American University Catalog

436 Pages·2001·23.6 MB·English

by  American University

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2001-2002 Edition
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Washington, D.C.
Correspondence Directory
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1
Academic Calendar 2001-2002
Fall2001 Spring2002
August27 Fallclassesbegin
September3 LaborDay;noclasses,university
officesclosed
September1 Lastdaytoaddafallcourse
October8-9 Fallbreak
October13 EnglishCompetencyExamination
October26-28 FamilyWeekend
October19 Lastdaytodropafallcourse
(mid-term)
October29 Advancedregistration(withbilling)
forspring2002begins
November21-25 Thanksgivingholiday;noclasses;
universityofficesclosedThursday
andFriday
December10 Fallclassesend;directregistration
(withpayment)forspring2002
begins
December11-12 Studydays;noclasses
December13-19 Fallfinalexaminations
December24-25 Winterholiday;universityoffices
closed
December3 NewYearholiday;universityoffices
closed
University Administration Board ofTrustees
BenjaminLadner,President GeorgeJ.Collins,*Chair
CorneliusM.Kerwin,Provost LeslieE.Bains,* ViceChair
GaryM.Abramson*
AlbertR.Checcio,VicePresidentofDevelopment SondraD.Bender
GailS.Hanson,VicePresidentofStudentServices AbbeyJ.Butler*
MaryE.Kennard,VicePresidentandUniversityCounsel DavidM.Carmen
DonaldL.Myers,VicePresidentofFinanceandTreasurer EdwardR.Carr*
TomMyers,VicePresidentofEnrollmentServices GaryD.Cohn*
PamelaM.Deese*
WalterD.Broadnax,Dean,SchoolofPublicAffairs DavidF.Eisner*
IvyE.Broder,DeanofAcademicAffairs HaniM.S.Farsi*
LouisW.Goodman,Dean,SchoolofInternationalService ThomasA.Gottschalk
ClaudioM.Grossman,Dean, WashingtonCollegeofLaw RBoegnejramWi.nRI.reJsaoncobs*
LarryKirkman,Dean,SchoolofCommunication WilliamIJacobs*
KayJ.Mussell,Dean,CollegeofArtsandSciences LeonardR.Jaskol*
MyronJ.Roomkin,Dean,KogodSchoolofBusiness BenjaminLadner
WeldonH.Latham
DonaldW.Bunis,UniversityRegistrar G.DouglassLewis
PatriciaA.Wand,UniversityLibrarian AnnRobynMathias*
BishopFeltonE.May
JohnR.Petty
RobertP.Pincus*
MatthewS.Pittinsky*
A.W."Pete"Smith
PaulMartinWolff
*Alumna/alumnusofAmericanUniversity
Contents
CorrespondenceDirectory ii AudioTechnology 83
AcademicCalendar iii Biology 84
UniversityAdministrationandBoardofTrustees . . . iv CChoemmpiustterryScienceandInformationSystems 9817
Introduction 1 Economics 96
UniversityProfile 5 SchoolofEducation 103
Enrollment,2000-2001 7 EnglishLanguageInstitute Ill
DegreesConferred,1999-2000 7 HealthandFitness 112
History 114
UndergraduateStudy 9 JewishStudies 117
Admission 9 LanguageandForeignStudies 118
UniversityDegreeRequirements 13 LiberalStudies 124
AcademicStandardsandRegulations 16 Literature 125
FieldsofStudy 20 MathematicsandStatistics 127
PerformingArts 134
GeneralEducationProgram 21 PhilosophyandReligion 139
GraduateStudy 29 Physics 141
AdmissionRequirements 29 Pre-engineering 143
Prelaw 143
UniversityDegreeRequirements 31 Premedical 144
AcademicStandardsandRegulations 33 Psychology 146
FieldsofStudy 35 Sociology 150
InternationalStudentInformation 37 TeachingEnglishtoSpeakersofOtherLanguages. .154
Women'sandGenderStudies 156
Tuition,Expenses,andFinancialAid 39 SchoolofCommunication 158
Tuition,ResidenceHallandMealPlanCharges .... 39
UndergraduateFinancialAid 43 KogodSchoolofBusiness 169
GraduateFinancialAid 49 SchoolofInternationalService 184
Veterans'Benefits 52 SchoolofPublicAffairs 203
Government 205
StudentServices 53
StudentLearningandDevelopmentServices 53 JPuusbtliicce,ALdmaiwniasntdraStoicoinety 221106
CampusLifeCenters 54
InterculturalProgramsandServices 57 WashingtonCollegeofLaw 222
CareerServices,Internships,andMeritAwards 59 InterdisciplinaryPrograms 224
AcademicInformationandRegulations 63 WashingtonSemesterandWorldCapitalsPrograms . . . 239
AcademicIntegrityandStudentConductCode 63 CourseDescriptions 245
RegistrationandClassSchedules 64 Faculty 377
StudentRecordsandGraduation 67 Full-timeFaculty,2000-2001 377
AdjunctFaculty,2000-2001 395
CollegeofArtsandSciences 71
AmericanStudies 73 Index 413
Anthropology 74 CampusMap insidebackcover
Art 77

Introduction
• Academic Facilities,Athletics, and
On-Campus Services
• University Profile
• Enrollment
AmericanUniversitywascharteredbyanActofCongressin Theresourcesofacapitalcityareunlikeanyotherinthe
1893andfoundedundertheauspicesoftheUnitedMethodist world.Nexttogovernment,educationisthelargestindustryin
Church. Today it isan independentcoeducational university theDistrictofColumbia.Washingtonhasbecomeanimportant
tweirt'sh,mdoocrteortahla,na1n1d,p0r0o0fesstsuidoennatlsdenergorleleepdriongurnadmesr.grOanduaante8,4-maacsr-e borugsainniezsastainondsftihnaanncNiaelwceYnotrerk,Cwiittyh.Smoomreea1s4s0ocfioarteiiognnseamnbdastsriaedse
residentialcampusinaquietneighborhoodinuppernorthwest andchanceriesandtheheadquartersofmanyinternationalorga-
Washington,D.C.,theuniversityattractsstudentsfromall50 nizationsarelocatedinthecity.
