URI Course Catalog 1995-1997, Vol. 91, No. 4

337 Pages·1995·12.3 MB·English

by  University of Rhode Island

1995-97 BULLETIN
of the UNIVERSITYo f
RHODEI SLAND
UNDERGRADUATE and GRADUATE STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND
,
KINGSTON,_RI 02881
401-792-1000
CONTENTS
4 The University
11 Student Life and Services
16 Fees,E xpensesa,n d FinanciaAl id
24 UndergraduateA dmissiona nd Registration
29 UndergraduateP rogramR equirements ·
40 UndergraduateP rograms
UniversityC ollege
Collegeo f Arts and Sciences
Collegeo f BusinesAs dministration
Collegeo f Continuing Education
Collegeo f Engineering
Collegeo f HumanS ciencea nd Services
Collegeo f Nursing
Collegeo f Pharmacy
Collegeo f ResourceD evelopment
103 GraduateA dmissiona nd Registration
107 GraduateP rogramR equirements
110 GraduateP rograms
150 Courseso f Instruction
285 Directories
320 Appendix
333 ·index
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September1 995
Bulletino f the Universityo f RhodeI sland
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3
1995-96 CALENDAR
FirstS emester December1 2, Tuesday March6 , Wednesday
Classese nd, KingstonC ampus Midsemester
August2 1-September5
Finald ay to drop coursesa nd to
Registrationp eriod,C ollegeo f December1 3, 16
changef rom P-Fo ption to grade
ContinuingE ducation( CCE) Readingd ays,K ingstonC ampus
March 18, Monday
August2 8-September1 December1 4-15, 18-21
Springr ecessb egins,8 a.m.
Registrationp eriod,K ingstonC ampus Finale xaminationsK, ingstonC ampus
March2 5, Monday .
September4 , Monday December1 9, Tuesday
Classesr esu_me8, a.m.
HolidayL, aborD ay CCEc lasses,e xaminationes nd
May 1, Wednesday
September5 , Tuesday December2 7, Wednesday
Classese nd, KingstonC ampus
Orientationa nd academica dvisingf or Finalg radesd ue in the Officeo f
new Kingstonu ndergraduate the Registrar4, p.m. May 2, 4-5
students Readingd ays,K ingstonC ampus
September6 , Wednesday SecondS emester May 3, 6-10
Classesb egin; KingstonC ampus Finale xaminationsK, ingstonC ampus
and CCE January3 -16
May 8, Wednesday
Registrationp eriod,C CE
Septembe·r1 5, Friday CCEc lasses,e xaminationse nd
Finald ay for undergraduates tudents January8 -12
May 13, Monday
Registrationp eriod,K ingstonC ampus
to drop coursesd esignated
Finalg radesd ue in the Officeo f
"earlyd rop" January1 5, Monday the Registrar4, p.m.
HolidayM, artinL utherK ing'sB irthday
September1 9, Tuesday
May 18, Saturday
' Finald ay to add coursesa nd to January1 6, Tuesday GraduateC ommencement
add P-Fo ption Orientationa nd academica dvisingf or
Feesw ill not be adjustedd ownwardf or new Kingstonu ndergraduate May 19, Sunday
UndergraduateC ommencement
KingstonC ampusc oursesd ropped students
after this date.
January1 7, Wednesday
October9 , Monday Classesb egin, KingstonC ampusa nd CCE SummerS ession1 996
HolidayC, olumbusD ay
January2 6, Friday May 20-June2 1
October1 0, Tuesday Finald ay for undergraduates tudentst o Firstf ive-weekse ssion
Mondayc lassesm eet drop coursesd esignated" earlyd rop"
June2 4-July2 6
October2 3, Monday January3 0, Tuesday Secondf ive-weekse ssion
Midsemester Finald ay to add coursesa nd to
Finald ay to drop coursesa nd to add P-Fo ption
changef rom P-Fo ptiont o grade Feesw ill not be adjustedd ownwardfo r Changesi n the academicc alendard ue
KingstonC ampusc oursedsr opped to majors torms,l aboru nrest, or other
November-1 3, Monday
HolidayV, eteransD ay after this date. circumstancems ay be made when it is
in the best interestso f the institution,
February1 9, Monday
November2 2, Wednesday and withoutp riorn oticet o the
Classesw illn ot meet
Thanksgivinrge cessb egins,8 a.m.
students.
