Graduate Studies Bulletin 2000-2002 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Table of Contents 3 Welcome 5 General Information 5 Heritage 5 Enrollment 5 Role and Mission 6 Accreditation 6 UNL Graduate Studies Calendar 6 Nondiscrimination Policy 7 Student Responsibility 7 Student Honor Code 8 Governance 8 Admission to UNL Graduate Studies 12 Financial Aid 14 Graduate Student Registration 15 Graduate Degrees Offered 16 Requirements for Graduate Degrees 23 Advanced Degrees in Education 26 Requirements for Certificates 27 Academic Credit Policies 28 Probation and Termination 30 Summer Sessions 30 Division of Continuing Studies 30 International Affairs 31 Student Services 35 Resources and Facilities 37 Research and Service Activities 45 Academic Colleges 53 Courses of Instruction 173 Student Rights and Responsibilities 185 Policy Statement on Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities of Graduate Assistants and Fellowship Recipients 187 Guidelines for Good Practice in Graduate Education 189 Index Acceptance of registration by the University of Nebraska and admission to any educational program of the University does not constitute a contract or warranty that the University will continue indefinitely to offer the program in which a student is enrolled. The University expressly reserves the right to change, phase out, or discontinue any program. The listing of courses contained in any Univer- sity bulletin, catalog, or schedule is by way of announcement only and shall not be regarded as an offer of contract. The University expressly reserves the right to (1) add or delete courses University of Nebraska-Lincoln from its offerings, (2) change times or locations Vol. 102, No. 2 or courses or programs, (3) change academic (USPS 764-170) calendars without notice, (4) cancel any course for insufficient registrations, or (5) revise or Published four times a year in the spring, change rules, charges, fees, schedules, courses, summer, fall, and winter, by Publications, requirements for degrees and any other policy or University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE 68588- regulation affecting students, including, but not 0524. Periodicals postage paid at Lincoln, limited to, evaluation standards, whenever the Nebraska. same is considered to be in the best interests of the University. Postmaster: Send address changes to University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Publications, 420 This bulletin is in effect beginning with Nebraska Hall, PO Box 880524, Lincoln, NE the 2000-2001 academic year through the 68588-0524. 2001-2002 academic year. Students should keep this bulletin for referral throughout their academic career. A student may expect to satisfy the requirements of the Produced by the Office of Publications bulletin in force at the time the student is and Photography admitted to, and begins course work in, a Editor: Judy J. Anderson degree program; or the student may, with Graduate Studies Coordinator: Carla J. the consent of his/her adviser, graduate Coorts under a subsequent bulletin provided the Cover Photo: Dr. Merlin Lawson student complies with all requirements of Print Date: July 2000 the later bulletin. Welcome The Graduate College is pleased that you have elected to continue your post-baccalaureate education at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln. This Bulletin presents a glimpse of the exceptional opportunities UNL offers those dedicated to advancing their education. As the first university west of the Mississippi to formally establish a graduate college (in 1896), the University of Nebraska enters the new millennium with an academic tradition that will bring prestige and honor to our alumni and current students. You have joined a community of scholars that enjoys a campus known world-wide. The University of Nebraska began its proud tradition in 1869 as a comprehensive, public land-grant university. This distinctive land- grant mission was soon enhanced by membership in the prestigious American Association of Universities (AAU), recognizing our national prominence as a university. The recent designation of UNL as a Carnegie I Research University establishes us, without any doubt, among the top universities in the nation, if not the world. The Graduate Studies Bulletin is an important academic and curricular resource to you as a student. It represents an overview of rights, responsibilities, and information relating to admissions, courses of study, and requirements for graduation. University administrators, faculty, staff, and those in the Office of Graduate Studies are committed to serve you as you pursue your academic career at Nebraska. As you reach for your future, we are honored to join you. On behalf of the graduate faculty, students, alumni, staff, and university administrators, welcome to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Merlin P. Lawson, Ph.D. Dean of Graduate Studies and Dean of International Affairs General Information Resources. Other campuses of the system objective and 36 percent were seeking the include the University of Nebraska at Omaha doctorate. One thousand two hundred fifty- The University (UNO), the University of Nebraska Medical nine students came from foreign countries. Center (UNMC) in Omaha, and the University The University of Nebraska–Lincoln— of Nebraska at Kearney (UNK). Nebraska’s largest, most comprehensive univer- Instruction is organized within individual sity—has offered quality education for more colleges and schools on each of the four Role and Mission than 130 years. Nebraska has grown into one of campuses. In addition to bachelors degrees, the the great midwestern universities and a major University offers masters, professional, specialist, international research center, offering 148 and doctoral degrees, which are granted by a The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, char- undergraduate majors and 113 graduate system-wide Graduate College. tered by the Legislature in 1869, is that part of programs. The University of Nebraska Graduate the University of Nebraska system which serves The University is a diverse, cosmopolitan College was the first established west of the as both the land-grant and the comprehensive community. While 90 percent of NU’s 22,500 Mississippi River. Graduate instruction began as public University for the State of Nebraska. students come from Nebraska, students from early as 1886 when the Board of Regents estab- Those responsible for its origins recognized the every state and 90 countries choose the Univer- lished the residency and thesis requirements for value of combining the breadth of a compre- sity for its comprehensive programs and reputa- earning the Masters degree. Within four years, hensive University with the professional and tion for quality. Forty-five percent of the the PhD degree was authorized. By 1896 a outreach orientation of the land-grant Univer- graduate student enrollment comes from beyond Graduate School was organized with a desig- sity, thus establishing a campus which has Nebraska’s borders. nated faculty under the leadership of a dean. evolved to become the flagship campus of the Nebraska’s nationally and internationally Within a year, with more than 100 graduate University of Nebraska. UNL works coopera- recognized faculty is its most important students, the University of Nebraska qualified as tively with the other three campuses and Central resource. Over 1,500 teachers and scholars bring the first university to formally establish a Gradu- Administration to provide for its student body to UNL’s students the knowledge and experi- ate School. An amendment to the charter of the and all Nebraskans the widest array of disci- ence they have gained from research at the University was passed by the Legislature in 1909 plines, areas of expertise, and specialized facilities world’s finest universities. Experts in their fields, to change the designation of the school to the of any institution within the state. Nebraska’s professors bring the most current Graduate College. Through its three primary missions of teach- knowledge and technology to their classrooms. In 1968 the University of Omaha was ing, research, and service, UNL is the state’s Nebraska’s facilities are equally impressive. merged with the University of Nebraska, and in primary intellectual center providing leadership UNL’s Biological Collections, George W. Beadle 1971, at the direction of the Board of Regents, throughout the state through quality education Center for Genetics and Biomaterials Research, the Graduate College of the University of and the generation of new knowledge. UNL’s Center for Biotechnology, Humanities Research Nebraska and the Graduate College of the graduates and its faculty and staff are major Facility, Midwest Center for Mass Spectrometry, University of Nebraska at Omaha were merged contributors to the economic and cultural Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Devaney Sports to form one University-wide Graduate College development of the state. UNL attracts a high Center, Tractor Testing Laboratory, Behlen with one Graduate Faculty. percentage of the most academically talented Observatory, and Behlen Physics Laboratory are Most recently, Kearney State College became Nebraskans, and the graduates of the University among the nation’s best. Nebraska offers the fourth campus of the University of Nebraska form a significant portion of the business, modern computer facilities and the state’s major system. In 1991, the Board of Regents approved cultural, and professional resources of the state. research library. The University of Nebraska– the addition of the University of Nebraska at The quality of primary, secondary, and other