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ThiscatalogwasproducedusingEPArecommendedstandardrecycledpapercontaining409i wasteproductandprinted withsoybeanbasedink. m\<xea\m THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI BULLETIN GENERAL CATALOGISSUE UNDERGRADUATEPROGRAMS ANNOUNCEMENTS 1994-1995 FALLSEMESTEROPENSAUGUST22, 1994 TheUniversityofSouthernMississippiBulletinUSPS-652-260 PublishedquarterlybyTheUniversityofSouthernMississippi,Hattiesburg, Mississippi.Enteredassecond-classmatterFebruary 19, 1917,atthe postofficeatHattiesburg,Mississippi,underActofAugust24, 1912. NUMBER VOLUME 2 81 (PublishedDecember 1, 1993) 2 / TABLEOFCONTENTS CALENDAR: 1994-95 4 GENERALUNIVERSITYADMINISTRATION BoardofTrustees 8 AdministrativeOfficers 9 GENERALINFORMATION HistoricalSketch 12 UniversityPurposeStatement 13 AdmissionRequirementsandProcedures 13 GeneralAcademicRegulations 23 GradeReviewPolicy 27 GeneralDegreeRequirements 27 GeneralEducationCurriculum 28 StudentCommunityandCampusLife 36 StudentExpenses 39 FinancialAid 45 USMFoundation 51 StudentActivities 61 UniversityFacilitiesandEducationalServices 65 UniversityCounselingCenter 65 VeteransAffairs 65 CareerPlanningandPlacement 65 TheCareerCenter 66 UniversityLibraryServices 66 UniversityPressofMississippi 67 AlumniAssociation 67 ACADEMICORGANIZATION OrganizationforInstruction 69 COLLEGES COLLEGEOFTHEARTS 72 SchoolofMusic 73 Art 76 TheatreandDance 76 COLLEGEOFBUSINESSADMINISTRATION 102 SchoolofProfessionalAccountancy 107 EconomicsandInternationalBusiness 107 FinanceandGeneralBusiness 108 Management 109 ManagementInformationSystems 109 Marketing 110 COLLEGEOFEDUCATIONANDPSYCHOLOGY 123 TeacherEducationPrograms 125 SpecialSchoolServices 126 TechnologyEducation 128 CurriculumandInstruction 130 Educational LeadershipandResearch 132 Psychology 133 Special Education 134 COLLEGEOFHEALTHANDHUMANSCIENCES 143 SchoolofHomeEconomics 145 SchoolofHuman PerformanceandRecreation 148 / 3 SchoolofNursing 153 SchoolofSocialWork 156 CenterforCommunityHealth 158 COLLEGEOFLIBERALARTS 175 SchoolofCommunication 178 AdvertisingProgram 178 CommunicationProgram 179 Journalism 179 Radio,Television,andFilm 181 SpeechCommunication 182 SchoolofLibraryandInformationScience 183 AerospaceStudies(AirForceROTC) 184 AmericanStudiesProgram 185 AnthropologyandSociology 186 CriminalJustice 187 EconomicsProgram 187 English 188 ForeignLanguagesandLiteratures 189 GeneralStudiesProgram 191 GeographyandAreaDevelopment 192 History 194 HumanitiesProgram 195 InternationalStudiesProgram 195 MilitaryScience(ArmyROTC) 197 ParalegalStudiesProgram 198 PhilosophyandReligion 199 PoliticalScience 199 SpeechandHearingSciences 200 COLLEGEOFSCIENCEANDTECHNOLOGY 238 MarineScience,Centerfor 241 ScienceEducation,Centerfor 241 InstituteofEnvironmentalScience 242 MolecularandCellularBiosciences,Centerfor 242 MississippiPolymerInstitute 242 InstituteofSurfaceCoatings 242 PremedicalandHealthProfessions 243 SchoolofEngineeringTechnology 245 BiologicalSciences 250 GulfCoastResearchLaboratory 250 ChemistryandBiochemistry 251 ComputerScienceandStatistics 252 Geology 253 Mathematics 253 MedicalTechnology 254 