February2 1, Wednesday
November2 7, Monday
Mondayc lassesm eet
Classesr esume,8 a.m.
Thisc alendara ppliest o undergraduataen d graduates tudentse nrolleda t Kingstona nd CCE.
Ford atess pecificto graduated egreec andidatess,e ep ages1 04-105.
THEU NIVERSITY 5
lege of Agriculturea nd MechanicA rtsi n help in makingt his decisiona nd in choos tation may be admittedf or graduate
1892, and the firstc lasso f 17 members ing appropriatec ourses. study, providingt hat their credentials
was graduatedt wo years later. meet the standardss et by the Graduate
GraduateS tudy.G raduates tudy at ttie
The MorrilAl ct of 1862 providedf or Schoola nd by the·d epartmenti n which
Universitwy as inauguratedi n 1907 with
the sale of publicl ands.I ncomef rom these they wisht o study, and that facilitiesfo r
Mastero f Scienced egreesi n chemistrya nd
salesw as to be used to create at least one study are availablei n their fieldo f interest.
engineeringT. he Mastero f Artsd egree
collegei n each state with the principal Amongt he standardsr equiredf or ·admis
was firsta wardedi n 1951, and in 1960 the
purposeo f teachinga griculturea nd me- sion are an approximateu ndergraduate
Universitayw ardedi ts first Doctoro f Phi
. chanica rts. Fromt his grant of land comes averageo f B or better and, where re
losophyd egree. Graduatew orkf or profes
the term "land grant," whicha ppliedt o quired,s atisfactorys coreso n a nationally
sionald egreesw as initiatedi n 1962, when
the nationals ystemo f state colleges.I n a administerede xamination.
the degree of Mastero f PublicA dministra
later adaptationo f the concept, federal
tion was firsta warded.T oday,t he master's
funds givent o collegesf or mariner esearch ResearchR esources
degree is offeredi n 56 areaso f study and
. and extensiona re called" sea grants."
In 1909 the name of the collegew as the doctoratei n 37 areas.T o date, over UniversityL ibrariesT. he libraryc ollec
15,000 master'sd egreesa nd ·1, 700 doc tion of 1,058,000b ound volumesa nd
changed to RhodeI slandS tate College,
toral degreesh ave been conferred.S tu 1,380,000m icroformsis housed in the
and the programo f study was reviseda nd
dents may earn the followingd egrees: UniversityL ibraryin Kingstona, t the Col
expanded.I n 1951 the collegeb ecamet he
lege of ContinuingE ducationi n Provi
Universityo f RhodeI slandb y an act of the Mastero f Arts
dence, and in the PellM arineS cience
GeneralA ssemblyT. he ~oard of Governors Mastero f Science
Libraryo n the NarragansettB ayC ampus.
for HigherE ducationa ppointedb y the Mastero f BusinesAs dministration
The latterw as designatedt he NationalS ea
governorb ecame the governingb ody of Mastero f CommunityP lanning
Graht Depositoryin 1971.
