Director of University Admissions, Dean of the College

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Hampton University adheres to the principle of equal education and employment opportunity without regard to race, sex, color, creed,
national origin or disability. This policy extends to all programs and activities supported by the University; including the
Undergraduate College, College of Education and Continuing Studies, College of Virginia Beach and the Graduate College.
Hampton University’s Drug-Free Work Place policy concerning the use, distribution, possession, transport or sale of illicit, over-the-
counter, and prescription drugs and alcohol, incorporates regulations promulgated by the Federal Drug-Free Work Place Act of 1988,
and the Department of Education’s Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1989, Public Law 101-226. Both laws
are inclusive for administrators, faculty, students and all other employees working on Hampton University’s properties, on or off
campus. This policy has been distributed, posted and is communicated annually through educational reminders.
For information regarding admission, please address correspondence to:
Director of University Admissions, Dean of the College of Education and Continuing Studies, or Dean of the Graduate College (as
appropriate)
Hampton University
Hampton, VA 23668
Entered as Third Class Matter at Hampton, VA and other mailing offices.
The information in this catalog is to be regarded as a binding contract between the applicant or the student and Hampton University, as
the University reserves the right to change the requirements, regulations, rules, and fees set forth herein at anytime without prior
notice.
Hampton University adheres to the principle of equal education and employment opportunity without regard to race, sex, color, creed,
national origin or disability. This policy extends to all programs and activities supported by the University; including the
Undergraduate College, College of Education and Continuing Studies, College of Virginia Beach and the Graduate College.
Hampton University’s Drug-Free Work Place policy concerning the use, distribution, possession, transport or sale of illicit, over-the-
counter, and prescription drugs and alcohol, incorporates regulations promulgated by the Federal Drug-Free Work Place Act of 1988,
and the Department of Education’s Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1989, Public Law 101-226. Both laws
are inclusive for administrators, faculty, students and all other employees working on Hampton University’s properties, on or off
campus. This policy has been distributed, posted and is communicated annually through educational reminders.
For information regarding admission, please address correspondence to:
Director of University Admissions, Dean of the College of Education and Continuing Studies, or Dean of the Graduate College (as
appropriate)
Hampton University
Hampton, VA 23668
Entered as Third Class Matter at Hampton, VA and other mailing offices.
The information in this catalog is to be regarded as a binding contract between the applicant or the student and Hampton University, as
the University reserves the right to change the requirements, regulations, rules, and fees set forth herein at anytime without prior
notice.
Contents
Page
General Information ....................................................................................................................... 3
Degrees and Programs ............................................................................................................. 8
Fees and Expenses 2010-2012 ............................................................................................... 13
Student Financial Aid ............................................................................................................ 20
General Academic Policies and Regulations ......................................................................... 27
Student Affairs and Services .................................................................................................. 40
Hampton Institute ....................................................................................................................... 62
Undergraduate Admission ..................................................................................................... 64
Academic Policies and Regulations ....................................................................................... 69
School of Business ................................................................................................................. 76
School of Engineering and Technology ................................................................................. 93
Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications .............................................. 114
School of Liberal Arts .......................................................................................................... 118
School of Nursing ................................................................................................................ 161
School of Pharmacy ............................................................................................................. 170
School of Science ................................................................................................................. 174
Honors College .................................................................................................................... 208
College of Education and Continuing Studies ........................................................................... 210
Division of Professional Education ..................................................................................... 210
Division of Continuing Studies ............................................................................................ 241
Hampton University Online ................................................................................................. 284
College of Virginia Beach ......................................................................................................... 312
Graduate College ....................................................................................................................... 320
Main Campus Course Descriptions ........................................................................................... 383
Division of Continuing Studies Course Descriptions ................................................................ 635
Hampton University Online Course Descriptions ..................................................................... 672
College of Virginia Beach Course Descriptions ........................................................................ 724
The Register ............................................................................................................................... 751
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Hampton University Code of Conduct
Joining the Hampton Family is an honor and requires each individual to uphold the policies,
regulations, and guidelines established for students, faculty, administration, professional and other
employees, and the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Each member is required to adhere to and
conform to the instructions and guidance of the leadership of his/her respective area. Therefore, the
following are expected of each member of the Hampton Family:
l. To respect himself or herself.
Each member of the Hampton Family will exhibit a high degree of maturity and self-respect and
foster an appreciation for other cultures, one’s own cultural background, as well as the cultural matrix
from which Hampton University was born. It is only through these appreciations that the future of our
university can be sustained indefinitely.
