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Catalogue 1989-90 The University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont Notice of Nondiscrimination Applicants for admission and employment, students, employees, sources of referral of applicants for admission and employ ment, and all unions or professional organizations holding collective bargaining or professional agreements with the Universi ty of Vermont are hereby notified that the University of Vermont does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, sexual orienta tion, handicap, color, religion, age, national origin, or Vietnam Veteran status in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs and activities. In addition, it is the policy of the University that sexual harassment is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. It is therefore the intent of the University to comply with the spirit and the letter of Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Equal Pay Act of 1963; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of1973; the Vermont Fair Employment Practices Act; and such other federal, state, and local non discrimination laws as may apply. Inquries or complaints concerning the University's compliance with the regulations implementing the above-referenced laws, or the affirmative action policies of the University should be made to the University of Vermont Director, Office of Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity, Waterman Building, Burlington, Vermont 05405, telephone (802) 656-3368; or the Office of the Vermont Attorney General, Pavillion Building, Montpelier, Vermont 05602. Inquiries or complaints concerning the University's compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 34CFR Part 100; Title IX of the Education Amendments, 34 CFRPart 106; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, 45 CFR Part 90; or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 34 CFRPart 104, may also be made to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, United States Department of Education, Washington, DC 20202, or to the Director, United States Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, Region I, J. W. McCor- mack POCH, Boston, MA 02109. The Contents Academic Calendar 1 Introduction 3 Admission to the University 9 Student Expenses and Financial Aid 15 Student Life 21 General Information 29 Academic Options 39 The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 45 The College of Arts and Sciences 59 The College of Education and Social Services 71 The Division of Engineering, Mathematics, and Business Administration 83 The Division of Health Sciences 95 The School of Natural Resources 103 Courses of Instruction Ill Trustees, Administration, Faculty 186 Index 219 Students at the University of Vermont are responsible for knowing and complying with all re quirements for their respective degrees as stated in the catalogue. The University of Vermont reserves the right to make changes in the course offerings, degree re quirements, charges, and regulations, and procedures contained herein as educational and financial considerations require, subject to and consistent with established procedures and authorizations for making such changes. Although its legal title is The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, the University is known to its students and alumni as UVM. This popular abbreviation is derived from the Latin Universitas Viridis Montis, University of the Green Mountain. The colors of the University are green and gold. The mascot is the catamount. Correspondence Requests for a catalogue, an application form, or information concerning admissions policies and procedures, room and board, and tuition may be addressed to: Director of Admissions The University of Vermont 194 South Prospect Street Burlington, Vermont 05405 Other correspondence may be addressed as follows: Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean, School of Allied Health Sciences Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Dean, School of Business Administration Dean, College of Education and Social Services Dean, College of Engineering and Mathematics Dean, Graduate College Dean, College of Medicine Dean, School of Natural Resources Dean, School of Nursing Director, Environmental Program Director, Continuing Education (includes Summer and Evening Division) The University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont 05405 The Catalogue is produced annually by the Provost's Office and University Graphics & Printing. Wendy G. Smith, Editor; JoAnn Mannion, Production Manager and Cover Designer; Nancy Hankey, Typographer. Printing: Murray Printing Company, Westford, MA. Photo credits: John Earle, UVM Media Photo. Academic Calendar FALL 1989 Registration August 28 Monday Classes begin August 29 Tuesday Labor Day holiday September 4 Monday Fall recess October 20 Friday Preregistration November 15-17 Wednesday-Friday Thanksgiving recess November 22-24 Wednesday-Friday Classes end December 8 Friday Exams begin December 11 Monday Exams end December 15 Friday SPRING 1990 Martin Luther King holiday January 15 Monday Registration January 16 Tuesday Classes begin January 17 Wednesday Washington's Birthday holiday February 19 Monday Town Meeting recess March 6 Tuesday Spring recess March 19-23 Monday-Friday Honors Day April 23 Monday Preregistration April 18-20 Wednesday-Friday Classes end May 4 Friday Exams begin May 7 Monday Exams end May 11 Friday Commencement May 19 Saturday For informational purposes, the major Jewish holidays which occur during the academic year are listed below. Classes will meet as scheduled. Students who miss work because of religious observance will be permitted to make this work up at another time. Rosh Hashanah (New Year) September 30-October 1 Saturday-Sunday Yom Kippur (Atonement) October 9 Monday Succot (Tabernacles, Beginning) October 14-15 Saturday-Sunday Sh'mini Atzeret (Tabernacles, Concluding) October 21 Saturday Simchat Torah October 22 Sunday Pesach (Passover) April 10-11 Tuesday-Wednesday Pesach, Concluding April 16-17 Monday-Tuesday £ipl^5pl m M&l 1 v /•• *&& 'w y * \ '" / / ' MSm r: *+#&&&• -4$- < -ji: „ w .5* 5%?! i-*2 '" * V'Sv. '-?* "At5 >%? , •, ;frs H-, F i\. '%2 I \ Introduction Chartered in 1791, the same year that Vermont became the During 1988-89, 8,032 students were enrolled in the eight fourteenth state in the union, The University of Vermont was undergraduate colleges and schools — the Colleges of Agricul established as the fifth college in New England. Much of the in ture and Life Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Education and Social itial funding and planning for the University was undertaken Services, and Engineering and Mathematics, and the Schools by Ira Allen who is honored as UVM's founder. of Allied Health Sciences, Business Administration, Natural Resources, and Nursing — and 1,121 were enrolled in the The University of Vermont was the first college or university in Graduate College and 355 in the College of Medicine. the country to have it plainly declared in its charter that the "rules, regulations, and by-laws shall not tend to give prefer The campus of the University of Vermont is located in Burling ence to any religious sect or denomination whatsoever" — a ton, the State's largest city. Within a greater Burlington area of clear assertion of Vermont's commitment to equality and 100,000 people, the city with its population of 38,000 enjoys enlightment. magnificent views of Lake Champlain and the Adirondack Mountains to the west and Vermont's Green Mountains to the Nine more years passed before, in 1800, the University was east. Burlington is located approximately 200 miles northwest finally set in motion with a president-professor and a handful of Boston, 300 miles north of New York City, and 100 miles of students. south of Montreal. UVM was founded in a day when U.S. colleges and universities existed primarily to educate men for the professions, expecially for the ministry. Yet, in studying University history, Professor THE UNIVERSITY MISSION Emerita Betty Bandel discovered that "this small institution The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College located in a frontier community of New England became a blends the academic heritage of a private industry with service pioneer in the kind of practical education which later became missions in the land-grant tradition. Vermont's only university- the basis for the establishment of the land grant universities — level institution of higher education directs its resources those institutions which made it possible for the sons and toward the provision of excellence in instruction, innovation in daughters of average citizens to aspire to a college education." research and scholarship, and public service to the citizens of For example, she noted that the University is believed to be the the state and nation. As befits a small but comprehensive first nonmilitary institution to have offered engineering university, the curricula in UVM's graduate, undergraduate, courses. and professional programs integrate the principles of liberal The University pioneered in yet another area of society, that of education to enhance the personal, professional, and intellec giving women equal status with men in higher education. In tual growth of its students. Through a widespread spirit of in 1871, the University defied custom and admitted two women quiry and investigative rigor, UVM's faculty and students parti as students and four years later was the first institution in the cipate in extending humankind's knowledge of self and country to admit women to