the Universityin 1981. A historicalo utline Mastero f Librarya nd InformationS tudies
The UniversityL ibraryw, hich holds
cari be found in the Appendix. Mastero f MarineA ffairs
the bulko f the collection,h as open stacks
Mastero f Music
that provided irect accesst o books,p eri
Programosf StuQy Mastero f PublicA dministration
odicals,d ocuments,m aps, microforms,
Doctoro f Philosophy
UndergraduateS tudy.A llp rogramsa im and audiovisuaml aterialsT. he SpecialC ol
at a balanceo f studieso f the naturala nd The Deano f the GraduateS choolh as lectionsD epartmentc ollectsa nd maintains
socials ciences,t he humanities,a nd profes primaryr esponsibilitfyo r administering rare books,m anuscriptst, he University
sionals ubjects.T he coursesa nd programs policiesa nd proceduresr elatingt o archives,a nd·a varietyo f speciali nterest
of study have been approvedb y national advanceds tudy at the Universitoyf Rhode materials.S erviceh oursa t the other librar
accreditinga genciesa nd are acceptedf or Island.G raduateS choolp olicyi s formu ies vary,b ut the UniversityL ibraryp rovides
credit by other approvedi nstitutionso f lated by graduatef acultym embers,a cting full reference,b ibliographica, nd circula
highere ducation( see "Accreditation," through their delegateb ody, the Graduate tion servicesd uring most of the 90 hours a
page 9). Councilw, hichi ncludess t\,ldentm embers. week it is open.
Undergraduates tudents can earn the Onlyt he Deano r the GraduateC ouncil The Universityis a membero f the
followingd egrees: can grant exceptionst o the regulationsfo r HigherE ducationL ibraryI nformationN et
graduates tudy,w hicha re explainedi n de work( HELINw), hiche xtends borrowing
Bacheloro f Arts tail in the section" GraduateP rograms." privilegesto the faculty,s taff,a nd students
Bacheloro f Science The Universitgyr aduatep rogramso f of the CommunityC ollegeo f Rhode
Bacheloro f FineA rts study are listedo n page 6. Worki n a com Island,P rovidenceC ollege,R hodeI sland
Bacheloro f LandscapeA rchitecture binationo f speciala reasi s often possible. College,R ogerW illiamUs niversitya,n d the
Bacheloro f Music Graduate-leveclo ursew orka pplicablet o a Universitoyf RhodeI sland.H oldingso f all
Bacheloro f GeneralS tudies. numbero f these programsi s offeredi n these librariesa re includedi n the on-line ·
(Collegeo f <;:ontinuinEgd ucationo nly) , severall ocationst hroughoutt he state by publica ccessc atalog.
Allf reshmenw ho enter the University the Collegeo f ContinuingE ducationI. n
to earn a bachelor'sd egree are firste n most cases,h owever,a portiono f the ·A cademicC omputerC enter.T he Aca
rolledi n UniversityC ollege.U ndergradu coursesm ust be taken on the Kingston demicC omputerC enter( ACC)p rovides
cqmputationalr esourcesn eeded by the
ates have a wide choiceo f programsf rom Campus.
Universityco mmunityf or instructiona nd
whicht o choose a major,a nd the advising Studentsw ith a bachelor'sd egreef rom
programi n UniversityC ollegep rovides this Universitoyr from another university research.L ocatedi n TylerH allo n the
with equivalentr equirementsa nd accredi- KingstonC ampus,t he ACCm aintainsc en-
THEU NIVERSITY 5
lege of Agriculturea nd MechanicA rtsi n help in makingt his decisiona nd in choos tation may be admittedf or graduate
1892, and the firstc lasso f 17 members ing appropriatec ourses. study, providingt hat their credentials
was graduatedt wo years later. meet the standardss et by the Graduate
GraduateS tudy.G raduates tudy at the
The MorrilAl ct of 1862 providedf or Schoola nd by the-departmenti n which
Universitwy as inauguratedi n 1907 with
the sale of publicl ands.I ncomef rom these they wisht o study, and that facilitiesfo r
Mastero f Scienced egreesi n chemistrya nd
salesw as to be used to create at least one study are availablei n their fieldo f interest.