2. To respect the dignity, feelings, worth, and values of others.
Each member of the Hampton Family will respect one another and visitors as if they were guests in
one’s home. Therefore, to accost, cajole, or proselytize students, faculty or staff, parents or others, to
engage in gender and sexual harassment, use vile, obscene or abusive language or exhibit lewd
behavior, to possess weapons such as knives or firearms, or to be involved in the possession, use,
distribution of and sale of illegal drugs is strictly prohibited and is in direct violation of the Hampton
University Code, on or off campus.
3. To respect the rights and property of others and to discourage vandalism and theft.
Each member of the Hampton Family will refrain from illegal activity, both on and off campus, and
will be subject to all applicable provisions listed in the Faculty Handbook, Personnel Policies Manual
for Administrative/Professional and Non-exempt Employees, the Official Student Handbook, and the
Hampton University Code.
4. To prohibit discrimination, while striving to learn from differences in people, ideas, and opinions.
Each member of the Hampton Family will support equal rights and opportunities for all, regardless of
age, sex, race, religion, disability, ethnic heritage, socio-economic status, political, social, or other
affiliation or disaffiliation, or sexual preference.
5. To practice personal, professional, and academic integrity, and to discourage all forms of dishonesty,
plagiarism, deceit, and disloyalty to the Code of Conduct.
Personal, professional, and academic integrity is paramount to the survival and potential of the
Hampton Family. Therefore, individuals found in violation of Hampton University’s policies against
lying, cheating, plagiarism, or stealing are subject to disciplinary action, which could possibly include
dismissal from the University.
6. To foster a personal professional work ethic within the Hampton University Family.
Each employee and student of the Hampton Family must strive for efficiency and job perfection.
Each employee must exhibit a commitment to serve and job tasks must be executed in a humane and
civil manner.
7. To foster an open, fair, and caring environment.
Each member of the Hampton Family is assured equal and fair treatment on the adjudication of all
matters. In addition, it is understood that intellectual stimulation is nurtured through the sharing of
ideas. Therefore, the University will maintain an open and caring environment.
8. To be fully responsible for upholding the Hampton University Code.
Each member of the Hampton Family will embrace all tenets of the Code and is encouraged to report
all code violators.
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GENERAL INFORMATION

Founded in 1868, Hampton University’s main campus is located on 270 acres of Virginia’s
Peninsula at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay and is the oldest private, nonsectarian, co-
educational, postsecondary institution in the southeast Commonwealth of Virginia. Hampton
University is an historically black, privately endowed, co-educational institution of higher
education founded in 1868 for the education of African Americans. In 1916, Hampton achieved
status as a four-year secondary school by the Virginia Department of Public Instruction. The first
bachelor’s degrees were offered in 1922. Courses at the secondary level were dropped gradually,
and all resources of the institution were applied to education at the college level. Accreditation
as a Class “A” College was achieved during the 1932-33 academic year. In recognition of the
growth and evolution of the school, in 1984 the Board of Trustees adopted the name Hampton
University, while continuing to use the name Hampton Institute for the undergraduate college.
Hampton initiated the following doctoral degree programs: the Doctor of Philosophy in Physics
and in Nursing (1992 and 1999, respectively); the Doctor of Pharmacy (1998); and the Doctor of
Physical Therapy (1999). Today, there are over 5,000 undergraduate and nearly 1,000 graduate
and professional students. Approximately 88% of the students are African American, nearly 9%
are Caucasian and the remaining 3% are from other ethnic groups, including Native American,
Asian, and Hispanic students. Hampton University ranks high in the South and Southeast due to
its selectivity in admission, high standards of teaching, rigorous curricula and the professional
activities of the faculty.
The Mission Statement
Hampton University is a comprehensive institution of higher education, dedicated to the
promotion of learning, building of character, and preparation of promising students for positions
of leadership and service. Its curricular emphasis is scientific and professional with a strong
liberal arts undergirding. In carrying out its mission, the University requires that everything that
it does be of the highest quality.
An historically black institution, Hampton University is committed to multiculturalism. The
University serves students from diverse national, cultural, and economic backgrounds. From its
beginning to the present, the institution has enrolled students from five continents — North
America, South America, Africa, Asia and Europe — and many countries including Gabon,
Kenya, Ghana, Japan, China, Armenia, Great Britain and Russia, as well as the Hawaiian and
Caribbean Islands and numerous American Indian nations. Placing its students at the center of its
planning, the University provides a holistic educational environment. Learning is facilitated by a
range of educational offerings, a rigorous curriculum, excellent teaching, professional
experiences, multiple leadership opportunities, and an emphasis on the development of character
which values integrity, respect, decency, dignity, and responsibility.
