PSU as general of their professional health science work course is in a discipline which is offered by elective credits, subject to academic from schools accredited by a regional asso- Portland State, even though PSU does not requirements committee review and ciation and/or as indicated in Transfer offer the specific course. approval. Petition forms may be obtained Credit Practices. The health science students Unaccredited and Foreign Institu- from the Office of Admissions and Records, may not receive a bachelor’s degree from tions. Departmental representatives, work- Neuberger Hall Lobby or by calling (503) PSU and from the professional school when ing through the Office of Admissions and 725-3511. both degrees are based essentially on the Records, are authorized to evaluate credits Correspondence Credit. A maximum same credits completed by the student. The transferred from unaccredited or foreign col- of 60 correspondence credits is acceptable residence credit requirement is satisfied by leges and universities or International Bacca- in transfer from schools recognized as insti- completing 45 of the last 60 credits at PSU, laureate (IB) Diplomas after a student has tutions of higher education. after admission to PSU and prior to formal been admitted to PSU. International stu- Community and Junior Colleges. The enrollment in the qualifying professional dents requesting transfer of credit from for- number of lower-division credits to be program. The student must be within 48 eign institutions must supply catalogs and/ accepted in transfer from regionally accred- credits of receiving a bachelor’s degree from or documentation of course content from ited junior colleges and the Oregon com- PSU at the time of matriculation into the those institutions before consideration of munity colleges is limited to 108. professional program. transfer evaluation can be made. Work from Military Service Courses. Credit may Through affiliation agreements from unaccredited schools is evaluated in accor- be granted for military service courses on fully accredited programs at the Veterans dance with the institutions and policies the college level where equivalency to Port- Administration Medical Center in Portland listed in Transfer Credit Practices, published land State courses can be shown. (NMT), Mayo School of Health Related Sci- by the American Association of Collegiate AFROTC Program. Under a coopera- ences in Rochester, Minn., (CYT) and Registrars and Admissions Officers. Credit tive agreement with the University of Port- Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in given for a particular course will not exceed land, Portland State University students New York (CYT), credits will be transferred credit given for the equivalent or corre- may participate in the Air Force Reserve to Portland State University in a manner sponding PSU course. Officers Training Corps (AFROTC) pro- equivalent to academically based programs. Co-admission Programs. Portland gram offered on the University of Portland State University has established co-admis- campus. The purpose of the program, sion programs with Clackamas Community THE ENROLLMENT which is administered by the Aerospace PROCESS College and Mt. Hood Community Col- Studies faculty at the University of Port- lege. Each co-admission program allows land, is to select and train students to serve (503) 725-3412 students to be simultaneously enrolled at as officers in the United States Air Force. both PSU and the community college cam- Registration. Before registering, a student AFROTC offers to men and women a two- should consult the Schedule of Classes, pus. In addition, the program provides for year and a four-year program, both of PSU academic advising and, if qualified, which is available each term, one month which lead to an Air Force commission. prior to the beginning of classes and in the W ELCOME TO PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY 15
spring for fall term. The Schedule of Classes contains the up-to-date information for course selection and registration. KEY TO COURSE Advance registration is accomplished by using the Touchtone Telephone Response DESCRIPTIONS (TTVR) or the PSU homepage Web access via www.pdx.edu registration system. Advanced registration is scheduled accord- Art 489/589 Metal Sculpture (3) ing to the priority dates published in the Bronze or aluminum sculpture cast by the lost wax process. Welded metal sculpture fabrica- Schedule of Classes. For Web access, go to tion using gas, electric, and heliarc welding methods. Experimental materials, methods, PSU homepage, www.pdx.edu, click on and concepts optional, consistent with the facilities and circumstances. Maximum: 12 credits. Admissions. Prerequisite: 12 credits in elementary sculpture or consent of instructor. Registration and changes are continu- ous. Students may register until the end of the second week of the term. A preregis- tered student must drop all courses prior to the first day of the term in order to avoid a Course prefix/Subject. These letters indicate the department or academic unit which offers the course. refund percentage charge. Changes in grading option are done via Web access or Course numbering system. Courses throughout the Oregon University System (OUS) are at the Admissions and Records windows, numbered as follows: Neuberger Hall lobby. 