engineeringT. he Mastero f Artsd egree
collegei n each state with the principal Amongt he standardsr equiredf or ·admis
was firsta wardedi n 1951, and in 1960 the
purposeo f teachinga griculturea nd me- sion are an approximateu ndergraduate
Universitayw ardedi ts first Doctoro f Phi
. chanica rts. Fromt his grant of land comes averageo f B or better and, where re
losophyd egree. Graduatew orkf or profes
the term "land grant," whicha ppliedt o quired,s atisfactorys coreso n a nationally
sionald egreesw as initiatedi n 1962, when
the nationals ystemo f state colleges.I n a administerede xamination.
the degree of Mastero f PublicA dministra
later adaptationo f the concept, federal
tion was firsta warded.T oday,t he master's
funds givent o collegesf or mariner esearch ResearchR esources
degree is offeredi n 56 areaso f study and
. and extensiona re called" sea grants."
In 1909 the name of the collegew as the doctoratei n 37 areas.T o date, over UniversityL ibrariesT. he libraryc ollec
15,000 master'sd egreesa nd ·1, 700 doc tion of 1,058,000b ound volumesa nd
changed to RhodeI slandS tate College,
toral degreesh ave been conferred.S tu 1,380,000m icroformsis housed in the
and the programo f study was reviseda nd
dents may earn the followingd egrees: UniversityL ibraryin Kingstona, t the Col
expanded.I n 1951 the collegeb ecamet he
lege of ContinuingE ducationi n Provi
Universityo f RhodeI slandb y an act of the Mastero f Arts
dence, and in the PellM arineS cience
GeneralA ssemblyT. he ~oard of Governors Mastero f Science
Libraryo n the NarragansettB ayC ampus.
for HigherE ducationa ppointedb y the Mastero f BusinesAs dministration
The latterw as designatedt he NationalS ea
governorb ecame the governingb ody of Mastero f CommunityP lanning
Graht Depositoryin 1971.
the Universityin 1981. A historicalo utline Mastero f Librarya nd InformationS tudies
The UniversityL ibraryw, hich holds
cari be found in the Appendix. Mastero f MarineA ffairs
the bulko f the collection,h as open stacks
Mastero f Music
that provided irect accesst o books,p eri
Programosf StuQy Mastero f PublicA dministration
odicals,d ocuments,m aps, microforms,
Doctoro f Philosophy
UndergraduateS tudy.A llp rogramsa im and audiovisuaml aterialsT. he SpecialC ol
at a balanceo f studieso f the naturala nd The Deano f the GraduateS choolh as lectionsD epartmentc ollectsa nd maintains
socials ciences,t he humanities,a nd profes primaryr esponsibilitfyo r administering rare books,m anuscriptst, he University
sionals ubjects.T he coursesa nd programs policiesa nd proceduresr elatingt o archives,a nd·a varietyo f speciali nterest
of study have been approvedb y national advanceds tudy at the Universitoyf Rhode materials.S erviceh oursa t the other librar
accreditinga genciesa nd are acceptedf or Island.G raduateS choolp olicyi s formu ies vary,b ut the UniversityL ibraryp rovides
credit by other approvedi nstitutionso f lated by graduatef acultym embers,a cting full reference,b ibliographica, nd circula
highere ducation( see "Accreditation," through their delegateb ody, the Graduate tion servicesd uring most of the 90 hoursa
page 9). Councilw, hichi ncludess t\,ldentm embers. week it is open.
Undergraduates tudents can earn the Onlyt he Deano r the GraduateC ouncil · The Universityis a membero f the
followingd egrees: can grant exceptionst o the regulationsfo r HigherE ducationL ibraryI nformationN et
graduates tudy,w hicha re explainedi n de work( HELINw), hiche xtends borrowing
Bacheloro f Arts tail in the section" GraduateP rograms." privilegesto the faculty,s taff,a nd students
Bacheloro f Science The Universitgyr aduatep rogramso f of the CommunityC ollegeo f Rhode
·Bacheloor f FineA rts study are listedo n page 6. Worki n a com Island,P rovidenceC ollege,R hodeI sland
Bacheloro f LandscapeA rchitecture binationo f speciala reasi s often possible. College,R ogerW illiamUs niversitya,n d the
Bacheloro f Music Graduate-leveclo ursew orka pplicablet o a Universitoyf RhodeI sland.H oldingso f all
Bacheloro f GeneralS tudies. numbero f these programsi s offeredi n these librariesa re includedi n the on-line ·
(Collegeo f <;:ontinuinEgd ucationo nly) , severall ocationst hroughoutt he state by publica ccessc atalog.
