University of Missouri-Rolla Undergraduate Catalog 2004-2005
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University of Missouri-Rolla Undergraduate Catalog 2004-2005 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 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 Equal Opportunity in Inquiries concerning the above may be addressed to: Chancellor, University of Missouri-Rolla Programs and Rolla, Missouri 65409-9957 Activities Director, Office for Civil Rights Department of Health and Human Services It is the policy of the University of Missouri-Rolla to Washington, D.C. 20201 provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orien- tation, religion, national origin, age, or physical disabil- ity, and status as vietnamera veteran, to prohibit dis- Information on the World Wide Web crimination in recruitment, employment, conditions of For the most current information regarding course employment, including salary and benefits related descriptions go to: http://campus.umr.edu/registrar thereto, to promote employment opportunity and to Students are also advised to consult the web sites take affirmative action in this regard. Affirmative Action of individual schools, college and department offices. means the elimination of all existing discriminatory con- ditions, whether purposeful or inadvertent. This nondis- crimination policy applies to all persons. 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 par- ticipation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiv- ing Federal financial assistance.” Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the 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 ben- efits of, or be subject to discrimination under any pro- gram 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 ben- efits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any pro- gram or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 Section 102 Discrimination General Rule. – No covered entity shall discriminate against a qualified individual with a disability because of the disability of such individual in regard to job applica- tion procedures, the hiring, advancement, or discharge of employees, employee compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. UMR conducts its programs and activities involving ad- mission and treatment of students, employment, teaching, research, and public service in a non-discriminatory man- ner as prescribed by Federal law and regulation. General Information — 3 Political Science . 105 Table of Contents Pre-health Professions . 107 Pre-law . 107 Administrators . .6 Psychology . .108 Calendar . .9 Russian . .112 Equal Opportunity . .2 Sociology/Anthropology . .112 Educational Goals/Mission/Vision . .5 Spanish . .114 Introduction . .7 Speech & Media Studies . .114 Statistics . .116 General Information Theatre . .117 Academic Resources . .18 Admissions . .10 School of Engineering Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC) . .19 Aerospace Engineering . .120 Assessment Requirements . .21 Architectural Engineering . .126 Assistance for Students with Disabilities . .21 Basic Engineering . .130 Career Opportunities Center . 23 Engineering Graphics . .132 Co-Curricula Activities . .25 Chemical & Biological Engineering . .132 Computing at UMR . .27 Civil Engineering . .137 Counseling Center & Academic Support . .25 Environmental Engineering . .145 Distance and Continuing Education . .19 Computer Engineering . .149 Fees . .12 Electrical Engineering . .154 Financial Assistance . .15 Engineering Management . .161 Honors Academy . .30 Engineering Mechanics . .168 International & Cultural Affairs . .30 Freshman Engineering Program . .169 Library . .32 Mechanical Engineering . .170 Maastricht Center for Transatlantic Students . .35 Military Science (Army ROTC) . .32 School of Management and Minority Engineering & Science Program . .34 Information Systems Missouri London Program . .34 New Student Programs . .35 Business and Management Systems . .182 Nuclear Reactor . .35 Economics & Finance . .184 Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) . .35 Information Science and Technology . .188 Office of the Registrar . .36 School of Materials, Energy, and Residential Life . .39 Southwestern Bell Cultural Center . .41 Earth Resources Student Health Services . .39 Ceramic Engineering . .194 Teacher Education Program . .29 Geological Engineering . .197 University Police . .41 Geology/Geophysics . .202 Writing Across the Curriculum . .45 Metallurgical Engineering . .209 Mining Engineering . .215 Degree Programs Nuclear Engineering . .220 Degree Programs . .47 Petroleum Engineering . .225 College of Arts & Sciences Index . .229 Aerospace Studies (Air Force ROTC) . .54 Campus Map . .233 Art . .55 Biological Sciences . .57 Chemistry . .61 Computer Science . .69 Education . .75 English and Technical Communication . .79 Etymology . .83 French . .84 German . .84 History . .85 Latin . .89 Mathematics . .89 Military Science (Army ROTC) . .95 Music . .96 Philosophy . .98 Physical Education . .99 Physics . .101 4 — General Information General Information — 5 UMR emphasizes a broad range of educational and Educational Goals of research programs with special emphasis on science and technology. UMR (Approved December 2003 Board of Curators’ Meeting) As Missouri’s technological university, the Universi- Vision ty of Missouri-Rolla’s mission is to educate tomorrow’s The University of Missouri-Rolla continuously strives leaders. In a world growing increasingly dependent on to provide a superior education for its students. To ac- science and technology, tomorrow’s graduates must be complish this, the university must continue to encour- prepared to be leaders in more than just their chosen age and reqard excellence and creativity in teaching and professions. They must also be leaders in business, in continue to strengthen an environment conducive to government, in education, and in all aspects of society. learning. It must also encourage and reward faculty UMR is dedicated to providing leadership opportunities members for their effort to increase sponsored research for its students. The opportunity to receive an excellent in order to offer both more and greater opportunities for technological education is only part of the educational graduate students and wider prospects for solving soci- experience received by students at UMR. UMR offers a ety’s problems. As these goals are achieved, UMR’s rep- full range of engineering and science degrees, coupled utation for the quality of its undergraduate and gradu- with business and liberal arts degrees and programs ate education will continue to grow. The overall results that are vital to the kind of comprehensive education of making good programs even better will be increased that turns bright young men and women into leaders. enrollments and research funding. The cumulative ef- UMR is nationally recognized for its excellent under- fect of achieving these goals will be the enhanced recog- graduate engineering programs, and is distinguished for nition of UMR, by both professional bodies and public producing cutting-edge research and key technologies entities (i.e., U.S. News and World Report), as one of vital to the economic success of Missouri and the nation. the nation’s top 50 undergraduate and engineering UMR has a distinguished faculty dedicated wholeheart- Ph.D. granting institutions. edly to the teaching, research, and creative activities UMR is widely recognized as a leading institution of necessary for scholarly learning experiences and ad- higher education in the State of Missouri and is dedicat- vancements to the frontiers of knowledge. UMR has ex- ed to enhancing its role as a nationally prominent tech- cellent physical facilities, which support the best possi- nological university. ble education in the liberal arts, engineering, science, applied science, and selected interrelated fields. University of Missouri Board of Cura- UMR’s programs in science, engineering, and busi- ness, its technology transfer programs, its leadership tors opportunities, and its learning environment are all inte- Mary L. James, 1-1-2005 (President) gral parts of the total educational package available to M. Sean McGinnis, 1-1-2005 students who attend the University of Missouri-Rolla. Connie Hager Silverstein, 1-1-2005 Mission Statement Thomas E. Atkins, 1-1-2007 (Vice President) Angela M. Bennett, 1-1-2007 The University of Missouri-Rolla, Missouri’s Re- Kathleen Miller, (Secretary to the Board) search Technological University,