0-99 Noncredit courses or credit courses of a remedial, terminal, or semiprofes- A student is formally registered only sional nature not applicable toward degree requirements. when the procedures listed in the Schedule 100-299 Courses on the lower-division level. of Classes have been completed and tuition 300-499 Courses on the upper-division level. and fees have been paid for the term. Stu- dents are financially responsible for all 4xx/5xx Master’s level graduate courses which are also offered as courses for under- graduates. classes and credits in which they are regis- tered on or after the first day of the term. 5xx Graduate courses offered in support of master’s degree level instructional pro- grams. Ordinarily employed for units whose majors have access to master’s The academic regulations which govern programs or for courses populated by master’s students. drops and withdrawals are described in 5xx/6xx Graduate courses offered in support of doctoral degree level instructional pro- detail on page 26 under “Grading System grams which are also offered as courses for master’s level students. for Undergraduates.” Students who with- 6xx Graduate courses offered in support of doctoral degree level instructional pro- draw or drop may be entitled to certain grams. Ordinarily employed for units whose majors have access to doctorate refunds of fees paid. See page 32 for more programs or for courses populated by doctorate students. information. 7xx Postbaccalaureate courses which may not be applied toward an academic The University reserves the right to degree. drop students who do not attend classes or 8xx In-service courses with limited application toward advanced degrees and no do not have the proper prerequisites. application toward undergraduate degrees. Concurrent Enrollment. Portland State University students paying full tuition In addition, the following number system is generally in effect in all OUS institutions: 100 to may enroll for courses in other units of the 110 and 200 to 210 courses are survey or foundation courses in the liberal arts and sciences in Oregon University System through a the disciplines covered. The following numbered courses are repeating courses (they may be taken for more than one term under the same number), with credit being granted according to concurrent enrollment program. Details the amount of work done: 199/299/399, Special Studies; 401, 501, 601, 801, Research; 402, of policies and procedures are available at 502, 602, 802, Independent Study; 503 Thesis/603 Dissertation; 404, 504, 604, 804, Coopera- the Admissions and Records Office, tive Education/Internship; 405, 505, 605, 805, Reading and Conference; 406, 506, 606, 806, 113 Neuberger Hall. Problems/Projects; 407, 507, 607, 807, Seminar; 408, 508, 608, 808, Workshop; 409, 509, 609, ID Cards. All students (full time, part 809, Practicum; and 410, 510, 610, 810, Selected Topics. Other repeating numbers are time, extended studies) may purchase a assigned to activity courses, such as art, music, and physical education. Certain senior level photo ID card by presenting their paid courses are taught concurrently with their graduate-level counterparts. Hence this course may tuition receipt at the ID window in the be offered for either graduate or undergraduate credit. (See quarterly Schedule of Classes for Neuberger Hall Lobby. See the Schedule of specific offering.) In the graduate credit course, additional work appropriate to the graduate level of study will be assigned. Classes for operating hours. Course title. The official title of the course is listed next to the course number. A subtitle may CROSS-LISTED be used as part of an omnibus course title. COURSES Credits. The numeral or words in parentheses indicate the number of credits granted for one term of study in a particular course. Where approved departmental combinations of courses Whenever an academic department agrees are listed together, the first number in parentheses refers to the first course number and so on with a program or school to cross-list a respectively. Example: Art 373, 374, 375 Creative Sculpture (3, 3, 3). course, that course may be used toward Maximum credits. This designation, which appears in descriptions of activity courses, such as satisfaction of undergraduate major art, music, and physical education, means that students may continue to earn credit in this requirements regardless of which course course for more than one term up to specified limits. prefix the student had used for registration. A cross-listed course may only be taken Prerequisites. Prerequisites, expressed either in terms of specific courses or more general experience, are intended to assure that students are prepared for the work of the course. A once for credit. student who lacks these specific prerequisites but feels prepared for the course for other rea- sons should consult the instructor before enrolling. 16 P ORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
UNDERGRADUATE REQUIREMENTS