states,theDistrictofColumbia,PuertoRicoandtheterritories, Butmost important, Washington is acity oflearningre-
andnearly150foreigncountries. sourcesineverydiscipline,fromtheartstothesciencestopublic
AmericanUniversityoffersawiderangeofundergraduate affairs.TheSmithsonianInstitution,theJohnF.KennedyCenter
andgraduateprogramsthroughitssixmajordivisions:College forthePerformingArts,theNationalInstitutesofHealth,the
ofArtsandSciences;SchoolofCommunication;SchoolofPub- National Library ofMedicine, the Library ofCongress, the
licAffairs;SchoolofInternationalService;KogodSchoolof WorldBank,theNationalArchives,theBrookingsInstitution,
Business;andWashingtonCollegeofLaw. andtheChamberofCommerceoftheU.S.A.arealllocatedin
ThedistinguishedfacultyofAmericanUniversityincludes theWashington,D.C.area.
renownedexpertsandscholarsofnationalandinternationalrep- Thelibraries,museums,andartgalleriesofWashingtoncon-
utationinpublicaffairs,law,history,economics,business,inter- tainunsurpassedcollections.Theseresourcesbecomesitesof
nationalrelations,education,scienceandthearts. research, field trips, internships, cooperative education, and
Toitsfull-timefacultyof566,theuniversityaddsovereight part-timejobs.Becauseoftheseresources,AmericanUniversity
hundredadjunctfaculty membersdrawn from Washington's studentscanputtheireducationtoworkastheycouldnowhere
professionalcommunity, includingpolicymakers,diplomats, elseinthecountry.
journalists,artists,writers,scientistsandbusinessleaders.
University Campus
MassachusettsAvenuerunsfromthebustleofdowntown The37buildingsonthecampusincludetheuniversityli-
Washington,throughEmbassyRow,bytheWashingtonCathe- brary,administrativeandacademicbuildings,residencehalls,
dral,throughwoodedGlover-ArchboldPark,toWardCircle. aninterdenominationalreligiouscenter,andasportsandconvo-
HereonthehillwhereMassachusettsandNebraskaAvenues cationcenter.Facilitiesinclude24-hourcomputerlaboratories,
meetsitsthemaincampusofAmericanUniversity.Inabeauti- radioandTVstudios,sciencelaboratories,artstudios,recital
fulresidentialarea,thecampusisatranquilsettingforstudy. halls,andatheatre.TheWashingtonCollegeofLawislocateda
Apartfrom,yetapartofthecity,AmericanUniversityisa halfmilefromthecampusonMassachusettsAvenue.Thesatel-
shortdistancefromWashington'scentersofgovernment,busi- liteTenleyCampus,locatedamilefromtheuniversity'smain
ness,research,commerceandart.Theuniversityisservedby site,isthelocationoftheWashingtonSemesterprogram.
majorcitybusroutesandacampusshuttletoanearbysubway
stop.
.
2 Introduction
ArtFacilities MediaCenter
TheArtDepartmentishousedintheWatkinsBuilding,with TheMediaCenteroperatestheMarkWechslerTheater,a
additionalclassroomsandstudiospaceintheNebraskaandMc- 107-seatscreeningroomthataffordsanintimatesettingforclas-
KinleyBuildings.Thereareclassroomswithspecialequipment sicandcontemporarycinema.Thecenterisalsoafull-scaleau-
to handle drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, design, dio-visual resource facility providing administrative and
computergraphics,multimedia,andceramicsclassesaswellas technicalsupportforthefilmstudiesandproductioncoursesof-
arthistoryclasses.IndividualstudiosareprovidedforallM.F.A. feredbytheDepartmentofLiteratureandtheSchoolofCom-
students,andsemi-privateworkspacesareprovidedforunder- munication.Housedwithinthecenterareaselectivefilmand
graduatestudioartmajors.Thedepartmentalsomaintainsthe videocollection,referenceworks,filmcatalogues,andfilesof
Watkins Gallery with changingexhibitions, includingthe film-relatedmaterial.
