1981-82 CATALOGUE THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT BURLINGTON, VERMONT Cover: Tracing from original drawing by McKim, Mead & White, Architects, of Ira Allen Chapel, west eleva­ tion, dated September 10, 1924, found in Land Records Office. The catalogue is produced by the Office of Public Relations in cooperation with the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs. William A. Carey, Director. Editing: Wendy Smith. Production Manager: Joann Mannion. Typesetting: Frances Hogan. Production: Jan Seygal-Siegrist. Cover: John Allen. Proofreading: Wendy Smith. John Smith/IDC Photo 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. The colors of the University are green and gold. The mascot is the catamount. THE CONTENTS CORRESPONDENCE , 2 INTRODUCTION 4 ADMISSION TO THE UNIVERSITY 10 STUDENT EXPENSES 18 STUDENT LIFE 25 GENERAL INFORMATION 35 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE 46 COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 61 COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SERVICES 79 DIVISION OF ENGINEERING, MATHEMATICS, AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 91 DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES 106 SCHOOL OF NATURAL RESOURCES 115 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM 121 RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS 124 LIVING/LEARNING CENTER 126 GRADUATE COLLEGE 127 CONTINUING EDUCATION 128 STUDY ABROAD 130 COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 132 TRUSTEES, FACULTY, ADMINISTRATION 273 GENERAL INDEX 312 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 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. 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) University of Vermont Burlington, Vermont 05405 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 embarked on a program to remove architectural barriers to make facilities accessible to and usable by the handicapped. Questions should be referred to the Office of Architectural Barrier Control. John Smith/IDC Photo ri the wording of the original subscription list dated at Colchester September 16,1789, Ira Allen chose the location of the new college. Having Honorable views towards the Public and having a desire to make the Place I have chosen for my residence respectable by the Establishment of Liberal Arts and Sciences I therefore name Bur­ lington for that purpose, being situate on the Lake Shore has a most pleasant Prospect together with the advantage of an inland naviga­ tion where the waters are clear & Beautiful, the soil dry & good for Building or Gardens, the best of Spring water may be brought in pipes to every part of the Plain. From Tradition Looks Forward, a history of the University of Vermont from 1791- 1904 by Julian Ira Lindsay Introduction ven before the fledgling Republic of Vermont joined the Union as the four­ E teenth state, 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 mat­ ter and actually charter a university, to be located in the young town of Burl­ ington on Lake Champlain. Nine more years passed before, in 1800, the University of Vermont was finally set in motion with a president-professor and a handful of students. With the adoption, on November 3, 1791, of its charter, the University became the twentieth 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 denomination what­ soever." Thus did the founding Legislature of Vermont establish a university which was to develop like no other in the fledgling 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 philanthropy. Today, the University's appropriation from the State of Vermont is about 17 per­ cent of the total operating budget of $96 million. The largest single share (about 31 percent) is obtained from student tuition. Grants and contracts account for about 22 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, most recently, the Howe addition to the Bailey Library. 4 INTRODUCTION | 5 Ground will be broken during 1981 for a building to house the programs of the School of Natural Resources to be named the George D. Aiken Center for Natural Resources. The funding for this building will come from a combination of private and state funding. The University of Vermont was founded in a day when U.S. colleges and univer­ sities existed primarily to educate men for the professions, especially for the ministry. Yet, in studying University history, Professor Emeritus Betty Bandel discovered that "this small institution located in a frontier community of New England became a pioneer in the kind of practical 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 University 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 nineteenth century graduate of this University, philosopher John Dewey, whose ideas about practical education are still debated with passionate vigor. During 1980-81, 7,938 students were enrolled in the seven undergraduate col­ leges and schools—the Colleges of Agriculture, Arts and Sciences, Education and Social Services, and Engineering, Mathematics, and Business Administration, and the Schools of Allied Health Sciences, Natural Resources, and Nursing—and 943 were enrolled in the Graduate College and 358 in the College of Medicine. Beginning with the year 1981-82, the present College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Business Administration will be reorganized into