Allf reshmenw ho enter the University the Collegeo f ContinuingE ducationI. n
to earn a bachelor'sd egree are firste n most cases,h owever,a portiono f the ·A cademicC omputerC enter.T he Aca
rolledi n UniversityC ollege.U ndergradu coursesm ust be taken on the Kingston demicC omputerC enter( ACC)p rovides
cqmputationalr esourcesn eeded by the
ates have a wide choiceo f programsf rom Campus.
Universityco mmunityf or instructiona nd
whicht o choose a major,a nd the advising Studentsw ith a bachelor'sd egreef rom
programi n UniversityC ollegep rovides this Universitoyr from another university research.L ocatedi n TylerH allo n the
with equivalentr equirementsa nd accredi- KingstonC ampus,t he ACCm aintainsc en-
6 THE UNIVERSITY
UndergraduateD egrees LinguisticsB: .A. Collegeo f Engineering TextilesF, ashionM erchandising,
MarineA ffairs:B .A. BiomedicaEl lectronicEsn gineering: and DesignB: .S.
Collegeo f Arts and Sciences MathematicsB: .A.,B .S. B.S.* TextileM arketingB: .S.
AnthropologyB: .A. MicrobiologyB: .S . ChemicaEl ngineeringB:. S.
AppliedQ uantitativeE conomics: Music:B .A.,B .Mus. Chemicaal ndO- ceanE ngineering~:. S. Collegeo f Nursing
B.S. PhilosophyB: .A. CivilE ngineeringB:. S. Nursing:B .S.
AppliedS ociologyB: .S. PhysicsB: .A.,B .S. ComputerE ngineeringB:. S.
Art: B.A.,B .F.A. Physicasn d PhysicaOl ceanography: ElectricaEl ngineeringB:. S. Collegeo f Pharmacy
Biology:B .A. . B.S. IndustriaEl ngineeringB:. S. .PharmacyB:. S.( fivey ears)
Botany:B .S. PoliticaSl cienceB: .A. MaterialsE ngineeringB:. S. Pharm.D(.s ixy ears)
ChemistryB: .A.,B .S. PsychologyB:. A. MechanicaEl ngineeringB:. S.
Collegeo f ResourcDee velopment
Chemistrya nd Chemical RussianB..:A . OceanE ngineeringB:. S.
AnimalS ciencea ndT echnology:
OceanographyB:. S·. SociologyB: .A.
B.S.
ClassicaSl tudiesB: .A. SpanishB: .A. Collegeo f ContinuingE ducation
ClinicalL aboratoryS cienceB: .S. StatisticaSl cienceB: .S. Bacheloor f GeneraSl tudiesB: .G.S. Aquaculturea nd Fishery.
TechnologyB: .S.
CommunicatioSn tudiesB: .A. TheatreB: .A.,B .F.A.
ComparativeL iteratureB: .A. UrbanA ffairs:B .A. Collegeo f HumanS ciencea nd DieteticsB: .S.
ComputerS cienceB: .S. Women'sS tudiesB: .A. Services EnvironmentaMl anagemenBt: .S.
EconomicsB: .A. Zoology:B .S. CommunicativDei sordersB: .S. FoodS ciencea nd Nutrition:B .S.
EnglishB: .A. ConsumeAr ffairsB: .S. LandscapAer chitectureB: .L.A.
FrenchB: .A. Collegeo f BusinesAs dministration DentalH ygieneB: .S. PlantS cienceB: .S.
GeologyB: .A.,B .S. AccountingB: .S. Education(E lementarayn d ResourcEe conomicasn d
Geologya nd Geological FinanceB: .S. SecondaryB):. S. CommerceB: .S.