Research and public service are integral parts of Hampton’s mission. In order to enhance
scholarship and discovery, faculty are engaged in writing, research and grantsmanship. Faculty,
staff and students provide leadership and service to the University as well as the global
community.
In achieving its mission, Hampton University offers exemplary programs and opportunities,
which enable students, faculty and staff to grow, develop and contribute to society in a
productive, useful manner.
History
When the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute opened its doors in April 1868, in the
days of Reconstruction, listed as assets were two teachers, fifteen students, little money or
equipment, and the faith in its principle of “learning by doing” and “education for life.”
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The principal was Samuel Chapman Armstrong, a 29-year-old Brigadier General, son of
missionary parents. He had been assigned by the Freedmen’s Bureau to help solve the problems
of the thousands of former slaves who had gathered behind Union lines on the Virginia
Peninsula. He founded, with the aid of the American Missionary Association, a school at
Hampton to train selected young men and women “who should go out and teach and lead their
people, first by example, and in this way to build up an industrial system for the sake not only of
self-support and intelligent labor, but also for the sake of character.” His goal was to train “the
head, the hand, and the heart” of Hampton’s students.
Hampton may well be thankful that in the concept of “Education for Life” - including
efficiency, character, and usefulness to society - General Armstrong established a standard
timeless in its appeal and application. Hampton today finds this concept highly adaptable to the
changing conditions of life in this century and the likely challenges of the future. The first
conditions for admission were simple: “Sound health, good character, age not less than fourteen
years and not more than twenty-five, ability to read and write intelligibly, knowledge of
arithmetic through long division, intention to remain throughout the whole course of three years
and to become a teacher.”
Support in the early days came from philanthropic and religious groups and individuals, from
Federal Land Grant Funds (1872-1920), and numerous other sources. With the help of the
Freedmen’s Bureau and northern philanthropists, the school was able to erect a classroom
building—Academic Hall, since rebuilt—in 1869. Residence quarters, however, continued to be
a problem, with the men living in army tents for three years and the women living in barracks
until the completion of Virginia Hall in 1874. Some of the money for this building was raised by
the Hampton Singers, who toured northern communities.
In 1878, a group of American Indian men arrived at Hampton, their studies here supported in
part by federal funds. These appropriations were continued until 1912. American Indian students
continued to attend Hampton in this historic program until 1923.
After his death in 1893, General Armstrong’s work was continued and expanded for nearly a
quarter-century under the leadership of Reverend Hollis B. Frissell. In 1916, Hampton achieved
status as a four-year secondary school by the Virginia Department of Public Instruction. The first
bachelor’s degrees were offered in 1922. Courses at the secondary level were dropped gradually,
and all resources of the institution were applied to education at the college level. In 1930, the
school’s name was changed to Hampton Institute, and the title of its chief officer from principal
to president. Accreditation as a Class “A” College was achieved during the 1932-33 academic
year.
In line with its broadening educational program, the college inaugurated graduate courses in
1928. Course work leading to the Master of Arts degree in education was offered during summer
school sessions only. Although discontinued in 1949, graduate study was reactivated in 1956,
and for the first time was offered during the regular year as well as during summer school. A
Division of Graduate Studies was organized in 1956 as the administrative unit to replace the
former Division of Summer Extension Study. Then, in October 1967, following a visitation by
representatives of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, a new all-institution faculty
committee, the Graduate Council, was organized. A Master of Arts in Nursing was added in
1976 and Communication Disorders in 1977. The degree of Master of Science in Biology,
Communication Disorders and Nursing was approved for the 1978-79 academic year. The
Master of Science in Management and the Master of Business Administration were approved for
the 1982-83 academic year.
Location
Hampton University’s beautiful campus is located along the banks of the Hampton River on
Virginia’s Peninsula, where the James and York rivers join. The region is closely associated with
early American history. A large Kecoughtan community was once located in the vicinity of the
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campus and Jamestown, where the first group of captive Africans arrived in the New World, is
only a few miles up the James River. The area is presently the hub of Norfolk - Newport News -
Portsmouth military defense activity, provided by United States Navy, Air Force, and Army
installations. Within a radius of 40 miles from the campus are the historic localities of
Jamestown, Yorktown, and Williamsburg. The City of Hampton is America’s oldest continuous
English-speaking settlement. A center for East Coast conventions, tourism, and the Hampton
Jazz Festival, the city supports public beaches, campgrounds, tennis courts, and golf courses in
addition to its historic attractions. Hampton Roads, one of the world’s largest natural harbors,
offers the total spectrum of water sports to area residents, students, and visitors.
