General Catalog 1986-87
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GENERAL CATALOG 1986-87 * T * 171 * .642 * G49X * 1986/87 *1 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, Georgia General Catalog, June 1986 6 General Information 78 College of Engineering 279 Rules and Quick Reference Guide 8 Academic Offerings 80 Aerospace Engineering Regulations 8 Accreditation 87 Chemical Engineering General Information 9 Special Support Facilities 95 Civil Engineering 295 Administration, 21 Student Life Environmental Engineering Faculty, and Staff 28 Affiliated Organizations 106 Electrical Engineering 295 Administration 121 Engineering Science and Mechanics Information for 298 Institutional Administration Undergraduate Students 33 Information for 129 Industrial and Systems Engineering 302 Faculty Undergraduate Health Systems Students Operations Research 320 Index Information for 33 Degrees Statistics Graduate Students 33 Special Programs 141 Materials Engineering 37 Admissions Ceramic Engineering 39 Academic Regulations Metallurgical Engineering Financial Information 151 Mechanical Engineering 43 Information for Health Physics About this Catalog Nuclear Engineering The statements set forth in this catalog are for informa- Graduate Students 171 College of Architecture 43 Textile Engineering tional purposes only and should not be construed as the General Information Polymers basis of a contract between a student and this institution. 43 Degrees and Programs While the provisions of this catalog will ordinarily be 44 Textile Chemistry Special Programs Textiles applied as stated, Georgia Tech reserves the right to 45 Policies and Regulations change any provision listed in this catalog, including but College of Engineering 45 Admissions Information 182 not limited to academic requirements for graduation, 47 The Master's Degree College of Management without actual notice to individual students. Every effort 50 The Doctoral Degree 182 Management will be made to }cep students advised of any such 184 Economics changes. Information on changes will be available in the College of Management 53 186 Management Science offices of the registrar, the dean of students, and the major Financial Information schools and colleges. It is especially important that each 53 Classification of Students for Tuition 200 College of Sciences student note that it is his or her responsibility to be aware Purposes College of Sciences and Liberal Studies of cunent graduation requirements for a particular degree 55 Undergraduate Information program. and Liberal Studies 58 Graduate Information 201 Air Force Aerospace Studies This institution is in compliance with Title VI of the 202 Applied Biology Civil Rights Act of 1964 and does not discriminate on the 61 Curricula and 207 Chemistry basis of race, creed, color, or national origin, and is also in Rules and Regulations 214 English compliance with the provisions of Tale IX of the Courses of 218 Geophysical Sciences Educational Amendments of 1972 which prohibit discrim- Instruction Atmospheric Sciences ination on the basis of sex. 223 Information and Computer Science It is the policy of the Institute that sexual harassment as Administration, 62 College of Architecture 231 Mathematics defined in the EEOC Guidelines will not be tolerated Faculty, and Staff 63 Architecture among members of the Tech community. Any complaint 240 Military Science of sexual harassment should be reported immediately to 64 Building Construction 243 Modern Languages 66 Industrial Design the appropriate person or persons designated by the vice- 250 Music president, dean, or director. 69 City Planning 251 Naval Science The cost of the 1986-87 General Catalog is $42,000 254 Physical Education and Recreation for a total press run of 40,000 copies. 256 Physics This catalog becomes effective with summer quarter 266 Psychology 1986. 272 Social Sciences Technology and Science Policy 2 3 Summer Quarter 1986 Academic Calendar June 23 Registration *1986-87 June 24 Classes begin Georgia Tech operates on the quarter plan September 1 Final exams begin with the fall, winter, and spring quarters September 6 End of term; normally constituting the academic year. A Commencement full summer quarter schedule offers students Fall Quarter 1986 the opportunity to accelerate their programs September 22-23 Registration September 24 Classes begin by attending four quarters per year Students November 27 Begin Thanksgiving recess may enter a course of study or complete their November 30 Last day of Thanksgiving degree requirements and attend a commence- recess ment ceremony in any one of the four December 8 Final exams begin quarters. December 13 End of term; Commencement The Office of the Registrar prepares and December 14 Begin Christmas recess distributes an official Institute calendar for