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General Catalog 2004-2005

The online General Catalog is accessed one section at a time. To view a section in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) and click on the desired section in the list. General Catalog page numbers for each section are shown in parentheses.

This version is only valid for those who started at USU between 2004 and 2005.

Quick Directory (inside front cover)
Title Page (1)
President's Message (2)
Utah State University (3)
- University Mission Statement
- University Role Statement
Catalog Contents (4-5)
Using This Catalog (6-8)
- Course Prefixes
- University Studies Designations
- Other Policies
Administration (9-11)
- Utah State Board of Regents
- USU Board of Trustees
- University Administrative Officers
- Deans of Academic Units
- Heads of Academic Departments and Programs
- Enrollment Management Units
- Student Services Units
- Other Areas of Service
2004-2005 Calendar (12)
Degrees Offered at USU (13-14)
Undergraduate Admission (15-19)
- Freshman Admission
- High School Curriculum
- Admission Index
- Transfer Student Admission
- Readmission
- Residency Application and Appeal
- Western Undergraduate Exchange
- Cooperative Education and/or Internships
International Student Admission and Programs (20-21)
- Undergraduate Admission Requirements
- Required New International Student Orientation
- Undergraduate Graduation Requirements
- Special Programs
Financial Aid and Scholarship Information (22-26)
- Financial Aid Office
- Grants, Work-Study, and Loans
- Method of Awarding Financial Aid
- Estimated Cost of Undergraduate Education
- Repayment of Federal Funds Policy
- Responsibility of Financial Aid Recipients
- Scholarship Policy
- Freshman Scholarships
- Transfer Scholarships
- New Century Scholarship
- Centennial Scholarship
- University Research Fellowships
- Continuing USU Student Scholarships

New Student Orientation and Academic Advising (27)
Glossary of University Terms (28-32)
- Common USU Acronymns
Registration (33-34)
Records (35-38)
Tuition, Fees, and Refunds (39-40)
Housing and Food Services (41)
USU University Studies Requirements (42-49)
- General Education Requirements
- Depth Education Requirements
- Categorization of Majors
- Designation of Courses
Undergraduate Graduation Requirements (50-52)
Credit by Examination (53-58)
- Advanced Placement (AP)
- College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)
- International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO)
- Placement Tests
Transfer Articulation Agreements (59-61)
Student Resources (62-66)
Academic Support Programs and Services (67-70)
- Academic Resource Center
- Cooperative Education Internship Program
- Cultural Exchange Program
- Disability Resource Center
- General Studies Program
- National Student Exchange
- Study Abroad Program
- Student Support Services
National Honor Societies with Chapters at USU (71-72)
- Alpha Lambda Delta
- Beta Gamma Sigma
- Golden Key International
- Mortar Board
- National Society of Collegiate Scholars
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Phi Sigma Iota
- Pinnacle
- Tau Sigma
Intercollegiate Athletics (73-74)
Information Technology Services (75-76)
- Administration
- Network and Computing Services
- Telecommunications and Telephone Services
- Technical Services
Libraries and Instructional Support (77)
- Faculty Assistance Center for Teaching (FACT)
University Extension (78-79)
- Cooperative Extension Service
- Continuing Education Programs
University Research (80-81)
- Research Support Units
- Major Research Committees
- Research Centers, Institutes, and Laboratories
- Undergraduate Research Program
International Affairs (82-83)
University Advancement (84-85)
- Development Officers
- University Alumni Association
- Alumni and Development Information Services
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Office (86)

GRADUATE GENERAL INFORMATION (87-98)

School of Graduate Studies
Graduate Degrees, Majors, and Certificates
Graduate Financial Assistance
Graduate Admission Procedures
Graduate General Regulations
Graduate Degree Requirements
Graduate Interdepartmental Curricula
- Interdepartmental Concurrent Degrees
- Interdepartmental Degrees and Certificates

COLLEGES

College of Agriculture (99-100)
College of Business (101-103)
College of Education and Human Services (104-105)
College of Engineering (106-110)
College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (111-114)
College of Natural Resources (115-116)
College of Science (117-118)

INSTRUCTIONAL UNITS AND PROGRAMS

Accountancy, School of (119-122)
Aerospace Studies (123-124)
Agricultural Systems Technology and Education (125-127)
Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences (128-133)
Aquatic, Watershed, and Earth Resources (134-136)
Art (137-141)
Biological and Irrigation Engineering (142-145)
Biology (146-150)
Business Administration, Department of (151-152)
Business Administration, Master of (153-154)
Business Information Systems (155-159)
Chemistry and Biochemistry (160-163)
Civil and Environmental Engineering (164-169)
Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education (170-173)
Computer Science (174-178)
Ecology, Interdepartmental Program in (179-180)
Economics (181-184)
Education, Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in (185-186)
Electrical and Computer Engineering (187-190)
Elementary Education (191-194)
English (195-200)
Environment and Society (201-204)
Family, Consumer, and Human Development (205-209)
Forest, Range, and Wildlife Sciences (210-213)
Geology (214-216)
Health, Physical Education and Recreation (217-220)
History (221-225)
Honors Program (226)
Industrial Technology and Education (227-229)
Instructional Technology (230-231)
Intensive English Language Institute (232)
Interdisciplinary Studies Major (233)
Interior Design Program (234-235)
International Studies Major and Minor (236)
Journalism and Communication (237-239)
Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning (240-243)
Languages, Philosophy, and Speech Communication (244-248)
Liberal Arts and Sciences Major (249)
Management and Human Resources (250-253)
Mathematics and Statistics (254-259)
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (260-264)
Military Science (265-266)
Music (267-269)
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (Certificate Program) (270-271)
Natural Resources and Environmental Education (NREE) (Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program) (272-275)
Natural Resource and Environmental Policy (Interdisciplinary Certificate Program) (276-277)
Natural Resources, Master of (MNR) (Interdepartmental Curriculum) (278)
Nursing Program, Cooperative (Weber State University/Utah State University) (279)
Nutrition and Food Sciences (280-285)
Physics (286-290)
Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology (291-295)
Political Science (296-298)
Psychology (299-304)
Secondary Education (305-308)
Social Sciences, Interdepartmental Program in (309)
Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology (310-318)
Special Education and Rehabilitation (319-322)
Theatre Arts (323-326)
Toxicology, Interdepartmental Program in (327)

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Course Descriptions Index (328)
Accounting (ACCT) - Biometeorology (BMET) (329-357)
Business (BUS) - Engineering (ENGR) (358-391)
Environment and Society (ENVS) - Interdisciplinary Studies (ITDS) (392-419)
Industrial Technology and Education (ITE) - Music (MUSC) (420-446)
Navajo (NAV) - Parks and Recreation (PRP) (447-466)
Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology (PSB) - Women and Gender Studies (WGS) (467-493)

FACULTY AND PROFESSIONAL STAFF (494-560)
INDEX (561-569)
CAMPUS MAP LEGEND AND CAMPUS MAP (inside back cover)
- Alphabetical List of Buildings and Selected Offices
- Buildings by Number
- Campus Map

General Catalog 2004-2005

GRADUATE GENERAL INFORMATION (87-98)

COLLEGES

INSTRUCTIONAL UNITS AND PROGRAMS

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

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