Portland State University is committed to anese as a foreign language, urban studies, EQUIREMENTS FOR providing for its students maximum oppor- or women’s studies. A certificate program is R tunities for intellectual and creative devel- only available upon graduation or as a BACHELOR’S DEGREE opment within the context of its urban and postbaccalaureate. Students will be graduated according to the international mission. Students earning a A minor in administration of justice, requirements of the PSU catalog in force baccalaureate degree will complete a rigor- anthropology, architecture, art, athletic when they enroll at PSU or any other ous program of study leading to mastery of training, biology, black studies, business accredited postsecondary institution, sub- the chosen field of study at the undergrad- administration, chemistry, community ject to the seven-year rule (see below). uate level. In addition, Portland State Uni- development, computer applications, com- Once admitted and enrolled, students may versity is committed to providing the puter science, economics, electrical engi- graduate under the guidelines of any cata- foundation for continued learning after neering, English, environmental log issued after their first admission and completing the baccalaureate degree. This engineering, environmental studies, foreign enrollment, whether or not the student was foundation includes the capacity to engage languages, geography, geology, health edu- enrolled during the year in which said cata- in inquiry and critical thinking, to use vari- cation, history, international economics, log was in effect. This requirement applies ous forms of communication for learning international studies, jazz studies, linguis- to all PSU students regardless of whether or and expression, to gain an awareness of the tics, mathematics, music, philosophy, not they are transfer students. broader human experience and its environ- physics, political science, professional writ- Seven-Year Rule: No catalog is valid for ment (local, national, and international), ing, psychology, sociology, speech commu- longer than the summer term following the along with an ability to appreciate the nication, theater arts, and women’s studies. seventh academic year after issuance of the responsibilities of individuals to them- A nondegree preprofessional catalog. The 2000-2001 catalog will expire selves, each other, and community. program in agriculture, chiropractic, clini- at the end of summer term, 2007. A stu- To accomplish these goals, the Univer- cal laboratory science, cytotechnology, dent must meet the requirements of a cata- sity requires all students to complete the dental hygiene, dentistry, forestry, law, log for which the student is eligible and requirements for the major, the general medicine, naturopathic medicine, nuclear which is valid at the time of the student’s education requirements or the Honors medicine technology, nursing, occupational graduation. This applies to a first bachelor’s Program, the appropriate bachelor’s degree therapy, optometry, osteopathy, pharmacy, degree, to a second bachelor’s degree, and (Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, or physical therapy, physician assistant, to certificates which may be earned by Bachelor of Music), and a sufficient podiatry, radiation therapy, and veterinary undergraduates and by postbaccalaureate number of elective courses to complete all medicine. students. degree requirements. Highly motivated students may wish to Students working toward a bachelor’s Undergraduate students at Portland complete an undergraduate degree pro- degree must complete the (1) University State University may work toward a Bache- gram through the independent study and requirements, (2) Bachelor of Arts, Bache- lor of Arts, a Bachelor of Science, or a Bach- individualized learning of the University lor of Music, or Bachelor of Science elor of Music degree, with one or more Honors Program, 1632 SW 12th Avenue. requirements, (3) general education majors. See the “Programs of Study” chart Interdisciplinary studies are available requirement, and (4) requirements for a on pages 4-6 for majors leading to a bacca- through science and humanities courses. major. Students majoring in General Stud- laureate degree. For further information, contact the honors ies Option II do not need to meet the gen- Students working toward a bachelor’s program. eral education requirement and upper- degree may wish to supplement their major For more information on any of these division requirement in the academic dis- coursework with: degrees or programs, see the individual tribution areas. Specific requirements for a A certificate program, a concentration curricula listings in this catalog. baccalaureate degree are detailed by the of courses in one of the following specialty chart on page 17. Students pursuing sup- fields: biotechnology, black studies, Chi- plementary programs must complete addi- cano/Latino Studies, European studies, tional requirements as specified in the international business studies, Latin Ameri- curricula of these programs. can studies, Middle East studies, teaching English as a second language, teaching Jap- W ELCOME TO PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY 17
GENERAL UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL BACCALAUREATE DEGREES
