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2006-2007 General Catalog University Advising and Transfer Services Taggart Student Center 304 Utah State University 0114 Old Main Hill Logan UT 84322-0114 Telephone (435) 797-3373 or 1-800-606-4878 Facsimile (435) 797-8067 Web Home Page http://www.usu.edu President’s Message Your experience here should not end in the classroom and lab. There Welcome to Utah State are more than 200 student clubs and organizations, for just about University! every interest. We have a large intramural sports program, and you can cheer on Aggie varsity teams, which play in the top division of the Whether you are registering or still checking us out, Utah State is a NCAA. wonderful choice for students. This is a university where academics come first. Here you will receive a complete learning experience— Some 80 percent of our students live on campus or in student houses friendly, award-winning teaching and an opportunity to do cutting-edge and apartment complexes in this friendly, picturesque city. Our research at an institution ranked by the Carnegie Foundation in the top University family is a community within a community. It does not take four percent of research universities. long to feel at home here. Our programs literally stretch from under the soil to soaring in space. Again, welcome, and have a great school year. We are both a land-grant university, begun more than a century ago as an agricultural college, and a space-grant university, whose students and faculty have sent more payloads through the atmosphere than any other university in the world. In between are courses in seven Stan L. Albrecht academic colleges leading to more than 200 undergraduate and President of Utah State University graduate options. Statement on Institutional Inside this catalog is an array of classes, mostly taught by full-time faculty, not by teaching assistants as at many other large universities. I Integrity encourage you to browse through the catalog and find classes that will help prepare you to make a living, as well as courses that will help you Utah State University adheres to the highest ethical standards in its enjoy life. Both are important. representation to its constituencies and the public; in its teaching, scholarship, and service; in its treatment of its students, faculty, and staff; and in its relationships with regulatory and accrediting agencies. UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN USPS 6542-6000 Utah State University Bulletin, Volume 06, Number 2, April/May 2006. Issued four times yearly at Logan, Utah 84322-9900, in January/February/ March, April/May, June/July, and August/September/October/November/December. Periodicals postage paid at Logan, Utah. 7,000 copies printed. Postmaster: Send address changes to Utah State University, University Advising and Transfer Services, 0114 Old Main Hill, Logan UT 84322-0114. 2 Utah State University 2006-2007 General Catalog Mission and Role Statement Utah State University University Mission Statement The academic advantages of a large university, together with the The mission of Utah State University is to be one of the nation’s friendliness of a small college, are offered at Utah State University. premier student-centered land-grant and space-grant universities by With a student body of more than 23,000, USU recognizes that the fostering the principle that academics come first; by cultivating diversity needs of the individual are of major importance, and many programs of thought and culture; and by serving the public through learning, have been established to give the student the optimum of individual discovery, and engagement. attention. With 43 departments in seven academic colleges, more than 200 University Role Statement undergraduate options, a School of Graduate Studies, University Extension, and several research programs, Utah State University offers Utah State University fulfills a unique role in the Utah System of Higher an excellent opportunity for students to study a wide range of subjects. Education as the state’s land-grant and space-grant university. The land-grant designation makes Utah State responsible for statewide USU was founded in 1888 as part of the public educational system programs in agriculture, business, education, engineering, natural of Utah and operates under the constitution and laws of the state. It resources, sciences, family life, 4-H youth, and the traditional core of belongs to the family of institutions known as land-grant universities, liberal learning: humanities, arts, and social sciences. The University which had their origin in 1862. The institution was originally called the gives particular emphasis to programs involving the interaction of land, Agricultural College of Utah, later becoming Utah State Agricultural people, and the environment. College. The state legislature designated the name change to Utah State University in 1957. Utah State University is also a “Doctoral/Research University- Extensive” institution, as designated by the Carnegie Corporation, An 18-member State Board of Regents governs the Utah state system meaning that, in selected areas historically associated with its of higher education. This board has the responsibility for state-wide designation as a land-grant and space-grant university, it provides master planning for higher education, assignment of roles to the doctoral and master’s level education and supports and expects of several institutions in the state system, and control of operating and its faculty significant research efforts. The University offers a broad capital budgets for the institutions. USU has a 10-member Board of array of doctoral and master’s level degrees in areas appropriate to Trustees which is responsible for implementing the assigned roles, its mission. Hands-on learning is also a hallmark of its undergraduate including the appointment of personnel and the enactment of rules and programs. governing regulations. As a space-grant institution, Utah State University plays a preeminent Utah State University is one of two Tier One institutions in the state, the role in the development of the sciences and engineering associated other being the University of Utah. Both universities are categorized as with research and teaching about outer space. This includes the public research universities. mission of the Space Dynamics Laboratory and its related components on the Innovation Campus. USU is governed by the State Board of Regents and accredited by Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges, National Council Utah State develops knowledge as part of its discovery mission, as for Accreditation of Teacher Education, American Psychological reflected in research generated by the Utah Agricultural Experiment Association, American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Station and the Utah Water Research Laboratory, and disseminates American Music Therapy Association, AACSB International—The this knowledge through technical assistance provided by Cooperative Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, Utah Extension in each of the state’s 29 counties. The land-grant mission State Board of Education—Teacher Education Program, Council also means that Utah State delivers degrees through Continuing on Rehabilitation Education, Accrediting Board of Engineering and Education programs, whether through on-site or technologically Technology, American Society of Landscape Architects, Commission delivered, time-enhanced methods throughout the state. on Accreditation—Council on Social Work Education, American Chemical Society, Society of American Foresters, National League of Taken together, these designations as a land-grant and space-grant Nursing Accrediting Commission, Council on Academic Accreditation university also mean that Utah State University has a leading role in of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), economic development of the state and the region. These goals are American Dietetic Association, Foundation for Interior Design realized through the effective transfer of research from the laboratory Education Research, National Association of Schools of Music, Utah to commercial enterprises. To that end, Utah State University has State Board of Vocational Education, and the Society for Range an aggressive position in the identification of intellectual property, Management. USU is a land-grant and a Carnegie Foundation the commercialization of new technologies, and the development of “Doctoral/Research University-Extensive” institution. Credit earned at research programs that will be of benefit to the state. USU also brings USU is fully transferable to other universities and colleges in the United government, business, and education together on its Innovation States of America. Campus with the goal of stimulating economic development. Utah State University 2006-2007 General Catalog 3 Assessment Director, Office of Analysis, Assessment, and Accreditation: assessment plan should be structured as a process, rather than as H. Craig Petersen an event. Asessment must be an ongoing activity that contributes to Location: Main 302, UMC 1437 institutional improvement. Phone: (435) 797-0001 FAX: (435) 797-1680 Consistent with these guidelines, USU has implemented a E-mail: [email protected] comprehensive plan for educational assessment. This plan focuses on WWW: http://aaa.usu.edu the following areas: Educational assessment involves gathering and analyzing information 1. Student Attitudes and Perceptions. The Office of Analysis, about learning activities with the goal of improving academic programs. Assessment,