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^TS^S 4 A °*^1 X Z *WML GOALS \neducation .11 tl»- Iniversity ol Maryland .it ioDege Part strives tocultivate intellect by teaching studentstoextend principlesand ideasto new situationsand to new groupsol people. It .urnsto provide studentswith a senseot identity and purpose, .1 con torothers, .1 senseol responsibility tortin'quality nt lifearound them. .1continuingeagerness tor knowledge.md understanding, .md .1 foundation tor.1 lifetimeol personalenridunerd It enlivens students toenlargethi-common understanding, tode humanevalues tocelt toleranceand fairness, tocon- tributetothe soualconscien monitorandassessprivateand collectiveassumptions, and to recognize theglory, tragedy, and humorofthehumancondition Specifically, undergraduateeduca- tionatCollegePark seeksto students todevelop.mdex- pand theiruseot basicacademk and intellectual tools. Studentsare educated tobeabletoread with perception and pleasure, writeand speak with darity and verve, han- dle numbersandcomputation pro- ficiently, reason mathematical!) generatedearquestionsand tind probablearguments, reach substantiatedcondusions, andac- cept ambiguity "studentsalso Study in depth and acquirea substantialcompetence in a coherent academicdiscipline. A (oDege Parkeducation helps studentstobecomeawareol the varierj ot waysot knowing, the comple\it\ ot beinghuman and to understand their place in fustor) and in thecontemporary world Studentslearn toanalyze andappreciateartisticcreations to identih andevaluate moralques- tions, tosynthesizeand inti knowledge and tobecomein- tellectually flexible inventive and creative From PromisestoJi<i7> 77h-CoUegcPari PlanforUndergraduateL. ApprovedfatheCampus SenateMarch, 1988. HISTORY JustaftertheAmericanRevolu- tion, thestateofMaryland established itsfirsttwocollegesat Chestertownand Annapolis. By the1850s, at leastthirtylittlecol- legeshadsprungupoverthe state, many withstatesupport, but manyofthemdisappearing withinafewyears. Then, in1859 adifferent kindofinstitutionap- pearedatCollegePark—the Maryland AgriculturalCollege, the third suchcollegeintheworld, createdmainlyforfarmers' sons. Thecollegewasestablishedby CharlesBenedictCalvert, a wealthyplanterfromnearby Riversdale—nowRiverdale—and lateracongressman. Calvertbuilt ahandsomeGothicdormitory- classroomstructurelocatedina groveoftreesnearthepresent MorrillHall, andhedividedthe landdown totheBaltimore- WashingtonTurnpikeintosmall plotswhereeachofthe50-or-so studentsexperimented withadif- ferentagriculturalcrop Afterthe CivilWartheinstitutionbecamea In 1888, the campus land-grantcollege, withsmallap- propriationsfromWashington. consisted of an ad- Thelittlecollegebegan togrow ministration building, a about 1900whenagriculturalex- classroombuilding,anda perimentsbegantobringprosperi- tytoMaryland, and whenthecol- laboratory. As the legeexpandeditsofferingsinto Maryland Agricultural engineering, business, and the College, it became one ofthenation'sfirstland- grant institutions in 1865. y liberalarts. In 1912theoldGothic buildingbumed, and thestate provided modem structures. Womenwereadmittedtothe campus, and graduatework began. In 1920thecollegecombin- edwiththelong-establishedpro- fessionalschoolsofBaltimoreand changed itsnametotheUniversi- tyofMaryland. Growthac- celeratedafter 1935whenthe politicallyastutefootballcoach, H.C. 'Curley' Byrdbecamepresi- dent, added scoresofnewpro forexcellence. Tothisend, College The university's close grams, and wonnationalfootball Parkoffersbroadcoverageinthe championships. Inthe 1950sand traditionalartsandsciencesas links to Baltimore, An- 1960s, PresidentWilsonH. Elkins wellasinawiderangeofprofes- napolis,andWashington, maintainedtherapidgrowth, and sionaland pre-professionalpro- D.C.provideexcitingop- CollegeParkbecameoneofthe grams. Theinstitutionisorganized largestcampusesinthenation. intofourteencollegesandschools portunities for intern- PresidentElkins, aRhodes encompassingover100depart- JEW* ships, research, cultural Sticohno'lsarp,ubtlriacnsifmoargmeedfrtohmetihnasttitouf-a omfensttsudya.ndAcgarmopwuisn-gwinduembperorgrofams activities,andrecreation. partyschooltooneofacademic thesedepartmentsandprograms integrity. Inthe1970sand1980s, rankamongthebestinthenation. theuniversity'sgraduateand TodaytheUniversityofMaryland researchprogramshaveespecially atCollegeParkstands, byany flourished. In1988, theGeneral measure, asoneoftheleadingin- AssemblyofMarylandcombined stitutionsofhighereducationin sixstatecollegeswiththefive theworld. campusesoftheUniversityof Maryland, andspecificallycharged CollegeParkwiththeroleof leadership. TheUniversityof MarylandatCollegeParkrecog- nizesitsspecialresponsibilityas theflagshipandthelargestofthe eleveninstitutionswithinthe statewideuniversitysystemtolead theUniversityofMaryland'squest RESEARCH i \ \ edbv the M.n\l.nul Sea I,rant, i.ollege Pari? zoologistsand microbiologists study the fisheries ol the(hesapeake Bay. The universitys unique location just lit miles from downtown Washington, D.C., and approx- imate!