REQUIREMENTS FOR Upper-Division Cluster (Junior and Senior Years) BACCALAUREATE DEGREES Students are required to select three courses (for a total of 12 cred- its) from one upper-division cluster which is directly linked to one To earn a baccalaureate degree a student must complete (1) University of the three Sophomore Inquiry classes they have taken previously. requirements, (2) general education requirements, (3) specific require- Note: Upper-division cluster courses may not be used to fulfill a ments for the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music, or Bachelor of Sci- student’s major or program requirements...... 12 credits ence Degree, and (4) requirements for a major. Senior Capstone Students bear final responsibility for ensuring that the courses This 6-credit capstone course is the culminating general education taken are applicable toward satisfying their degree requirements. course for seniors. Students join an interdisciplinary team, develop 1. UNIVERSITY REQUIREMENT a strategy to address a problem or concern in the community, and implement this strategy over one, two, or three quarters of work. .6 Minimum number of credits (lower-division plus upper-division): ...... 180 (180-205 in engineering) credits Minimum number of upper-division credits ATTENTION TRANSFER STUDENTS: (300- and 400-level): ...... 72 Please note: All students (not required for Liberal Studies or the Honors Pro- Complete General Education Requirements (Not required for gram) who commenced study at an institution of higher education on or Liberal Studies or the Honors Program): For students graduating after fall 1994 will be required to complete the University Studies require- ment. (See page 19). The following placement within University Studies is under post-1994 Bulletins including transfer students who com- based on total credits accepted at term of admission to PSU. menced study at an institution of higher education on or after fall 1994. For continuing students and transfer students who com- Transfer students who have earned less than 30 quarter credit menced study at an institution of higher education prior to fall hours of transfer work are required to complete all of the University 1994 and are graduating under pre-1994 Bulletins only, see Studies program requirements, including the entire sequence of page 25. Freshman Inquiry. Transfer students who have earned 30-44 quarter credit hours of 2. UNIVERSITY STUDIES (GENERAL EDUCATION transfer work are required to complete the Transfer Transition REQUIREMENT) course (UnSt 210) and the University Studies program beginning University General Education Requirement for students graduating under with Sophomore Inquiry. post-1994 Bulletins. See University Studies, page 19. Transfer students who have earned 45-89 quarter credits of trans- The purpose of the general education program at Portland State Uni- fer work are required to complete the University Studies program versity is to facilitate students in acquiring and developing the knowl- beginning with Sophomore Inquiry as follows: 45-59 credits, three edge, abilities, and attitudes which form a foundation for lifelong courses; 60-74 credits, two courses; and 75-89 credits, one course. learning. This foundation includes the capacity and the propensity to (The upper division cluster must come from one of these Sopho- engage in inquiry and critical thinking, to use various forms of commu- more Inquiry classes.) Transer Transition 210 taken as a choice nication for learning and expression, to gain an awareness of the counts as a Sophomore Inquiry course. broader human experience and its environment, and appreciate the Transfer students who have earned 90 or more credits of transfer responsibilities of persons to themselves, to each other, and to work are required to complete the University Studies program community. beginning with an upper-division cluster. It is recommended that To accomplish this purpose all freshmen entering with less than 30 they complete the Sophomore Inquiry course directly linked to the prior university credits are required to complete the following program upper-division cluster they choose. (See current Schedule of Classes for course descriptions and capstone offerings): TRANSFERRING PSU’S UNIVERSITY STUDIES GENERAL Freshman Inquiry EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: One year-long course which must be taken in sequence Portland State students often transfer in and out during their academic careers. Because general education requirements vary at each college and (UnSt 101,102,103) ...... 15 credits university, you must meet with advisers at each institution you attend to Sophomore Inquiry plot a successful path to graduation. University Studies and the Honors Pro- Students are required to choose three Sophomore Inquiry courses, gram are comparable to and mesh well with general education require- each from a different University Studies cluster ments in Oregon and nationally. PSU has recommended that university for a total of 12 credits...... 12 credits studies general education credits transfer in as fulfilling general education requirements, and most Oregon University System schools are receptive to this. Our advisers are always available to assist you in resolving transfer issues.