Buildings and Grounds
The Emancipation Oak, more than ninety-eight feet in diameter, is designated as one of the
ten great trees in the world by the National Geographic Society. The live oak got its name
because the Emancipation Proclamation was read to Hampton area residents there in 1863.
Legend has it that the shade of the Oak served as the first classroom for a newly freed people
seeking the blessings of education.
Five buildings on campus are registered as National Historic Landmarks. The Mansion
House, built in 1828, is the only building on campus that predates the founding of the University.
It serves as the official residence for the University president and his family. The Memorial
Church, erected in 1886, features a 150-foot tower and an illuminated clock with chimes.
Wigwam Building was originally built in 1878 to house American Indian male students, the first
of whom were admitted in that same year. Today, the building is used as an educational resource
center. Virginia-Cleveland Hall was erected in 1874 and is used as a women’s dormitory. The
student cafeteria is located on the first floor.
Academic Hall was erected in 1869 and was used for classrooms, the library, museum, and a
male dormitory. Destroyed by fire in 1879, Academy Building was rebuilt and dedicated in
1881. Huntington Building (1903) is the home of the University Museum and Archives. Today,
outstanding works of art and cultural objects are displayed to students and visitors in well
designed exhibits and other educational programs. Exceptionally strong in the areas of African,
American Indian, and African-American art, Hampton’s collection is known to be the largest and
most important of its kind in the Southeast and one of America’s unique and significant museum
resources. Containing over 8 million manuscript materials and 50,000 photographs, the Archives
is among the nation’s most important resources for research on the history of African American
and American Indian education.
Long recognized as an important cultural center in Hampton Roads, Ogden Hall (1918) has
the reputation for having the best acoustics in the State of Virginia. It is used by the University
for ceremonial occasions and cultural performances, as well as by many professional companies.
This picturesque campus, surrounded on three sides by water, comprises some 50 main
buildings and 75 auxiliary structures spread out over 270 acres for easy access. The academic
buildings contain state-of-the-art equipment accessible to students and faculty. Some of the
recent additions to the physical plant include a new Research Center, a Multi-Use Facility, and a
new softball field. The Research Center is an 18,000 square foot two-story building dedicated to
scientific research. This building will serve as an interdisciplinary facility that will attract
scientists from all over the world. The building houses office space for programs in physics,
pharmacy, and a robotics laboratory as well as the Skin of Color Research Institute. The Multi-
Use Facility, a 35,798 square foot building, houses offices and a women’s residence hall. The
first floor accommodates the Career Center, University Relations, Alumni Affairs, and the lobby
of the women’s residence hall. The second and third floors house residence hall spaces that
accommodate approximately 75 female students. This is a non-smoking facility with geothermal
energy efficient heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. In keeping with Hampton
University’s “Going Green” initiative, LEED Strategies were used in the construction of this
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facility. The new softball field, located on Emancipation Drive, meets all of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) guidelines and regulations.
The Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute (HUPTI) located in Hampton, Virginia,
and an integral part of Hampton University, is a 98,000 square foot cancer treatment facility
specializing in proton therapy treatment delivery. HUPTI is the eighth proton facility in
operation in the United States, and the first proton facility owned by an historically Black
college or university. The Center has five treatment rooms and the first patient was seen in
August 2010. HUPTI will be a catalyst for new scientific discoveries and increasingly accurate,
advanced care for cancer patients.
Currently, Hampton University is in the process of building a Multidisciplinary Biomedical
Research Center and a new state-of-the-art Dining Facility. The Multidisciplinary Biomedical
Research Center will be a two-story 25,000 square foot building dedicated to biomedical
research. The University’s goal is to create a unique, interdisciplinary scientific environment.
The new Dining Facility will service approximately 3,400 on-campus students and will consist
of a main kitchen plus out-front cooking stations that will include stir-fry, grilled items, deli and
pasta areas along with a central beverage and dessert station.
The Hampton University College of Virginia Beach opened in August, 2003 in Hampton
Roads’ newest and tallest business and commercial hub, the Town Center building. This modern
facility provides its students, faculty and business/government clients with a state-of-the-art
educational and instructional environment. By incorporating the latest in learning technologies,
the College of Virginia Beach is ideally equipped to advance the academic and economic
development of the state’s most populous city and the surrounding region.