} 50 miles from both An- napolisand Baltimore enhances the research oi its faculty and students because ol its access to someoithe finest librariesand researchcenters in thecountry. Theseincludethe NationalIn- Amajorresearchuniver- stitutesof1lealth, the Smithsonian sityattractstopfaculty INnasttiiotnutailonA,grtihceulUtuSrDalAReBesletasrviclhle whobringtheirresearch CenterandNational Agricultural interestsandinsightsto Library, the LibraryofCongress, theclassroom. theNational Archives, theFolger ShakespeareLibrary, and many otheracademicandspecial libraries. In theBaltimorearea, in additiontotheuniversity'sown librariesatBaltimoreCountyand ontheprofessionalcampusin BaltimoreCity, aretheEnoch Pratt Free LibraryandtheMaryland HistoricalAssociationLibrary. The statecapitalatAnnapolisisthe siteoftheMarylandHallof Records. ACCREDITATION TheUniversityofMarylandisaccreditedbytheMiddle StatesAssociationofCollegesandSecondarySchoolsand isamemberoftheAssociationofAmerican Universities. In addition, individualcolleges, schools, anddepartmentsare accredited bysuchgroupsastheAmerican Associationof CollegiateSchoolsofBusiness,theAmerican Chemical Society,theNationalAssociation ofSchoolsofMusic, the Sectionof Legal EducationandAdmissionstotheBarof theAmerican BarAssociation,theAccreditingCouncilon Education inJournalismand MassCommunications,the American Councilon Pharmaceutical Education,theCouncil on Dental EducationoftheAmerican DentalAssociation, theCommitteeon AccreditationoftheAmerican Library Association,theAmerican PsychologicalAssociation,the Commission onAccreditation oftheCouncilonSocialWork Education,theCouncil on Medical Educationofthe American MedicalAssociation,theEngineeringAccreditation Commission oftheAccreditation BoardforEngineeringand Technology(seeCollegeofEngineeringforalistingofac- creditedengineeringprograms), the NationalCouncilforAc- creditationofTeacherEducation,theNational Leaguefor Nursing,andthe National ArchitecturalAccreditingBoard. In addition, all programs intheDepartmentofHuman Nutri- tion and Food Systemshavebeenapprovedbythe American DieteticAssociation. a LIBRARIES reserveservicesinallsubjectareas toundergraduatestudents. Alate- nightstudyroomisopen24hours duringthefallandspringterms. NonprintMediaServices, located onthefourthfloorofHombake, is thecentralaudio-visualdepart- mentfortheUMCPlibraries. The collectionconsistsprimarilyof videocassettes, films, audiocasset- tes, andtheequipmentand facilitiestousethem.The TheodoreR. McKeldinLibraryis themainresearchlibraryofthe UMCPlibrarysystem. Inaddition, McKeldin'sreferenceworks, periodicals, circulatingbooks, specialcollectionsandother materialsprovidesupportfor researchandteachingthroughout theuniversity, withspecialem- phasisonthehumanities, the socialsciences, andthelife sciences. Thefivespecialized branchlibrariesoncampusoffer extensiveresourceswhichprovide essentialsupport forstudy, research, andteaching. Thesein- cludetheArchitectureLibrary, the Art Library, theEngineeringand Sevenlibrariesandnum- Physical SciencesLibrary,the erousspecialcollections MusicLibrary, andtheWhite providerichmaterialand Memorial(Chemistry)Library. In- cludedamongthemostoutstan- technical support for dingspecialholdingsofthe teachingandresearch. Thesevenlibrarieswhich makeup librariesaretheInternational Piano theUniversityofMarylandatCol- ArchivesatMaryland, aworld- legeParklibrarysystemoffer renownedcollectionofpianoper- outstandingresourcesandser- formancematerials; theNational vices. Theholdingsofthelibraries TrustforHistoricPreservation includeover2millionvolumes, Library, locatedintheArchitecture approximately4 millionmicroform Library; theMarylandRoom— units, 22,000current periodicaland majorcenterforMarylandstudies; newspapersubscriptionsaswellas theGordonW. PrangeCollection over666,000government ofJapanese-languagepublications, documents, 175,000maps, andex- 194549; theU.S. PatentDeposi- tensiveholdingsofphonorecords, tory Library; theGovernment filmsandfilmstrips, slides, prints, Document and MapsRoom, and musicscores. Thelibraries featuringU.S. government alsofeatureaTechnical Reports publicationsaswellaspublications Centercollectionofnearly 2 