PhysicsandAstronomy 256 PolymerScience 256 HONORSCOLLEGE 286 COLLEGEOFINTERNATIONALANDCONTINUINGEDUCATION 290 UNIVERSITYOFSOUTHERNMISSISSIPPI,GULFCOAST 293 GULFCOASTRESEARCHLABORATORY 296 COURSEDESCRIPTIONS(inalphabeticalorder) 297 FACULTY 400 INDEX 425 PACEINDEX(inalphabeticalorder) 430 11 3 CALENDARFORSUMMERSESSION, 1994 HattiesburgCampus March21-25 Advisementfortelephoneregistration March28-April4 Telephoneregistrationforcontinuingstudents May20-25 Telephoneregistrationandadd/dropforcontinuingand reapplyingstudents Friday,May6 Applicationdeadlinefornewstudents Wednesday,May25 Lastdaytopayfeeswithoutcancellationofregistration Friday,May27 Finalregistrationfornewandreapplyingstudents Sunday,May29 Residencehallsopen Monday,May30 Classesbegin Lateregistrationandadd/dropbegin Lastdaytoregisterforfirstthree-weektermclasses Tuesday,May3 Lastdaytoregisterforfirsthalf-term(S)classes Friday,June3 Lastdaytoregisterforfull-termclasses MWF Saturday,June4 Firstterm(S)classesmeetthisweekonlyon schedule Tuesday,June7 Lastdaytodropfirstthree-weektermclasseswithoutacademic penalty Friday,June 10 Lastdaytodropfirst-term(S)classeswithoutacademicpenalty Friday,June 17 Endofandfinalexaminationsforfirstthree-weekterm Monday,June20 Secondthree-weekandsix-weektermclassesbegin Lastdaytoregisterforsecondthree-weektermandsix-week termclasses Friday,June24 Lastdaytodropfull-termclasseswithoutacademicpenalty Tuesday,June28 Mid-pointinSummerSemester Endofandfinalexaminationsforfirst-term(S)classes Lastdaytofileapplicationforundergraduateandgraduate degreesforFall, 1994Commencement Lastdaytodropsecondthree-weektermclasseswithout academicpenalty Wednesday,June29 Second-term(SS)classesbegin Thursday,June30 Lastdaytoregisterforsecond-term(SS)classes Monday,July4 IndependenceDayHoliday Mondaynightclassesmeet Wednesday,July6 Lastdaytodropsix-weektermclasseswithoutacademicpenalty Friday,July8 Endofandfinalexaminationsforsecondthree-weekterm classes Monday,July 1 Thirdthree-weektermclassesbegin Lastdaytoregisterforthirdthree-weektermclasses Wednesday,July 1 Lastdaytodropsecond-term(SS)classeswithoutacademic penalty Tuesday,July 19 Lastdaytodropthirdthree-weektermclasseswithoutacademic penalty Friday,July29 Lastdayofregularlyscheduledclasses Endofsecond-term(SS)classes Endofandfinalexaminationsforthirdthree-weektermclasses Endofandfinalexaminationsforsix-weektermclasses Monday-Friday August 1-5 Examinationsforfull-termandsecond-term(SS)classes (includingnightclasses) Friday,August5 Commencement,GreenColiseum Saturday,August6 Residencehallsclose 1 83 / 5 CALENDARFORFALLSEMESTER, 1994 HattiesburgCampus March21-25 Advisementfortelephoneregistration April5-24 Telephoneregistrationforcontinuingstudents July 1-22 Telephoneregistrationandadd/dropforcontinuingand reapplyingstudents Friday,August5 Applicationdeadlinefornewstudents Wednesday,August 17 Lastdaytopayfeeswithoutcancellationofregistration Friday,August 19 Finalregistrationfornewandreapplyingstudents Sunday,August21 Residencehallsopen Monday,August22 Classesbegin Lateregistrationandadd/dropbegin Tuesday,August23 Lastdaytoregisterforfirst-term(S)classes Friday,August26 