WatkinsCollection(works byAvery, Chagall, Dove, Klee, Thecenterfrequentlysponsorsspecialeventssuchasfilm
Kokoshka,Marin,Matisse,andPicasso)andworksbyfaculty, festivals,guestfilmmakers,seminars,premierscreenings,and
students,andotherartists. theannualStudentVisualMediaFestival,andfacilitatesevents
sponsoredbyembassies,filmsocieties,andnonprofitorganiza-
Dance,Music,andTheatreFacilities tions and associations. The projection facilities are fully
The KreegerBuilding, housingthe DepartmentofPer- equippedfor16-and35mmfilm,aswellaslargescreenvideoin
formingArts,hasachamber-musicrecitalhallseating 130,a fiveformats,laserdiscDVD,andcomputermultimediaprojec-
largerehearsalspace,and25practicerooms.Italsohasfacilities tion.TheMediaCenterislocatedinMaryGraydonCenter316.
forTVtapeviewingandrecord,CD,andtapelistening.Avail- ScienceLaboratories
ablethroughtheuniversitylibraryandmusiclibraryareover
r1e0c,o0r0d0invgosl.uTmheesboufimludsinigcaslcsoorecsonatnadinbsoaoklsaragnedcoolvleerct1i0o,n0o0f0cdhios-c cheTmhiecalDeipnasrttrmumeennttaotfioCn,heimnicslturdyingissepqeucitprpoemedtewristhansdtancdharor-d
ral,orchestral,jazz,andsymphonicscores. matographic equipment. Laboratory facilities inthe Beeghly
Buildingincludemodernteachingandresearchlaboratoriesas
TheExperimentalTheatre,whereplays,musicals,anddance wellasacomputerroom,adarkroom,acontrolledtemperature
concertsareperformed,servesasthemainstagefacilityforthe room,andinstrumentrooms.Specializedlaboratorieshavebeen
DepartmentofPerformingArts.Downstairsinthesamebuild- established forresearch in biochemistry, polymerchemistry,
ingaretheproductionofficeandthesceneshop.Thecostume andcarbohydratechemistry,andforworkrequiringaninertat-
office, shop, andstorage facilities are locatedtotherearof mosphere.Graduateandundergraduatestudentsareinvolvedin
AsburyBuilding,wherecostumesaredesignedandcreatedfor avarietyofresearchprojectsusingthefacilitiesofthedepart-
alldepartmentproductions. mentorthroughcooperativeagreementswith manygovern-
TenleyCenterishometomostdanceandtheatreclassesand mentallaboratories.
the dance office. Dance classes are also held in Butler ResearchfacilitiesoftheDepartmentofPhysics,housedin
InstructionalCenter104,whichisequippedwithadancefloor, theMcKinleyBuilding,includegeneralandadvancedlaborato-
mirrors,andbarres. ries,electronicsandaudiotechnologyequipment,arecording
LanguageResourceCenter studio,alaboratoryclassroomfordigitalaudioandmultimedia
workstations,andamachineshop.OtherlaboratoriesinMcKin-
TheLanguageResourceCenter(LRC)oftheDepartmentof leyareavailableforfacultyandstudentresearchinphysicsedu-
LanguageandForeignStudiesisacomprehensive,multi-media cation,Mossbauerspectroscopy, laserphysics,computational
facilitywhichsupportsstudentsandfacultyinthestudyand physics, neural computing, electronic music, anddigital and
teachingofforeignlanguagesandculturesthroughtheuseofad- multimediatechnology.
vancedtechnologiesinaudio,video,film,computer,andsatel- TheDepartmentofBiology has both undergraduate and
litetelecommunications. graduateteachinglaboratoriesaswellasfacultyresearchlabora-
Thecenter'sservicesincludeself-paced instructional pro- toriesinwhichstudentsareencouragedtolearn.Theteaching
gramsinChinese,English,French,German,Hebrew,Italian, labsarewell-equippedandcontinuallyupgraded.Studentshave
Japanese,Russian,andSpanish,tutoringforstudentsenrolledin theopportunitytogainexperiencewithawidevarietyoftech-
foreign language courses, and state-of-the-artcomputerized niquesincludingnucleicacidandproteinisolation,DNAanaly-
teachinglabsprovidinginteractivelearning. sisandelectrophoresis,bacterialandprimarycellculture,stereo,
reaTchheedLvRiaCthiessltorceaette-dlevineltehnetArsanbcuertyoBtuhielndoirntghbwaisnegmoefnAtsabnudryis cpuotmerp-ogeunnedra,tedanmdeasfulrueomreenstcsewnitthmdiactaroansaclyospiys.,Thaendfacicloitmie-s
Formoreinformationcall(202)885-2396. vinartihoeuDsegpoavretrmnemnetnotfBlaiboolroagtyoraiensdmcoaokpeeraptoissviebalgeroepepmoernttusniwtiitehs
forresearchinenvironmental,ecological,marine,andbiomedi-
calsciences.