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A Land-Grant University Fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since 1922. Auburn University is an equal opportunity educatbnal institution. AUBURN UNIVERSITY BULLETIN USPS 036-900 Volume 86 Numberl April 1991 Published four times yearly - April, June, October, and December - by Auburn University, Alabama 36849-5109. Second-class postage paid at Auburn, Alabama 36830. Contents Board of Trustees 3 Administration 4 University Calendar 6 General Information 9 The University 9 Student Affairs 12 Academic Affairs 39 The Colleges and Schools 45 Agriculture 45 Architecture 57 Business 65 Education 73 Engineering 103 Forestry 125 Human Sciences 129 Liberal Arts 135 Nursing 159 Pharmacy 161 Sciences and Mathematics 165 Veterinary Medicine 185 The Graduate School 189 Reserve Officers' Training Corps 191 Courses of Instruction 197 Faculty and Staff 329 Enrollment Statistics 386 Index 396 NOTE The statements set forth in this bulletin are for informational purposes only and should not be construed as the basis of a contract between a student and Auburn University. While the provisions of the bulletin will ordinarily be applied as stated, Auburn University reserves the right to change any provision listed in this bulletin, including but not limited to academic requirements for graduation, without actual notice to individual students. Every effort will be made to keep students advised of any-such changes. Information on changes will be available in the Office of the Registrar and/or the Office of the Dean. It is important that each student be aware of his or her individual responsibility to keep apprised of current graduation requirements for the student's respective degree program. CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLIANCE Auburn University is an equal opportunity educational institution and students are admitted and treated without regard to race, sex, color, age, religion, national origin or handicap. The University is in compliance with the regulation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Sections 503/504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act. If any student wishes to file a complaint covered by the above stated laws and rules and regulations pertaining thereto, that student should go to the Affirmative Action Office. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES It is the policy of Auburn University to provide equal employment opportunities, including provisions for training for personnel mobility, for all individuals without regard to race, sex, age, religion, color, national origin or handicap. 2 Board of Trustees UNDER THE ORGANIC and statutory laws of Alabama, Auburn University is governed by a Board of Trustees consisting of one member from each congressional district, as these districts were constituted on January 1,1961, an extra memberfrom the congressional district in which the institution is located, and the Governor and State Superintendent of Education, who are members ex officio. The Governor is President. Trustees are appointed by the Governor, by and with the consent of the State Senate, and hold office for a term of twelve years, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Members of the board receive no compensation. By executive order of the Governor in 1971, a non-voting student representative selected by the Student Senate serves as a member ex officio. The Board of Trustees places administrative authority and responsibility in the hands of an administrative officer at Auburn University. The institution is grouped for administrative purposes into divisions, colleges and schools, and departments. MEMBERS EX OFFICIO H. GUV HUNT, Governor of Alabama, President Montgomery WAYNE TEAGUE, State Superintendent of Education Montgomery Student Body Representative, non-voting Main Campus Student Body Representative, non-voting Auburn University at Montgomery APPOINTED MEMBERS TERMS ENDING IN 1995 R.C. BAMBERG, Uniontown Sixth Congressional District ROBERT E. LOWDER, Montgomery Second Congressional District JAMES T. TATUM, JR., Huntsville Eighth Congressional District TERMS ENDING IN 1999 WILLIAM JAMES SAMFORD, JR., Opelika Third Congressional District BESSIE MAE HOLLOWAY, Prichard First Congressional District JOHN V. DENSON, Opelika Third Congressional District EMORY O. CUNNINGHAM, Birmingham Ninth Congressional District TERMS ENDING IN 2003 MICHAEL B. McCARTNEY, President Pro Tempore, Gadsden ...Fifth Congressional District CHARLES G. GLOVER, Cullman Seventh Congressional District JACK B. VENABLE, Tallassee Fourth Congressional District 3 Administration JAMES E. MARTIN, B.S., M.S., PH.D. President GEORGE H. EMERT, B.A., M.A., PH.D. Executive Vice President PAT H. BARNES, B.A., M.ED., ED.D. Vice President for Student Affairs JOSEPH F. BUSTA, JR., B.S., M.S., PH.D. Vice President for Advancement JACK E. BLACKBURN, B.S., M.A., ED.D Vice President for Academic Affairs PAUL F. PARKS, B.S., M.S., PH.D. Vice President for Research (To Be Named) Vice President for Business & Finance ANN E. THOMPSON, B.S., M.A., ED.D. Vice President for Extension & Director, Alabama Cooperative Extension Service JAMES O. WILLIAMS, B.S., M.ED., ED.D. Chancellor, Auburn University at Montgomery PATRICK F. DYE, B.S. Director, Athletics EMILY