Lastdaytoregisterforfull-termclasses Monday,September5 LaborDayHoliday Mondaydayandnightclasseswillnotmeet Monday,September 12 Lastdaytodropfirst-term(S)classeswithoutacademicpenalty Monday,October3 Lastdaytodropfull-termclasseswithoutacademicpenalty Thursday,October 1 Lastdayoffirst-term(S)classes Friday,October 14 Mid-pointinFallSemester Finalexaminationsforfirstterm(S)classes Monday,October 17 Registrationforsecond-term(SS)classes Second-term(SS)classesbegin Tuesday,October 1 Lastdaytoregisterforsecond-term(SS)classes Friday,October2 Lastdaytofileapplicationforundergraduateandgraduate degreesforSpring, 1995Commencement Friday,November4 Lastdaytodropsecond-term(SS)classeswithoutacademic penalty Wednesday,November23 6:00PM ThanksgivingHolidaysbegin Nightclassesdonotmeet Monday,November28 Classesresume Tuesday,December6 Tuesdaynightclassexaminations Friday,December9 Lastdayofsecond-term(SS)classes Lastdayofregularlyscheduledclasses Monday-Friday December 12-16 Examinations(includingMonday,Wednesday,andThursday nightandsecond-termclasses) Friday,December 16 Commencement,GreenColiseum Saturday,December 17 Residencehallsclose 2 6 / CALENDARFORSPRINGSEMESTER, 1995 HattiesburgCampus October 17-21, 1994 Advisementfortelephoneregistration October24-November6 Telephoneregistrationforcontinuingstudents January2-5, 1995 Telephoneregistrationandadd/dropforcontinuingand reapplyingstudents Friday,December9, 1994 Applicationdeadlinefornewstudents Thursday,January5, 1995 Lastdaytopayfeeswithoutcancellationofregistration Friday,January6 Finalregistrationfornewandreapplyingstudents Sunday,January8 Residencehallsopen Monday,January9 Classesbegin Lateregistrationandadd/dropbegin Tuesday,January 10 Lastdaytoregisterforfirst-term(S)classes Friday,January 13 Lastdaytoregisterforfull-termclasses Monday,January 16 MartinLutherKingJr.'sBirthday(Observed) Mondaydayandnightclasseswillnotmeet Monday,January30 Lastdaytodropfirst-term(S)classeswithoutacademicpenalty Monday,February20 Lastdaytodropfull-termclasseswithoutacademicpenalty Tuesday,February28 MardiGrasHoliday Tuesdaydayandnightclasseswillnotmeet Friday,March3 Mid-pointinSpringSemester Lastdayofandfinalexaminationsforfirst-term(S)classes Monday,March6 Registrationforsecond-term(SS)classes Second-term(SS)classesbegin Tuesday,March7 Lastdaytoregisterforsecond-term(SS)classes Monday-Friday March 13-17 SpringHolidays Monday,March20 Classesresume Friday,March24 Lastdaytodropsecond-term(SS)classeswithoutacademic penalty Lastdaytofileapplicationforundergraduateandgraduate degreesforSummer, 1995Commencement Thursday,March30 USMDay Friday,April 14 GoodFridayHoliday Wednesday,May3 6:30PM Wednesdaynightclassexaminations Thursday,May4 Lastdayofsecond-term(SS)classes 6:30PM Thursdaynightclassexaminations Friday,May5 Lastdayofregularlyscheduledclasses Finalexaminationsforsecond-term(SS)classes Monday-Friday May8-12 Examinations(dayclasses) Monday,May8 6:30PM Mondaynightclassexaminations Tuesday, May9 6:30PM Tuesdaynightclassexaminations Friday,May 1 Commencement,GreenColiseum Saturday,May 13 Residencehallsclose 1 8 / 7 CALENDARFORSUMMERSESSION, 1995 HattiesburgCampus March20-24 