University Libraries
The Libraries support the University’s mission to promote learning and excellence in
teaching by providing access to a wide array of information resources, services and facilities.
Hampton University students, faculty, researchers and scholars constitute the primary users of
the University Libraries. The resources of the campus libraries are enhanced as a result of
membership in several networks and consortia, serving academic libraries. The Hampton
University Library is a member of the Virginia Tidewater Consortium (VTC), the Virginia
Independent College and University Library Association (VICULA) and the Virtual Library of
Virginia (VIVA). The sharing of resources by the network of academic libraries is accomplished
through the use of interlibrary loan, reciprocal borrowing, the shared cataloging of materials,
online access to holdings, bibliographic databases and cooperative purchasing. Hampton
University’s libraries include the William R. and Norma B. Harvey Library (main) and satellite
units in the School of Nursing, the Department of Architecture and the Department of Music.
The William R. and Norma B. Harvey Library was dedicated and opened officially on
January 26, 1992. This five-story facility houses the main library collection, including over
363,206 volumes; 62,538 bound periodicals; more than 640,000 microforms; and vertical file
materials in excess of 40,000 items. The library regularly receives more than 900 print
periodicals, including journals, proceedings, magazines and newspapers. In addition, microfilm
editions of major newspapers are received on a continual basis.
Two special collections add depth to the general holdings: (1) the selective U. S. Government
documents depository, and (2) the George Foster Peabody Collection of more than 33,000
cataloged items by and about African Americans.
Users gain access to the library’s holdings through the Hampton University Online Web-
based Catalog (HUWebCat). New bibliographic records are added through the library’s
membership in the Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET), which provides online
cataloging, information products and services in support of cooperative activities. The library
management system is the most recent version of the SIRSI UNICORN client based system of
software and equipment.
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The Internet and access to a growing number of subscription services using the World Wide
Web (www) are available from the University Library homepage via the campus Intranet. Online
access to citations, abstracts, full-text articles, electronic journals, eBooks, government
documents, dissertations, and other reference sources is provided. Students and faculty are able
to access electronic resources from the web site while on campus and off campus. The library
maintains licensed agreements to several aggregated databases, specialized databases, electronic
journals and electronic books. Library instruction, web tutorials and an online Blackboard course
are provided to help students and faculty use resources effectively.
In addition to the above, open shelves afford users the privilege of direct access to most
bound periodicals and books. Over 350 individual study carrels, 13 group study rooms, 18
faculty carrels, a 24-hour study room, a vending area, a multi-purpose meeting room seating 100,
an electronic classroom, a conference room and Internet connectivity for laptop users are all
available within the Harvey Library building.
Regional Accreditation
Hampton University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools to award degrees at the associate, baccalaureate, master’s,
education specialist and doctorate levels. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern
Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation
of Hampton University. The Commission requests that it be contacted only if there is evidence
that appears to support an institution’s significant non-compliance with a requirement or
standard.
Academic Rating and Membership
From humble origins, Hampton University has evolved into a prestigious, nationally
acclaimed university that sets The Standard of Excellence in education. The University is a
privately endowed, co-educational, nonsectarian institution of higher education with
accreditation by the Department of Education of the Commonwealth of Virginia and holds
membership in the Council of Graduate Schools, the Council of Independent Colleges in
Virginia, and the American Council on Education. Its programs in architecture, aviation,
business, chemistry, communicative sciences and disorders, computer science, chemical and
electrical engineering, journalism, music, nursing, pharmacy, physical therapy and teacher
education are accredited by their respective accrediting agencies. The architecture program is
accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board. All five of the aviation programs are
accredited by the Aviation Accreditation Board International. The business programs are
accredited by the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education. The chemistry
program is approved by the Committee on Professional Training of the American Chemical
Society. The program in communicative sciences and disorders is accredited at the graduate level
by the American Speech - Language - Hearing Association. The undergraduate computer science
program is accredited by the Computing Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place,
Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012 – telephone: (410) 347-7700. The chemical and
electrical engineering programs are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of
ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012 – telephone: [phone].
The Scripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications maintains accreditation for the
undergraduate programs in Broadcast Journalism, Print Journalism and Public Relations from the
Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications (ACEJMC),
Stauffer-Flint Hall, 1435 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045-7575 – telephone [phone].
The music programs are accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. The
undergraduate and graduate nursing programs are fully accredited by the National League for
Nursing Accrediting Commission, Inc. and by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education;
the undergraduate program is approved by the Virginia State Board of Nursing. The School of
Nursing is also an agency member of the Department of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree
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