1983-1984 Undergraduate Catalogue
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Cover: The Apse in Billings Student Center. Photo by A.J. Huse. The catalogue is produced by the Office of Academic Affairs and the UVM Print Shop. Editing: Wendy G. Smith. Production Manager and Cover Design: Joann Mannion. Typesetting: Frances Hogan. The Contents Academic Calendar 1 Introduction 3 Admission to the University 9 Student Expenses and Financial Aid 17 Student Life 25 General Information 37 Academic Options 51 The College of Agriculture 61 The College of Arts and Sciences 77 The College of Education and Social Services 95 The Division of Engineering, Mathematics, and Business Administration 109 The School of Natural Resources 127 The Division of Health Sciences 135 Courses of Instruction 147 Trustees, Faculty, Administration 273 Index 315 The University of Vermont reserves the right to make changes in the course offerings, degree re quirements, charges, regulations, and procedures contained herein as educational and financial con siderations 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 Univer- sitas Viridis Montis, University of the Green Mountains. The colors of the University are green and gold. The mascot is thecatamount. 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 University of Vermont 194 South Prospect Street Burlington, Vermont 05405 Other correspondence may be addressed as follows: Dean, College of Agriculture Director, School of Allied Health Sciences Dean, College of Arts and Sciences Director, School of Business Administration Dean, College of Education and Social Services Dean, College of Engineering and Mathematics Dean, Graduate College Dean, College of Medicine Director, School of Natural Resources Director, School of Nursing Director, Environmental Program Director, Continuing Education (includes Summer Session and Evening Division) Coordinator, Home Economics Program University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont 05405 POLICY STATEMENT ON NON-DISCRIMINATION It is the policy of the University of Vermont to provide equal opportunity in admissions, programs, and activities in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amend ments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975. As such, all University sponsored programs and activities, except where limitations or restrictions are legally permissible, shall be open to all students without regard to race, sex, handicap, color, religion, age, or national origin. Inquiries regarding compliance with the foregoing, or the affirmative action policies of the University, should be directed to: The Assistant to the President for Human Resources. The University has an on-going program to provide accessible facilities and to respond to special needs of disabled persons. Questions should be referred to the Office of Architectural Barrier Control. In ad dition, students with physical or learning disabilities may contact the Office of Specialized Student Ser vices in the Counseling and Testing Center, Academic Calendar FALL 1983 Registration August 29 Monday Classes begin August 30 Tuesday Labor Day holiday September 5 Monday Fall recess October 14 Friday Preregistration November 16-18 Wednesday-Friday Thanksgiving recess November 23-25 Wednesday-Friday Classes end December 9 Friday Exams begin December 13 Tuesday Exams end December 17 Saturday SPRING 1984 Registration January 16 Monday Classes begin January 17 Tuesday Washington's Birthday holiday February 20 Monday Town Meeting recess March 6 Tuesday Spring recess March 19-23 Monday-Friday Preregistration April 18-20 Wednesday-Friday Honors Day April 23 Monday (no classes after 3 p.m.) Classes end May 2 Wednesday Exams begin May 5 Saturday Exams end May 10 Thursday 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. Rosh Hashanah (New Year) September 8-9 Thursday-Friday Yom Kippur (Atonement) September 17 Saturday Succot (Tabernacles, Beginning) September 22-23 Thursday-Friday Sh'mini Atzeret (Tabernacles, Concluding) September 29 Thursday Simchat Torah September 30 Friday Pesach (Passover) April 17-18 Tuesday-Wednesday Pesach, Concluding April 23-24 Monday-T uesday r> m N. V / I Introduction ven before the fledgling Republic of Vermont joined the Union as the fourteenth state, E its 1777 constitution called for a university which "ought to be established by direction of the General Assembly." The provision was retained as Vermont moved toward statehood, although it was 1791 before the pioneers of this largely raw and unsettled wilderness territory managed to act on the matter and actually charter a university, to be located in the young town of Burlington on Lake Champlain. Nine more years passed before, in 1800, the University of Vermont was finally set in mo tion with a president-professor and a handful of students. With the adoption, on November 3, 1791, of its charter, the University became the twen tieth college in the United States and the fifth in New England, notable in view of the fact that only five of all the citizens in the new state were college-educated. Given the social and religious attitudes of eighteenth century New England, the University was also remarkable in that it was the first in America to have it declared plainly in its charter that the "rules, regulations, and by-laws shall not tend to give preference to any religious sect or denomina tion whatsoever." Thus did the founding Legislature of Vermont establish a university which was to develop like no other in the nation. While the enabling legislation provided for funding to come from rents, those were often fixed at "$.25 per acre as long as grass is green and water runs," and in any event were not reliably collectable. One result is the tradition, born of necessity, which has seen The University of Vermont develop in many of the same ways as the private institutions of the country have developed, with a substantial reliance on alumni and other private philan thropy. Today, the University's appropriation from the State of Vermont is about 16 percent of the total operating budget of $112 million. The largest single share (about 31 percent) is obtain ed from student tuition. Grants and contracts account for about 20 percent of the budget and the remainder comes from alumni and other private philanthropy, endowment, sales, services, and auxiliary enterprises. The first building was subscribed by citizens of Burlington and when fire destroyed that edifice in 1824, its successor, for which General Lafayette laid the cornerstone, was again made possible by the citizens of Burlington. That building, the Old Mill—still in use today—was only the first in a long line to be made possible by private philanthropy. The list includes all but one of the buildings on University Row: Ira Allen Chapel, Billings, Williams, Old Mill, and The Royall Tyler Theatre. Morrill Hall, the first UVM building to be provided by state funding, did not come until 1907. Other buildings made possible by private philanthropy include Waterman Memorial, Southwick, Fleming Museum, Converse, Dewey, and Lafayette Halls, Medical Alumni and Given Medical Buildings, Dana Medical Library, the Patrick Gymnasium, Gutterson Field House, and Forbush Pool complex, and the Howe addition to the Bailey Library. A combination of private and state sources provided the funding for the George D. Aiken Center for Natural Resources, a building to house the programs of the School of Natural Resources. This mostrrecent addition to the campus was occupied during 1982. 4 | INTRODUCTION The University of Vermont was founded in a day when U.S. colleges and universities ex isted primarily to educate men for the professions, especially for the ministry. Yet, in study ing University history, Professor Emeritus Betty Bandel discovered that "this small institu tion located in a frontier community of New England became a pioneer in the kind of prac tical education which later became the basis for the establishment of the Land Grant universities—those institutions which made it possible for the sons and daughters of average citizens to aspire to a college education." For example, she noted that the Universi ty is believed to be the first non-military institution to have offered engineering courses. The University pioneered in yet another area of society, that of giving women equal status with men in higher education. In 1871, the University defied custom and admitted two women as students and four years later was the first institution in the country to admit women to full membership in the scholarly society, Phi Beta Kappa. Tucked in the northwest corner of the Ira Allen Chapel grounds is a memorial to a late nine teenth century graduate of this University, philosopher John Dewey, whose ideas about practical education are still debated with passionate vigor. During 1982-83, 7,680 students were enrolled in the eight undergraduate colleges and schools—the Colleges of Agriculture, Arts and Sciences, Education and Social Services, and Engineering and Mathematics, and the Schools of Allied