R. LEISCHUCK, B.S., M.ED. Assistant to the Board of Trustees & President GERALD S. LEISCHUCK, A.B., M.A., ED.D. Secretary to the Board of Trustees & Executive Director, Planning & Analysis DEBRA A. ARMSTRONG - WRIGHT, B.A., M.ED., J.D. Executive Director, Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Office THOMAS D. SAMFORD, III, A.B., J.D. University General Counsel J. HERBERT WHITE, B.S. Executive Director, University Relations E. HAMILTON WILSON, B.S. Executive Director, Governmental Affairs 4 Administration JAMES E. MARION, B.S., M.S., PH.D. Dean, College of Agriculture RAY K. PARKER, B.S., B.ARCH., M.ARCH. Dean, School of Architecture DANNY N. BELLENGER, B.S., M.SC., PH.D. Dean, College of Business RICHARD C. KUNKEL, B.S.ED., M.ED., PH.D. Dean, College of Education WILLIAM F. WALKER,, B.S., M.S., PH.D. Dean, College of Engineering EMMETT F. THOMPSON, B.S., M.S., PH.D. Dean, School of Forestry JUNE M. HENTON, B.S., M.S., PH.D. Dean, School of Human Sciences DAVID R. HILEY, B.A., PH.D. Acting Dean, College of Liberal Arts EDETH K. KITCHENS, B.S.N., M.S.N., PH.D., Dean, School of Nursing WILLIAM H. CAMPBELL, B.S., M.S., PH.D. Dean, School of Pharmacy J. IVAN LEGG, B.A., PH.D. Dean, College of Sciences & Mathematics J. THOMAS VAUGHAN, D.V.M., M.S. Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine NORMAN J. DOORENBOS, B.S., M.S., PH.D. Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean, Graduate School LOWELL T. FROBISH, B.S., M.S., PH.D. Director, Agricultural Experiment Station WILLIAM C. HIGHFILL, A.B., M.S., PH.D. University Librarian EUGENE CLOTHIAUX, B.S., M.LITT., PH.D. Chairman, General Faculty 5 S M T W T F S UNIVERSITY CALENDAR 1991-92 JUNE 1991 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Eight-Week Term (36 class days) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 June 1 , Last day for completing applications 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 for admission 30 June 17 Orientation for new students June 18 Final Registration & Schedule JULY 1991 Adjustment 1 2 3 4 5 6 June 19 Classes begin 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 July 4-5 Independence Day Holiday 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 July 15-19 •Registration for Fall Quarter 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 July 25 Mid-Quarter 28 29 30 31 Aug. 9 Classes end for term Aug. 12-13 Final Examinations for Term AUGUST 1991 Aug. 23 Classes end for Quarter 1 2 3 Aug. 26-29 Final Examinations for Quarter 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Aug. 30 Graduation 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1991 Fall Quarter (48 1/2 class days) Sept. 1 . Last day for completing applications for admission SEPTEMBER 1991 Sept. 24 Orientation for new students 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sept. 25 .Late Registration and Schedule 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Adjustment 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Sept. 26 Classes begin 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Oct. 15 . General Faculty Meeting 29 30 Oct. 22-Nov. 1 , "Registration for Winter Quarter Oct. 30 Mid-Quarter OCTOBER 1991 Nov. 27-Dec. 1 Thanksgiving Holidays 1 2 3 4 5 (Wednesday noon-Sunday) 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Dec. 5 Classes end 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Dec. 6 Dead Day 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Dec. 7, 9, 10,11 ..Final Examinations for Quarter 27 28 29 30 31 Dec. 13 Graduation 1992 Winter Quarter (47 class days) NOVEMBER 1991 Dec. 10 .. Last day for completing applications 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 for admission 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Jan. 7 ..Late Registration and Schedule 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Adjustment 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Jan. 8 Classes begin Feb. 3-13 ..'Registration for Spring Quarter Feb. 11 . Mid-Quarter DECEMBER 1991 Mar. 12 ..Classes end 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Mar. 13 Dead Day 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Mar. 14, 16, 17, 18 .. Final Examinations for Quarter 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Mar. 20 ..Graduation 29 30 31 6 1992 Spring Quarter (47 class days) S M T W T F S Mar. 1 Last day for completing applications JANUARY 1992 for admission 12 3 4 Mar. 27 Late Registration and Schedule 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Adjustment 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Mar. 30 Classes begin 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Apr. 14 General Faculty Meeting 26 27 28 29 30 31 Apr. 23-30 'Registration for the Summer Quarter Apr. 23-May 5 'Registration for the Fall Quarter FEBRUARY 1992 1 May 1 Mid-Quarter 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 June 2 Classes end 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 June 3 Dead Day 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 June 4, 5, 6, 8 Final Examinations for Quarter 23 24 25 26 27 28 June 10 Graduation MARCH 1992 **1992 Summer Quarter (47 class days) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Eight-Week Term (37 class days) 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 June 1 Last day for completing applications 