I I I Contents I Learning Lasts A Lifetime 3 I Calendar 10 Instructional Programs 13 I Admissions 119 Financial Information 123 I Student Services 127 Academic Information 132 I Degrees 141 College Staff 144 I Index 154 I Map 157 Volume Thirty-five Spring 1981 I I I Information and regulations printed in this catalog are I subject to change. The Board of Trustees and the administrative staff may revise programs, courses, tuition, I fees, or any other information stated in this catalog. Odessa College Bulletin Published March, April, May, and November by Odessa College, 201 W. University, Odessa, Texas, 79762. I Second-Class Postage paid at Odessa, Texas. Publication Number: 468190. Postmaster: Send address changes to Odessa College, I 201 W. University, Odessa, Texas, 79762. Photos by Brent Cavanaugh Phone 915 337-5381 I I I I I J· I Learning Lasts A Lifetime "If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest." - Benjamin Franklin I 7 I Learning from the Past Odessa College's past is interwoven A wide variety of university-preparatory with growth and progress. A review of courses also is offered for students I the college's history reveals a success planning to finish four-year degrees at story of a public institution that has senior colleges or universities. maintained the community college spirit Odessa College is a mature college I and has grown by serving the people of with a youthful spirit. The college is Ector County and the Permian Basin. proud of its heritage, but sees its Beginning with 184 students in 1946, successful past as a challenge for an Odessa College's enrollment, programs even greater future. I and services have grown steadily through As community needs change, Odessa the last 34 years. Through the various College will remold its programs to better programs and services offered by serve the people. Odessa College, there are now more I than 16,000 enrollments during a single school year. Enrollment in the academic Odessa . City of Progress credit courses in the fall of 1980 I surpassed 4,100 students. During the Odessa College is located in Odessa, same semester thousands of other Texas, a progressive West Texas city of students were enrolled in adult and over 100,000 people, about midway continuing education courses. between Fort Worth and El Paso. I Initially housed in temporary quarters Odessa is a cultural, recreational, in Odessa High School, now the home of educational, medical, retail and Crockett Junior High, Odessa College's wholesale trading center for a wide I first classes were conducted after public region as large as several Eastern school hours in the late afternoons and seaboard states combined. It lies in the evenings. Ector County taxpayers Permian Basin, one of the world's purchased a five-acre plot in the 2500 greatest oilfields, and is the home of the I block of the Andrews Highway and in nation's largest inland petro-chemical 1949 erected Baskin Hall as the college's complex. Its two hospitals provide a wide first permanent structure. variety of medical services for the region. The size of the campus grew to 15 Odessa boasts a daily newspaper, three I buildings on a 35-acre plot by 1960. television stations, seven radio stations, Today the $25-plus million campus is and over 150 churches. It is the site of spread over 80 acres and includes some an upper-level university, the University I 23 buildings that house more than 150 of Texas of the Permian Basin (UTPB), classrooms and laboratories. providing upper-level and graduate As the college has grown, so has its studies. Numerous cultural, intellectual effectiveness. Quality education and and recreational activities are available I academic excellence have been for the area's citizens. hallmarks of Odessa College. The area's healthy economy and More than 25 occupational-technical diversified industrial and economic I programs are currently being offered at establishments offer part-time and Odessa College, and additional ones are full-time employment opportunities. being planned to meet the needs of Odessa is a growing, progressive city citizens who want to learn new or where people are friendly and heartily I improve existing career skills. support the college and its efforts. Approximately one-half of the college's Newcomers find Odessa a good place to students are enrolled in live and rear a family, as well as an I occupational-technical programs. enjoyable place to study and work. I I L I 8 I Odessa College's Mission enlightenment and personal Odessa College has but one reason satisfaction; for existence - to provide the finest to have an educational environment educational opportunities possible for all which enables every student an I the people of the Ector County area. The opportunity to maximize his potential comprehensive community college is through complete student services; and dedicated to providing the full spectrum to encourage the use of facilities and I of educational services, limited only by programs by the citizens of the the physical and financial resources that community. are available. Odessa College is . The open admission policy assures a comprehensive community college I each person who has the desire and dedicated to meeting the educational capacity to profit from post-secondary needs of the community. It is education an opportunity to learn. responsive to community needs and Curricula and educational services are provides a wide variety of educational I designed to assist people to realize more services to satisfy those needs . fully their individual potential and to live a proven college dedicated to excellence richer lives and become more in all of its programs . I responsible and productive members of a student-centered college that keeps our society. the personal touch. Students receive Odessa College specifically intends: individual attention from highly qualified to provide the first two years of college faculty and staff who are interested in I and pre-professional programs, helping them to succeed in their preparing students within a field of educational development . study for further education; a progressive college constantly alert to I to offer programs in innovative educational techniques and occupational-technical training and technologies - a college committed to provide students with the constructive change . comprehensive skills and knowledge a multi-faceted college with a wide I required in specialized fields; variety of programs in to provide a general educational program university-parallel areas, for all people, preparing them for more technical-vocational studies, effective involvement in society, as well developmental courses, personal I as providing opportunities for increased development studies, community personal and culturai enrichment; recreation, and adult and continuing to provide opportunities for all adults, education. This variety assures I including non-high school graduates, students that Odessa College can who wish to begin or to continue a design a program specifically to fit their college education; needs ... to offer adults in the community an a concerned college where students are I opportunity to continue educations important as individuals. It's the place which will result in upgrading their for students of all ages to begin a occupational skills, cultural promising future. I II I I I JUNE I S MT WT F S 10 123456 7 8 9 10 1112 13 I College Calendar 1981-82 14 15 16 17 1819 20 1 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 9 Summer, 1981 28 29 30 8 I (During the summer, Odessa College operates on a JULY 1 four-day week and closes Fridays. S MT WT F S First Term I *Early registration ....................... May 4-8 1 2 3 4 Registration ........................ June 1 (Mon) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Classes begin ......................June 2 (Tues) 12 13 1415 1617 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Late registration closes .............. June 4 (Thurs) I 26 27 28 29 30 31 Last day to drop or withdraw with automatic "W" ................... June 16 (Tues) AUGUST Last day to drop or withdraw with I "W" or "WF" .................... June 29 (Mon) S MT WT F S Final examinations, end of term ......... July 7 (Tues) 1 Second Term 2345678 I Registration .........................July 8 (Wed) 9 10 1112 1314 15 Classes begin ...................... July 9 (Thurs) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Late registration closes .............. July 14 (Tues) 30 31 Last day to drop or withdraw with I automatic "W" ................... July 23 (Thurs) SEPTEMBER Last day to drop or withdraw with "W" or "WF" . August 5 (Wed) S MT WT F S I Final examinations, end of term ...... August 13 (Thurs) 1 2 3 4 5 Fall, 1981 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1718 19 *Early registration ................July 16-August 20 I 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 (No early registration on August 13) 27 28 29 30 Academic year begins ..............August 24 (Mon) Registration ..................... August 25 (Tues) OCTOBER I Classes begin ...................August 27 (Thurs) Last day to register for full class load S MT WT F S I (5 classes or fewer) . September 2 {Wed) Labor Day Holiday ............... September 7 (Mon) 1 2 3 I' Last day to complete late 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1112 1314 15 16 17 I registration. September 9 (Wed) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Last day to drop or withdraw with 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1: automatic "W" .................. October 7 (Wed) Mid-Semester .................. October 22 (Thurs) NOVEMBER Last day to drop or withdraw with II "W" or "WF" ................ November 18 (Wed) S MT WT F S Thanksgiving Holiday ..............