OceanographyB:. S. GeneraBl usinesAsd ministrationB: .S. HomeE conomicsB:. S. Soila nd WaterR esourceBs:. S.
· GermanB: .A. ManagemenBt: .S. HumanD evelopmenatn d Family UrbanA ffairs:B .S.
History:B .A. ManagemenSt ciencea nd Information StudiesB: .S. UrbanH orticulturea ndT u rfgrass
Italian:B .A. SystemsB: .S. HumanS ciencea nd ServicesB:. S. ManagemenBt: .S.
JournalismB: .A. MarketingB: .S. PhysicaEl d~cationB: .S. WildlifeB iologya nd Management:
B.S.
LatinA mericanS tudiesB: .A.
GraduateD egrees
FoodS ciencea nd Nutrition Textiles,F ashionM erchandising, Mathematics
Geology and Design , MechanicaEl ngineeringa nd
Mastero f Arts HumanD evelopmenat nd Family Zoology AppliedM echanics
Audiology Studies Nursing
Comparative~ iterature • HumanD evelopmenat nd Doctor of Philosophy OceanE ngineering
Education · FamilyS tudies , AppliedM athematicaSl ciences Oceanography
English. • Marriagea nd FamilyT herapy • AppliedM athematics PharmaceuticaSlc iences
French • CollegeS tudentP ersonnel • AppliedP robability • AppliedP harmaceutical
History Labora nd IndustrialR ela_tions • ComputerS cience Sciences
MarineA ffairs · ManufacturingE ngineering • OperationsR esearch • MedicinalC hemistry
Philosophy* Mathematics • Statistics • Pharmacognosy
PoliticalS cience MechanicaEl ngineeringa nd BiologicaSl ciences • Pharmacologayn d Toxicology
Spanish AppliedM echanics • Biochemistry , Physics
Speech-LanguagPea thology MedicinalC hemistry • Botany Psychology
Microbiology • FisheriesA, nimala nd • Clinical
Master of Science NaturalR esources VeterinaryS cience • Experimental
Accounting Nursing • FoodS ciencea nd Nutrition • School
Applied PharmaceuticaSl ciences OceanE ngineering • Microbiology ResourceE conomics
Audiology Oceanography • NaturalR esources
Biochemistry Pharmacognosy • PlantS cience. ProfessionaDl egrees
Botany Pharmacologayn d Toxicology • Zoology Mastero f BusinesAs dministration
ChemicalE ngineering PharmacyA dministration BusinesAs dministration (M.B.A.)
Chemistry PhysicaEl ducation ChemicalE ngineering Mastero f CommunityP lanning
Civil and Environmental PhysicaTl herapy Chemistry (M.C.P.)
Engineering Physics Civil and Environmental Mastero f Librarya nd Information
ClinicalL aboratoryS cience PlantS cience Engineering Studies( M.L.l.,S.)
ComputerS cience Psycholog(yS chool) Education Mastero f MarineA ffairs( M.M.A.)
ElectricaEl ngineering ResourceE conomics ElectricaEl ngineering Mastero f Music( M.M.)
Entomology Speech-LanguagPea thology English Mastero f PublicA dministration
FisheriesA, nimala nd Veterinary Statistics Industriaal nd Manufacturing (M.P.A.)
Science Engineering
*Admissionss uspended.