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 for admission 29 30 31 June 16 Orientation for new students APRIL 1992 June 17 Late Registration and Schedule 12 3 4 Adjustment 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 June 18 Classes begin 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 July 13-17 'Registration for Fall Quarter 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 July 22 Mid-Quarter 26 27 28 29 30 Aug. 7 Classes end for Term Aug. 10-11 Final Examinations for Term MAY 1992 Aug. 21 Classes end for Quarter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Aug. 24-27 Final Examinations for Quarter 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Aug. 28 Graduation 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 JUNE 1992 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 NOTE: Registration schedules and fee bills will be mailed prior 28 29 30 to the beginning of the Quarter. JULY 1992 'The individual colleges/schools will publish the days of regis 12 3 4 tration that will be utilized during the University registration period. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "All dates in the Summer Quarter are tentative and are subject 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 to final approval prior to 1992-93 catalog printing. 26 27 28 29 30 31 AUGUST 1992 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 7 The University AUBURN UNIVERSITY, chartered in 1856, is located in Auburn, Alabama and traces its beginning to the East Alabama Male College, a private liberal arts institution whose doors opened in 1859, From 1861 to 1866 the college was closed because of the Civil War. The college had begun an affiliation with the Methodist Church before the war. Due to financial straits, the church transferred legal control of the institution to the state in 1872, making it the first land-grant college in the South to be established separate from the state university. It thus became the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama. Women were admitted in 1892, and in 1899 the name again was changed, to the Alabama Polytechnic Institute. In 1960, the school acquired a more appropriate name, Auburn University, a title more in keeping with its location, size, and complexity. The institution has experienced its greatest growth since World War II, and today enrolls 21,537 students, the largest on-campus enrollment in the state. The majority are Alabama residents. Auburn University at Montgomery was established as a separately administered branch campus in 1967. The institution has developed rapidly, especially since moving to a new 500-acre campus just east of Montgomery in 1971. The AUM enrollment now stands at 6,296. Statement of Role Auburn University, Alabama's 1862 Land-Grant university, has a unique role in the state's total higher education enterprise, embracing and enhancing the interrelated functions of instruction, research and extension. In fulfillment of this mission, Auburn, in its 135-year history, has developed into a premier comprehensive university, offering outstanding, economically accessible instruction to its undergraduate, graduate and professional students, conducting research in an ever-expanding array of disciplines, and reaching a growing number of Alabamians through public service and extension programs. By striving for excellence in all its activities, Auburn represents a major resource in the state's economic, social and cultural development. In recognition of obligations to society, instruction, research andextensionprogramsarealsosensitivetonationalandglobal concerns. The primary resource for realizing these goals, as at all great universities, is the faculty; and it is through systematic recruitment, assignment, development, recognition and compensation programs that Auburn nurtures such a prominent, highly productive professional staff. Instruction Auburn offers the baccalaureate in nearly 150 areas that span the spectrum of disciplines, and provides the state's only publicly supported programs in many fields, including several in agriculture, forestry, architecture, building science, pharmacy and veterinary medicine. Other unusually strong academic areas include the Colleges of Liberal Arts, Sciences and Mathemat ics, Business, Education and Engineering. Through the years, ROTC programs at Auburn have been nationally prominent in providing leadership for the military. Auburn supports a comprehen sive graduate school, providing master's level programs in 130 areas and the doctorate in 96 fields, many unique in Alabama. Traditionally strong graduate programs are found in agriculture and the biological and physical sciences, forestry, mathematics, engineering, education, the human sciences, pharmacy and veterinary medicine. While more recent in origin, excellent graduate offerings have emerged in the liberal arts, social sciences and business. As a comprehensive center for graduate education and research, Auburn has responsibility for developing its academic programs so as to adapt to changing requirements of a modern society. While Auburn long has been widely recognized for its quality and diversity in undergraduate and first-professional offerings, more recently-and in relation to expanding research efforts-the scope of graduate degree programs has risen to prominence. Evidence of the university's emphasis upon graduate instruction is the projection that enrollments at that level will approxi mate 16-20 percent of all students by the year 2000. Particularly rapid growth will be observed in doctoral programs, and all programs withe xpanded research activity. Graduate-level enrollment growth will be felt especially in agriculture and the biological sciences, the physical sciences, engineering, education, business and the veterinary and pharmacal sciences. At the master's level, larger enrollments will be seen in the social sciences, liberal arts, education, business, human sciences and professional programs. 