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3. REQUIREMENTS FOR BACHELOR OF ARTS, The social science academic distribution area consists of BACHELOR OF MUSIC, BACHELOR OF SCIENCE undergraduate courses from the following: Administration of DEGREES(Students must choose one.) Justice (AJ 220 and 330 only), Anthropology, Black Studies (except BSt 221, 351, 352, 353, 421, 424, 425, 426, 427), Economics, Gen- Courses taken to satisfy BA/BS requirements may also be used to meet eral Social Science, Geography, History, International Studies, Politi- any other requirements if they conform to the regular qualification for cal Science, Psychology, Sociology, Urban Studies and Planning, those requirements. Women’s Studies. For the Bachelor of Arts Degree: Students must complete 28 credits to include a minimum of 12 4. MAJOR REQUIREMENTS credits in the arts and letters academic distribution area, with a Students majoring in a department: see department description in the minimum of 4 credits in the area of fine and performing arts; Bulletin. a minimum of 12 credits in the science and/or social science Students majoring in Arts and Letters, Science, Social Science or Lib- distribution areas, with a minimum of 4 credits in the science eral Studies: see General Studies/Liberal Studies section of the Bulletin. distribution area; and 4 credits in a foreign language numbered 203 or higher (conducted in the target language). GENERAL LIMITATIONS For the Bachelor of Music Degree: Students must complete the Maximum number of credits transferred from regionally accredited program of music and applied music as prescribed by the Depart- two-year institutions: ...... 108 ment of Music. Maximum number of correspondence credits (transferred from For the Bachelor of Science Degree: Students must complete a schools recognized as institutions of higher learning): ...... 60 minimum of 12 credits in the science academic distribution area Maximum number of credits graded P (pass) that may be counted (excluding mathematical sciences/statistics) a minimum of 12 cred- for graduation: ...... 45 its in the arts and letters and/or the social sciences distribution Note restriction on P (pass) grades used for residence areas, and 4 credits in mathematical sciences/statistics. A minimum requirements. of 8 or the 12 credits in the science distribution area must be in Maximum number of Cooperative Education credits that may be coursework with integrated or associated laboratory or field work. applied toward degree requirements:...... 12 Unless otherwise specified, only courses within the science distri- Minimum cumulative grade point average: 2.00 on all residence bution area that have an explicit indication of lab or field work as work and 2.00 on all courses, no matter where taken, in major field part of the catalog description will satisfy the B.S. degree require- (some departments require a GPA greater than 2.00 in the major). ment for lab/field work. Residence credit: 45 (excluding credit by examination) of the final ACADEMIC DISTRIBUTION AREAS 60 or 165 of the total credits presented. Restriction: At least 25 of The arts and letters academic distribution area consists of the last 45 credits must be for differentiated grades. Credits earned undergraduate courses from the following: Applied Linguistics, by participation in the Oregon State Inter-institutional Program at Architecture, Art, Black Studies (BSt 221, 351, 352, 353, 421, 424, the Malheur Field Station, some Oregon State System Programs of 425, 426, 427 only), English (except for Wr 115, 120, 121, 222, Study Abroad, and some National Student Exchange programs also 227, 323), Foreign Languages and Literatures, General Arts and count as residence credit. Letters, Music, Philosophy, Speech Communication, Theater Arts. The science academic distribution area consists of under- graduate courses from the following: Biology, Chemistry, Envi- ronmental Studies, Geology, Mathematics/Statistics, Physics, Science Education. W ELCOME TO PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY 19
UNIVERSITY STUDIES
163 Cramer Hall different disciplines. Freshman Inquiry has PPER DIVISION CLUSTER 725-5890 a maximum class size of 40 students and U - www.ous.pdx.edu/ each class is divided into three small- See page 20 for cluster descriptions and current group, peer mentor sessions lead by spe- Schedule of Classes for course descriptions. Please see page 17 for University Studies cially selected upper-division students. Class material is introduced and explored Upper division students pursue a program (general education) baccalaureate of 12 credits within one cluster area of requirements. during the full class sessions and then assignments are developed and discussed interest they began in Sophomore Inquiry. The faculty of PSU have designed a four- in the peer mentor sessions. This focus on a specific cluster area may year program of study required of all stu- While the themes and content of the serve to complement the undergraduate’s dents (not required for Liberal Studies or Freshman Inquiry courses differ, the over- major area of study. Upper-division cluster Honors Program) planning to graduate all objectives are the same. Each of these courses may not be used to fulfill a stu- under the specifications in the 1994-95 classes emphasizes the building of a foun- dent’s major requirements. and subsequent University Bulletins. This dation of