each quarter. Dates, filing times, deadlines, Winter Quarter 1987 January 5 Registration and other information contained in the January 6 Classes begin official calendar supersede previously pub- March 16 Final exams begin lished information, including notices in this March 21 End of term; catalog. Adherence to the requirements set Commencement by the official calendar is the responsibility March 22 Begin spring recess of the student. Spring Quarter 1987 March 30 Registration March 31 Classes begin June 8 Final exams begin June 13 End of term; Commencement Summer Quarter 1987 June 22 Registration June 23 Classes begin August 31 Final exams begin September 5 End of term; Commencement research, thereby enhancing its position of national prominence. Enrollment has grown from the first class in 1888-129 mechanical engineering students, all but one from Georgia—to almost eleven thousand stu- dents from every state and eighty countries. Today, the members of this growing student community work toward undergraduate and graduate degrees in Tech's twenty-one schools and colleges. Men and women who graduate from Tech influence the worlds of architecture, engineering, management, and science; their alumni support, consistently among the most substantial in the nation, ensures that Tech students will continue to receive the high level of technical skill that will prepare them to enter the future con- fidently and competently. The Institute's primary goal traditionally has been to provide superlative instruction for capable and intelligent students. The Zist Vvriitrat ant Nanatt average Scholastic Aptitude Test score for Georgia Tech students is approximately three extensive research and service projects cen- 4fitlitt Ctitn 1001 6,VAL.f. 411 hundred points higher than the national tered on the campus. The Department of t ki °jilt '11 avnn Or rt Sinsti average, and the Institute enrolls the highest Continuing Education sponsors frequent , ■ .tu 1.111010111411* TA. I a, IR percentage of freshmen National Merit seminars and workshops for professionals ord.. tr.. PIK* Scholars and National Achievement Scholars and concerned citizens who seek to expand 44,1,antral 13.00“‘tql among publicly supported institutions in the their knowledge of current issues. All ip•■■ • ■, rrt,1 • United States. To meet the needs of these instructional and research units, including ■ L. afro. , talented individuals, Tech provides a dis- the Advanced Technology Development Cen- tariblo tinguished faculty, approximately 85 percent ter, provide advisory services in engineering, of whom hold doctoral degrees. Further, the architecture, science, and management as Institute has pioneered and continues to well as on-site development programs for develop such innovative educational pro- industry and government. When the Georgia Institute of Technology quality, technical education and thus opened grams as the Cooperative Plan, which offers As the South's largest industrial and was founded in 1885, the concept of a the door to the future for generations of Tech students the opportunity to work in industry engineering research agency, with an annual technological education was still new to the graduates. and attend school in alternate quarters. research budget of $95 million, Georgia South's largely agricultural society. As Georgia Tech begins its second cen- In addition to cultivating responsibility Tech has contributed extensively to such Undaunted by philosophical opposition, the tury of excellence in education, the Institute and skill in tomorrow's leaders, Georgia diverse fields as energy conservation, innovative forefathers of Georgia Tech boldly continues to pursue the goals of quality Tech serves the community not only through artificial intelligence, submillimeter waves, affirmed their belief in the necessity of a education, vigorous service, and progressive individual volunteer efforts, but also through digital image processing, remote sensing, 6 7 chemical kinetic processes, electromagnetic scattering, guidance/seeker technology, elec- Academic Offerings tronic countermeasures, and composite fiber Through the Colleges of Engineering, Sci- structures. Projects conducted at Tech range ences and Liberal Studies, Management, and from solar energy development to complex Architecture, Georgia Tech offers curricula defense systems research. Engineers, scien- leading to degrees in twenty-seven under- tists, and other technical experts in Georgia graduate majors, thirty-two master's Tech's nineteen interdisciplinary research programs, and twenty-four doctoral pro- centers, the Georgia Tech Research Institute, grams. The "Information for Undergraduate and academic schools and colleges explore Students" and the "Information for Graduate problems such as the effects of radio Students" sections of this book