Vanderbilt University Graduate School www.vanderbilt.edu/gradschool Graduate School 1 Vanderbilt University 2006/2007 Containing general information and courses of study for the 2006/2007 session corrected to 5 July 2006 Nashville The university reserves the right, through its established procedures, to modify the require- ments for admission and graduation and to change other rules, regulations, and provi- sions, including those stated in this bulletin and other publications, and to refuse admission to any student, or to require the withdrawal of a student if it is determined to be in the interest of the student or the university. All students, full- or part-time, who are enrolled in Vanderbilt courses are subject to the same policies. Policies concerning non-curricular matters and concerning withdrawal for medical or emo- tional reasons can be found in the Student Handbook, which is on the Vanderbilt Web site at www.vanderbilt.edu/student_handbook. 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Copyright © 2006 Vanderbilt University Printed in the United States of America Contents 1 Calendar 6 Graduate Study at Vanderbilt 7 Life at Vanderbilt 17 Academic Programs 31 Admission 39 Financial Information 43 Academic Regulations 51 Courses of Study 63 Administration and Faculty 344 Index 411 Graduate School Calendar 2006/2007 FALL SEMESTER 2006 Classes begin / Wednesday 23 August Last day to submit Intent to Graduate forms for December graduation / Friday 22 September Fall break / Monday 16 October–Tuesday 17 October Homecoming / Friday 20 October–Saturday 21 October Last day to withdraw from courses without academic penalty / Friday 20 October Thanksgiving holidays / Saturday 18 November–Sunday 26 November Final day for submission of theses and dissertations to the Graduate School for graduation in December / Friday 1 December Reading days and examinations / Friday 8 December–Saturday 16 December Fall semester ends / Saturday 16 December SPRING SEMESTER 2007 Classes begin / Wednesday 10 January Last day to submit Intent to Graduate forms for May graduation / Monday 5 February Spring holidays / Saturday 3 March–Sunday 11 March Founder’s Day / Friday 16 March Last day to withdraw from courses without academic penalty / Friday 16 March Final day for submission of theses and dissertations to the Graduate School for graduation in May / Monday 2 April. Electronic submission by Monday 19 March Reading days and examinations / Wednesday 25 April–Thursday 3 May Commencement / Friday 11 May Graduate Study at Vanderbilt RADUATE education has held a central place in the pr ogram of Vanderbilt University since it opened in 1875. The first doctor of phi- Glosophy degree was granted in 1879; the 2,000th in 1975, the univer- sity’s centennial year. The 3,000th was given in 1985. As of 2006, more than 5,000 doctor of philosophy degrees have been awarded. By way of compar- ison, the first Ph.D. given by an American university was awarded in 1861, and the second American institution to offer the degree did so in 1870. A separate Graduate School was established at V anderbilt in 1935 by action of the Board of Trust, with an official faculty selected from various schools of the university. Selection is based on the individual faculty member’s administrative responsibility or substantial participation in graduate instruction. Vanderbilt offers to able and serious students a faculty that is active in research and deeply committed to the development of scholars. Students participate in classroom, tutorial, and collegial modes of learning and in systematic independent inquiry, in a setting that allows them to see schol- ars at work, day in and day out, as an important means of learning the scholar’s art. Students are in situations in which they ar e known person- ally and well, and concern for what happens to them is very strong. Vanderbilt is a member of the Association of American Universities, a sixty-two-member organization of research-intensive universities. The doctor of philosophy especially, but also the master of arts and master of science, are research degrees, offered by a faculty of research scholars. The objectives of the Graduate School ar e to train scholars and to pr o- mote research. The faculty seeks to provide every student with thorough knowledge of a particular field and a mastery of the methods of pr oduc- tive scholarship. Wherever feasible, the faculty intends to provide oppor- tunity for all Ph.D. candidates to have supervised teaching experiences. The Graduate School enrolls about 1,900 students. About 47 percent are women, and 31 percent come from foreign countries. The University Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, who gave a million dollars to build and endow Vanderbilt University in 1873, expressed the wish that it “con- tribute . to str engthening the ties which should exist between all geo- graphical sections of our common country.” A little more than a hundred years later, the Vanderbilt Board of Trust adopted the following mission statement: “W e reaffirm our belief in the unique and special contributions that Vanderbilt can make toward meet- ing the nation’s r equirements for scholarly teaching, training, investiga- tion, and service, and we r eaffirm our conviction that to fulfill its 7 8 VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY inherited responsibilities, Vanderbilt must relentlessly pursue a lasting future and seek highest quality in its educational undertakings.” Today as Vanderbilt pursues its mission, the university mor e than fulfills the Commodore’s hope. It is one of a few independent universities with both a quality undergraduate program and a full range of graduate and pr ofes- sional programs. It has a str ong faculty of mor e than 2,500 full-time mem- bers and a diverse student body of mor e than 11,000. Students from many regions, backgrounds, and disciplines come together for multidisciplinary study and research. To that end, the university is the fortunate r ecipient of continued support from the Vanderbilt family and other private citizens. The 330-acre campus is about one and one-half miles fr om the down- town business district of the city , combining the advantages of an urban location with a peaceful, parklike setting of broad lawns, shaded paths, and quiet plazas. The schools of the university offer the following degrees: Graduate School. Master of Arts, Master of Arts in Teaching, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Liberal Arts and Science, Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy. College of Arts and Science. Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science. Blair School of Music. Bachelor of Music. Divinity School. Master of Divinity, Master of Theological Studies. School of Engineering. Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Science, Master of Engineering. Law School. Doctor of Jurisprudence, Master of Laws. School of Medicine. Doctor of Audiology, Doctor of Medicine, Master of Laboratory Investigation, Master of Science in Medical Physics, Master of Public Health, Master of Science in Clinical Investigation. School of Nursing. Master of Science in Nursing. Owen Graduate School of Management. Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Finance. Peabody College. Bachelor of Science, Master of Education, Master of Public Policy, Doctor of Education. No honorary degrees are conferred. Accreditation Vanderbilt University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033, telephone number 404-679-4500) to award bache- lor’s, master’s, specialist’s, and doctor ’s degrees. Vanderbilt is a member of the Association of American Universities. Facilities Vanderbilt has many special facilities for study and research in particu- lar areas, as well as the traditional classr oom and laboratory facilities associated with graduate instruction. Graduate instruction in the humanities, the biological sciences, and the social sciences is conducted in Benson, Buttrick, Calhoun, Furman, Garland, Graduate School / Graduate Study at Vanderbilt 9 and Wilson halls. Graduate work in religion uses the full facilities of Vander- bilt Divinity School. The E. Br onson Ingram Studio Arts Center, opened in fall 2005, has studios for sculptur e, ceramics, photography, computer arts, painting, and drawing. Gallery space is designated for exhibits primarily of students’ work. The Stevenson Center for the Natural Sciences, a complex of seven con- nected buildings, includes laboratory and lectur e facilities for biological sciences, chemistry,