communication skills for learning nationally recognized program offers stu- and expression. Writing is the core, but CAPSTONE REQUIREMENT dents a clear opportunity to acquire the communication also includes emphasis on foundation for the academic and problem improving oral, numeric, and graphic/ The culmination of the University Studies solving skills needed to succeed in the 21st visual modes of communication. Freshman program is the capstone requirement. This century. University Studies offers students Inquiry is also designed to help students 6-credit, community-based learning course a program of connected educational learn and effectively use current informa- is designed to provide students with the opportunity to apply, in a team context, opportunities. tion technologies. Both in the large groups and in the smaller peer mentor sessions, what they have learned in the major and in The purpose of the University Studies their other university studies courses to a program is to facilitate the acquisition of students are introduced to the Internet and e-mail, as well as word-processing and cal- real challenge emanating from the metro- the knowledge, abilities, and attitudes that politan community. Interdisciplinary teams will form a foundation for lifelong learning culation software. Students will also learn how disciplines from the sciences, social of students address these challenges and among its students. This foundation sciences, humanities, and professional produce a summation product under the includes the capacity and the propensity to schools approach problems in different guidance of a PSU faculty member. engage in critical thinking, to use various ways and how they work together to The capstone’s purpose is to further forms of communication for learning and improve understanding of complex issues. enhance student learning while cultivating expression, to gain an awareness of the When students complete Freshman crucial life abilities that are important both broader human experience and its environ- Inquiry they will be expected to be able to academically and professionally: establish- ment, and to appreciate the responsibilities apply writing, numeracy, speech, and ing connections within the larger commu- of persons to themselves, each other, and visual/graphic skills to problems requiring nity, developing strategies for analyzing their communities. analysis and discovery. Freshman Inquiry and addressing problems, and working University Studies begins with Fresh- will expand awareness of academic poten- with others trained in fields different from man Inquiry, a year-long course introduc- tial and prepare students to move on to one’s own. ing students to different modes of inquiry increasingly rigorous and sophisticated and providing them with the tools to suc- levels of inquiry. TRANSFER TRANSITION ceed in advanced studies and their majors. (UNST 210 OR 310) At the sophomore level, students choose OPHOMORE INQUIRY three different courses, each of which leads S Transfer Transition is a course specifically into a thematically linked, interdisciplinary See page 20 for course descriptions or current designed and recommended for students cluster of courses at the upper-division Schedule of Classes. transferring to Portland State University level. Students are required to complete from other post-secondary institutions. 12 credits from one of these course clus- After the freshman year, students and fac- The thematically based course is designed ters. Finally, all students are required to ulty continue to emphasize the interdisci- by faculty from different disciplines complete a capstone course which consists plinary approaches integral to University assisted by student peer mentors. This 5- of teams of students from different majors Studies, further developing the four goals credit, one-term course is designed to assist working together to complete a project of communication, human experience, transfer students in improving their com- addressing a real problem in the Portland inquiry, and critical thinking, while con- munication skills, learning the process of metropolitan community. tinuing to affirm the ideas of ethics and inquiry from the perspectives of several dif- social responsibility. At the sophomore ferent disciplines, and building a founda- level, students select 12 credits of course- RESHMAN INQUIRY tion for the effective and efficient F work in Sophomore Inquiry from more application of information technology (UNST 101, 102, 103) than 25 different interdisciplinary courses. resources, such as the Internet and e-mail. Sophomore Inquiry provides the student For some students, Transfer Transition can See current Schedule of Classes for course an introduction to the important concepts, descriptions. be used as one of the required Sophomore questions, and concerns explored in Inquiry courses. Freshman Inquiry consists of a year-long greater depth in the upper-division course course developed by a team of faculty from clusters. 20 P ORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY STUDIES CLUSTERS AND SOPHOMORE INQUIRY COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
