Contents Academic Calendar........................................................................................................ 2 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 3 Admission to the University ........................................................................................... 7 Student Expenses ........................................................................................................... 14 Financial Aid and Scholarships ..................................................................................... 17 Student Services ............................................................................................................. 19 Academic and General Information .............................................................................. 24 Academic Options ......................................................................................................... 33 UVM Study Abroad The Living/Learning Center Preprofessional Options Accelerated Degree Programs Undergradueate Research Military Studies/Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Continuing Education Student Exchange: New England State Universities Studying the Environment ............................................................................................. 39 The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences ............................................................... 42 The College of Arts and Sciences .................................................................................. 54 The College of Education and Social Services .............................................................. 70 The College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences .............................................. 83 The College of Nursing and Health Sciences ................................................................ 96 The School of Business Administration ........................................................................ 103 The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources .................................. 107 The Honors College ...................................................................................................... 111 Courses of Instruction.................................................................................................... 112 Trustees, Administration ................................................................................................ 194 Professorships ................................................................................................................. 195 Index .............................................................................................................................. 196 Our Common Ground................................................................................................... 198 The Catalogue is prepared by the Provost’s Office. The Catalogue may be found at www.uvm.edu/academics/catalogue2006-07 Printed on recycled paper. Academic Calendar FALL 2006 Classes Begin August 28 Monday Labor Day Holiday September 4 Monday Add/Drop,Audit, Pass/No Pass Deadline September 11 Monday Last Day to Withdraw October 27 Friday Thanksgiving Recess November 20-24 Monday-Friday Classes End December 7 Thursday Reading and Exam Period December 8-15 Friday-Friday Reading Days December 9, 10, 13 Saturday, Sunday, Wednesday Exam Days December 8, 11-12, 14-15 Fri., Mon.-Tues., Thurs.-Friday SPRING 2007 Martin Luther King Holiday January 15 Monday Classes Begin January 16 Tuesday Add/Drop,Audit, Pass/No Pass Deadline January 29 Monday President’s Day Holiday February 19 Monday Town Meeting Day Recess March 6 Tuesday Spring Recess March 12-16 Monday-Friday Last Day to Withdraw March 23 Friday Honors Day April 20 Friday Classes End May 2 Wednesday Reading and Exam Period May 3-11 Thursday-Thursday, Friday Reading Days May 3, 5-6, 9 Thurs., Sat.-Sun.,Wednesday Exam Days May 4, 7-8, 10-11 Fri., Mon.-Tues., Thurs.-Fri. Commencement May 20 Sunday Academic Calendar information for upcoming years is available on-line at: http://www.uvm.edu/~rgweb/calendar/ Notes: Refer to the policy on Class Attendance in the Academic and General Information section for information regarding observance of religious holidays and participation in intercollegiate athletics. Students at The University of Vermont are responsible for knowing and complying with all requirements for their respective degrees as stated in the catalogue. The University of Vermont reserves the right to make changes in the course offerings, degree requirements, charges, and regula- tions, and procedures contained herein as educational and financial considerations 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 Universitas Viridis Montis, University of the Green Mountains. The colors of the University are green and gold. The mascot is the catamount. Introduction THE UNIVERSITY MISSION century educational philosopher; Jody Williams, recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for the international cam- The mission of the University of Vermont is to prepare paign to ban landmines; John McGill, who led the U.S. students to lead productive, responsible, creative lives and section of Doctors Without Borders when it won the Nobel to create, interpret and share knowledge, applying it for the Peace Prize in 1999; and John Kilik, who has produced benefit of Vermont and society as a whole. groundbreaking major motion pictures, including “Malcolm Through our efforts the University of Vermont will have a X,” “Do the Right Thing” and “Dead Man Walking.” superior national reputation: During 2005-2006, 8,784 students were enrolled in the • As a university combining outstanding teaching with the seven undergraduate colleges and schools — the Colleges of research focus, faculty excellence, programmatic range and Agriculture and Life Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Educa- depth, and societal mission of a research university; tion and Social Services, Engineering and Mathematical • As a vibrant, diverse, and intellectually engaged commu- Sciences, and Nursing and Health Sciences, The School of nity on a human scale; Business Administration, and The Rubenstein School of • As a place that emphasizes academic excellence and Environment and Natural Resources, — and 1,300 were provides an exceptional student-centered experience ex- enrolled in the Graduate College and 406 in the College of tending beyond the classroom; and Medicine. In addition, 1,075 students enroll in courses • As a leader in liberal education and in the study of the offered by Continuing Education. The University employs environment and of health. over 3,600 full- and part-time faculty and staff. The campus of The University of Vermont is located in THE UNIVERSITY: A BRIEF HISTORY Burlington, the State’s largest city. Within a greater Burlington area of 132,000 people, the city with its popula- Chartered in 1791, the same year that Vermont became the tion of 40,000 enjoys magnificent views of Lake Champlain fourteenth state in the union, The University of Vermont was and the Adirondack Mountains to the west and Vermont’s established as the fifth college in New England (after Harvard, Green Mountains to the east. Burlington is located approxi- Yale, Dartmouth and Brown). The initials UVM stand for mately 200 miles northwest of Boston, 300 miles north of the Latin term Universitas Viridis Montis, or University of New York City, and 100 miles south of Montreal. the Green Mountains. The phrase appears on the university’s official seal as Universitas V. Montis. Much of the initial funding and planning for the university UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION AND was undertaken by Ira Allen, who is honored as UVM’s founder. His statue sits on the university’s main green. GOVERNANCE The citizens of Burlington helped fund the university’s first The University of Vermont combines elements of a private building, and, when fire destroyed it in 1824, also paid for its and public institution, a unique arrangement that is re- replacement, Old Mill. The Marquis de Lafayette, a French flected in the makeup of the Board of Trustees. general who became a commander in the American Revo- The board, which has full legal responsibility and authority lution, laid the cornerstone for Old Mill, which still stands for the university, consists of 25 members: nine legislative; on University Row, along with Ira Allen Chapel, Billings nine self-perpetuating; three gubernatorial; two students; Student Center, Williams Hall, Royall Tyler Theatre and and two ex-officio members, the governor of Vermont and Morrill Hall. A statue of Lafayette sits on the north end of the president of the university. the main green. The trustees set and approve policies, budgets and strategic Although it began as a private university, UVM attained planning, and they have the authority to confer tenure on quasi-public status with the passage of the Morrill Land- faculty members, award honorary degrees and appoint the Grant College Act in 1862 and the addition of the State president of the university. Agricultural College. Today, the university blends the tra- ditions of both a private and public university, drawing 21 The administration, led by the president and the senior vice percent of its general