Advisementfortelephoneregistration March27-April2 Telephoneregistrationforcontinuingstudents May 19-24 Telephoneregistrationandadd/dropforcontinuingand reapplyingstudents Friday,May5 Applicationdeadlinefornewstudents Wednesday,May24 Lastdaytopayfeeswithoutcancellationofregistration Friday,May26 Final registrationfornewandreapplyingstudents Sunday,May28 Residencehallsopen Monday,May29 Classesbegin Lateregistrationandadd/dropbegin Lastdaytoregisterforfirstthree-weektermclasses Tuesday,May30 Lastdaytoregisterforfirsthalf-term(S)classes Friday,June2 Lastdaytoregisterforfull-termclasses Tuesday,June6 Lastdaytodropfirstthree-weektermclasseswithoutacademic penalty Friday,June9 Lastdaytodropfirst-term(S)classeswithoutacademicpenalty Friday,June 16 Endofandfinalexaminationsforfirstthree-weekterm Monday,June 19 Secondthree-weekandsix-weektermclassesbegin Lastdaytoregisterforsecondthree-weektermandsix-week termclasses Friday,June23 Lastdaytodropfull-termclasseswithoutacademicpenalty Wednesday,June28 Mid-pointinSummerSemester Endofandfinalexaminationsforfirst-term(S)classes Lastdaytodropsecondthree-weektermclasseswithout academicpenalty Thursday,June29 Second-term(SS)classesbegin Friday,June30 Lastdaytoregisterforsecond-term(SS)classes Saturday,July 1 Second-term(SS)classesmeetonMWFschedulethisweekonly Tuesday,July4 IndependenceDayHoliday Tuesdaynightclassesmeet Wednesday,July5 Lastdaytodropsix-weektermclasseswithoutacademicpenalty Friday,July7 Endofandfinalexaminationsforsecondthree-weekterm classes Monday,July 10 Thirdthree-weektermclassesbegin Lastdaytoregisterforthirdthree-weektermclasses Wednesday,July 12 Lastdaytodropsecond-term(SS)classeswithoutacademic penalty Tuesday,July 1 Lastdaytodropthirdthree-weektermclasseswithoutacademic penalty Friday,July2 Lastdaytofileapplicationforundergraduateandgraduate degreesforFall, 1995Commencement Friday,July28 Lastdayofregularlyscheduledclasses Endofsecond-term(SS)classes Endofandfinalexaminationsforthirdthree-weektermclasses Endofandfinalexaminationsforsix-weektermclasses Monday-Friday July31-August4 Examinationsforfull-termandsecond-term(SS)classes (includingnightclasses) Friday,August4 Commencement,GreenColiseum Saturday,August5 Residencehallsclose 8 / GENERAL ADMINISTRATION BOARDOFTRUSTEES OfStateInstitutionsofHigherLearning, StateofMississippi MembersWhoseTermsExpireMay7, 2004 WILLIAMCRAWFORD,FifthCongressionalDistrict,Meridian RICKIR. GARRETT, SeventhCongressionalDistrict,Clinton J.P. MILLS,FirstCongressionalDistrict,Tupelo CARLNICHOLSON,JR., State-at-Large,Hattiesburg MembersWhoseTermsExpireMay7,2000 NANMCGAHEYBAKER,NorthernSupremeCourtDistrict,Winona J. MARLINIVEY,FourthCongressionalDistrict, Kosciusko JAMESW. LUVENE, SecondCongressionalDistrict, HollySprings CASS PENNINGTON,ThirdCongressionalDistrict, Indianola MembersWhoseTermsExpireMay7, 1996 FRANKO. CROSTHWAIT,JR.,Central SupremeCourtDistrict, Indianola WILLA. HICKMAN, State-at-Large,Oxford DIANEMILLER, SixthCongressionalDistrict, Gulfport SIDNEYL. RUSHING, Southern SupremeCourtDistrict,Gulfport OFFICERSOFTHEBOARD SIDNEYL. RUSHING,President DIANEMILLER,VicePresident W. RAYCLEERE, CommissionerofHigherEducation