oftheUnited Nations, theLeague millionitems—oneofthemost ofNationsandotherinternational outstandingcollectionsofitskind organizations, mapsfromtheU.S. in the nation Hombake Library is Army MapServiceandtheU.S. theundergraduatelibrary, pro- Geological Survey; andtheEast viding reference, circulationand AsiaCollection. Touch-sensitive com- puters are part of a campus-widenetworkof workstation and micro- computerlaboratories. COMPUTER TheComputerScienceCenter supportson-campuscomputing SCIENCE throughafullrangeofquality APllim computingservices. Itoffersmany V/tINItn trainingcoursesinpopular microcomputerandmainframe softwarepackages, aswellascon- sultingandFirst-AidCenter. The centersupportsadvancedworksta- tionandmicrocomputer laboratoriesacrosscampusforday andeveningself-studyandclass projects. Tosupportteachingand research, thecenteroffersnet- workedcomputerresources, in- cludingIBM, Unix-based, and Unisysmainframesandspecial purposescientificcomputers. EffectiveJuly 5, 1989,any student,faculty,orstaffmemberwitha QualifiedresearchersatCollege currentlyvalidated identificationcardatonethefollowingMaryland Parkmayalsoaccessoff-campus collegesanduniversitiesisentitledtodirectborrowingprivilegesat supercomputers. Thecenter anyofthem:theeleveninstitutionsoftheUniversityofMaryland housesaProgramLibrary, main- System; MorganState University; St. Mary'sCollegeofMaryland; and tainsthecampusnetwork the UMCenterforEnvironmentalEstuarineStudies. Formoreinforma- backbone(UMDNET), operatesa tion, pleasecontactthelibrary circulationdeskatyourhome computerstore, whichsells microcomputersandprovideslow institution. costserviceandmaintenanceto membersofthecampus community. UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS OF STUDY (1)1IH.fOh U.KH II IIkf ItilII(.1 (II ISt.INIIKISt. I SIUkt.KUH Ml sitnils AgriculturalEngineering inering AlliedHealthI'rolcssions/Pre- Agriculture AgriculturalEngineering professionalOptions Agriculture/Veterinary(combined) ChemualI Prc-DcnlalHygiene AgriculturalandExtensionEducation* iiccnnc Prc-DcntistryS AgriculturalandResourceEconomics ElectricalEngini Prc-LawS Agronomy Bnginei licalTechnology AnimalSciences Pre-McdicincS FoodScience MaterIial andNuil< Ens, PitSursmg Horticulture Mech ii I lometryl NaturalResourcesManagementProgram ttilIII.I (II III \l III \sn Pre-PIhia.ilcopalhlcMedicine} SCHOOLOFARCHITECTURE III\l\sPERFORMANI I Ihcrapy Architecture i I ucation Prc-PodiaincMedicine} Architecture/UrbanStudies Kinesiology IndividualStudiesProgram COLLEGEOFARTSAM) RPehycsriecaatlioIn*d UniversityHIongnoArvsaiPlraoblgerams III MVMTIES AdvertisingDesign* tOJII(.1 in III MAM i Wll'ls-Willi ( IKIIFICATES AmericanStudies ECOLOGY Studies An Apparel1' EaslAsian AnHistoryandArcheology COLLEGEOFCOMPUTER, CommunityStudies Studies ClassicalLanguagesandLiteratures MATHEMATICAL,ANDPHYSICAL ConsumerEconomics Dance SCIENCES EastAsianLanguagesandLiteratures Astronomy Experiment Admissionsuspendedpending EnglishLanguageandLiterature ComputerScience FamilyStudies resolutionolrecommendationto FrenchLanguageandLiterature Geology FoodseniceAdministration eliminatetheprogram GermanicLanguagesandLiteratures Mathematics HumanNutritionandFoods "Ithasbeenrecommendedthatthe Historv PhysicalSciences M lenlandConsumerStudies collegebeclosed Someoiilsprograms Housing* Physics TextileMarketing/FashionMerchandis- mayberelocated.Othersmaynolonger InteriorDesign* ing beoffered. JewishStudies COLLEGEOFEDUCATION TextileScience LMiunsgiucistics EEalrelmyenCthairlydhEodoudcaEtdiuocnation COLLEGEOFJ()lksmism Philosophy IndustrialArts* Radio/Television/Film* IndustrialTechnology* i illII(.1 til IIII SI IKNCES RomanceLanguages SecondaryEducation Biochemistry RussianAreaStudies Art BiologicalSciences RussianLanguagesandLiterature English Botany SpanishLanguagesandLiterature LanguageArts Chemistry SpeechCommunication ForeignLanguage 1 Theatre GeneralBusiness* Microbioli HomeEconomics* Zoology COLLEGEOFBEHAVIORALAND MarketingandDistribution" SOCIALSCIENCES Mathematics Afro-AmericanStudies Music Anthropology Science CriminalJusticeandCriminology Secretarial* Economics SocialStudies Geography SpeechandEnglish GovernmentandPolitics TheatreandEnglish HearingandSpeechScience SpecialEducation Psychology Vocational/TechnicalEducation* Sociology UrbanStudies* COLLEGEOFBUSINESSAND M\S\(,IMlSI Accounting Business/Law Finance GeneralBusinessAdministration ManagementScienceandStatistics Marketing PersonnelandLaborRelations ProductionManagement Transportation Cultural and ethnic diversity are part of theeducationaltradi- tionatMaryland. 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