The following are brief descriptions of the Upper-Division Clusters, including the Sophomore Inquiry courses which serve as the gateways to the clusters. Please contact the cluster coordinator for more detailed course descriptions. Contact information is avaliable through the Office of University Studies, (503) 725-5890, 163 Cramer Hall. See page 17 for information on undergraduate requirements. AFRICAN STUDIES CLUSTER ASIAN STUDIES CLUSTER This cluster presents interdisciplinary approaches to the study An interdisciplinary approach to understanding the diversity of of the African continent and its peoples, their complexity and cultures and societies in Asia, including both the continuities diversity. It explores problems and themes that are cultural, his- and discontinuities between past and present. History, religion, torical, political, and geographical, and that address fundamen- art, anthropology, geography, literature, political science, and tal issues in the construction and expression of identity and economics provide complementary ways of grasping the com- knowledge. plexities of contemporary Asian worlds. Soph Inq: African Studies Soph Inq: Asian Studies This course will explore changing disciplinary and interdiscipli- This course introduces students to the study of diverse cultures nary perspectives on the study of the African continent and its and societies in Asia through history, literature, anthropology, peoples. The course examines how an understanding of the and geography. Contemporary issues related to the political, African experience, far from being exotic or distant, reaches to cultural, and economic transformation of Asia in the twentieth the core of academic struggle and intellectual debate. century are discussed in light of tradition and its place in Asian societies as well as the powerful forces of modernity. AMERICAN STUDIES CLUSTER American Studies is an established interdisciplinary field both CLASSIC GREEK CIVILIZATION CLUSTER in the United States and in several other countries, including The theme of this cluster is: What made the Greek civilization England and Japan. This cluster uses Americanist materials of the classical period what it was? Greek civilization was com- ranging from literature, through landscapes, to art, music, and posed of several distinct features and the cluster provides a court cases, to explore both the tensions and the traditions of variety of courses which enable students to attain an overall American culture and society. view of the classical period and the influence of the Greeks on Soph Inq: American Studies later cultures. This course introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of Soph Inq: Classic Greek Civilization American Studies, provides a focus through which to explore This course will investigate the history, art, archaeology, culture, sources in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and and philosophies of Greece in the Classical period (600-100 performing arts, and offers an opportunity to acquire a variety B.C.). We examine Greek culture in terms of its influence on of skills important in college and the work world. As the inter- modern American culture and also focus on the differences disciplinary study of American Culture, the course focuses on a between the two societies as a means of getting a more objective comparison of voices or perspectives as a way of knowing look at ourselves. Greek approaches to modern issues such as American artifacts, policies, and places. Although the focus of diversity, democracy, education, and poverty are explored and each class may differ, they will all use their subjects as a labora- their lessons for today's society considered. tory for learning the methods and perspectives of American Studies. In the process, students will become familiar with COMMUNITY STUDIES CLUSTER something of the culture, character, and environment of the This cluster explores the nature of the communities we live in, United States. Each class will focus on several main texts or whether defined spatially (such as a neighborhood) or as a set projects during class, and students will do an additional project of ties based on sharing a common interest. Building commu- either outside class and/or in their mentor sections. nity has become a central debate in a number of social sciences, including sociology, political science, economics, and psychol- ARCHAEOLOGY CLUSTER ogy. In a culture emphasizing individualism and individual Through the study of archaeology, students grapple with funda- rights, how can needs for community and responsibility to mental questions about what it means to be human, how we others be balanced? Thus, in this cluster, students have the came to be the way we are, and what we might expect from the opportunity to gain practical as well as theoretical experience future. The field draws on research interests, methods, and with building communities. explanatory approaches from multiple disciplines, including: Soph Inq: Community and Identity in America anthropology, history, black studies, geography, biology, and This course considers how to study communities and how well geology. social scientific knowledge squares with the understanding of Soph Inq: Archaeology community members. The study requires students to learn and This course surveys the varieties of current archaeological utilize a variety of skills, including calculation, interviewing, approaches to the past, the kinds of questions we ask, and and observation, as well as organization of observations samples some of the most important answers. through selection and synthesis.
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