9 General Information The liberal arts and sciences, at the heart of Auburn's undergraduate instruction, today form the foundation upon which all professional and career programs are built. A core curriculum, with the goal of providing a common set of experiences for all undergraduates, has always been a prominent Auburn characteristic. Periodically, this set of courses is examined, with the goal of maintaining relevance and the value to the students and their future careers. Auburn strives continuously to provide the highest possible quality in all its academic programs, and has become recognized nationally as an institution delivering high quality instruction at nominal cost. Given the diversity of offerings and the magnitude of the enterprise, a variety of teaching approaches is employed, styling instructional methodology to the nature of program content. Increasingly, modern electronic technology is employed to provide experiences that will benefit the graduate. Because of high academic aptitudes of incoming students, accelerated learning opportunities are important components of instructional programs. Research Research, always ac entral element of Auburn's mission, has reached maturity inr ecent years. Auburn routinely ranks among the nation's top universities in various categories of research expenditure, and is Alabama's only Research University, as categorized by the Carnegie Foundation. Because of statutory responsibilities in the agricultural-natural resources-biological sciences arena, these programs always will represent a major focus of research emphasis at Auburn; however, long-term commitment to engineering and the physical sciences has made these disciplines primary research concentrations. Growingr esearch programming in education, veterinary medicine, pharmacy, the liberal arts and human sciences are receiving added attention and will become more visible. Finally, programs in business, architecture and design and nursing are undertaking efforts to expand research capability. Space limitations preclude effective identification of all major research thrusts; however, outstanding results are being realized in aquaculture research, the Space Power Institute, the Microelectronic Center, the National Center for Asphalt Technology, the Agricultural Experiment Station, forestry research, the Engineering Experiment Station, pulp and paper research, advanced manufacturing technology and the molecular genetics research program. Evidence of the impact of research results upon Alabama's agricultural, forestry and other industries abounds. Auburn's research endeavor is diverse and comprehensive, at once focusing both upon developing solutions to major problems confronting humankind and expanding the universe of knowledge. Research attention might be as practical as increasing the margin of profit of the producer, or as theoretical as interpreting ancient manuscripts. All of this together produces an environment enhancing the state's economic, cultural, social and intellectual development and, at the same time, undergirding the university's undergraduate, graduate and extension pro grams. Extension The third branch of Auburn's triangular mission is public service and extension. Rooted in the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service (ACES), and beginning in 1914, extension has emerged as a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary priority. In addition to statutory mandate for the statewide ACES activity, Auburn, as Alabama's major Land-Grant center, bears responsibility for extending expertise to all segments of the state's population. Accordingly, extension program ming today spans the gamut from arts and humanities opportunities to professional renewal for veterinarians andp harmacists. Symbolic of Auburn's long-term commitment to public service are three recent developments: (1) one of three functional area vice presidents is the Vice President for Extension; (2) a new 250-room hotel with adjoining continuing education center was constructed on campus to further expedite extension programming; and (3) a satellite uplink facility is being constructed to provide rapid transfer of technological and educational resources throughout Alabama. Diverse ACES programming will remain a priority; however, because of expertise found at Auburn, programs in engineering, education, business, governmental services, architecture, pharmacy and veterinary medicine also will continue to have major roles in the public service enterprise. In short, all instructional units of the university bear responsibility for assisting in the transfer of knowledge through extension programming. 10