THEU NIVERSITY 7
tral computingf acilitiess, tudent micro Other ResearchF acilitiesT. he Depart geotechnicall aboratoryf acilitiesfo r sedi
computingr esources,a nd the campus . ment of ComputerS ciencea nd Statistics ment testing,a wave and towing tank, un
high-speedn etwork.T he ACCp rovidesa operatesb oth researcha ctivitiesa nd derwatera cousticst est facilitiesa, 12,000-
varietyo f servicest o support these facilities instructionw ithint he department.A t square-footr esearcha quarium,a marine
and assistst he campusc ommunityi n their present,t his facilityi ncludes·a classroom ecosysteml aboratorya, nd an oceano
use. The computern etworka nd related equippedw ith 3'6M acintoshc omputers graphicr emote-sensingla boratoryt hat
servicesh ave been expandings teadily and another classroomw ith 12 SUNw ork processess ea surfaced ata. The University
since the center opened in 1959, and now stations.A dditionaSl UNw orkstationas nd also operatest he Ocean MappingD evel
a majorityo f the students,f aculty,a nd Macintosheas re'locatedi n facultya nd opment Centerf or mappingt he sea floor.
staffu se these resourcesA. lls tudentsa re graduates tudent officesA. llo f the equip The University'rse searchv essel,E n
entitledt o a computera ccountw hiche n ment is interconnectedb y a locala rea net i:Jeavoor,p erated by the GraduateS chool
ablest hem to use ACCf acilitiesi,n cluding work.T he Nc!rraganseBtt ayC ampush as a · of Oceanographyi,s a 184-foots hip.c a
accesst o worldwidee lectronicm ail Prime7 50 and a Micro-vaxII f or time pableo f workingi n all parts of the world's
services. .sharingu se, an educationalc omputer _ oceans.I t can carrya scientificp arty of 16.
The center has an IBME S/9000M odel laboratoryw ith nine Macintoshc omputers, A~op art of the fleet are a 59-foot,h igh
210 VFm ainframec omputerr unningt he two DOSm achinest, wo SUNw orkstations, speed ocean researchv essel,t he LauriL ee,
VM/CMSop eratings ystemt o provide and a high-speedd ata linkt o the Aca- and a 65-footo cean engineeringv essel,
computings upport for interactiveb, atch, . demicC omputerC enter. the WestP assagew, hichh as equipmentf or
and client-servepr rocessorm odes.A full The Collegeo f Engineeringh as a SUN imaginga nd samplingt he sea bed. The
complemento f programmingl anguages SpareS erver1 000 supporting1 7 SUN Universitfyi sheriess choolo peratesa 52-
and packagesi s availableI. n addition,a n Spare 5 workstationst;w o DECsystems foot-longt rainingv essel,t he Cap'nB ert.
IBMR ISCS ystem/6000P owerS erver5 60 5000/200R ISCU ltrixs ervers;7 5 IBM-com A numbero f smallerv esselsa re also avail
runningA IX3 .2.5 is availablef or Geo patibleP Cs( 286 and 486); and terminals able. In addition,t he GraduateS choolo f
graphicI nformationS ystema nd computer in all engineeringb uildingsT. hesea nd all Oceanographyh as a fullye quipped re
intensivea pplicationsE. xtensivefa cilities other departmentalc omputersa re linked searchd ivingf acility.
for computerg raphicsa re also offered together by the Ethernetn etwork.T he De A researchr eactora nd associated
using both video displayf acilitiesa nd a partmento f ElectricaEl_n gineeringh as a facilitiesa re availableto Universityst udents
CalComp5 8436 colore lectrostaticp lotter SUN4 /490 SPARCse rver,4 2 SUNa nd DEC at the RhodeI slandN uclearS cienceC en'
for visualizationS. everalh undred personal UNIXw orkstationsc, tnda varietyo f PCs ter,-locatedo n the NarragansettB ayC am
· computers,w orkstationsa, nd terminalsa re and MacintoshesT. he Departmento f Civil pus. Constructeda nd operated by the
locatedi n publicw orka reas and private and EnvironmentaEln gineeringh as a VMS state of RhodeI sland,t his criticalr eactori s
officesT. hesed evicesa re ·connectedt o the clustero f four VAXstatio3n1 00 graphics extensivelyu sed for researchb y manyd e
UniversityE thernetn etwork,w hichp ro workstationas nd a Novelln etworko f eight partmentso f the UniversityT. he reactor,
videsa ccesst o the ACCs ystemsa nd re IBMP Cs.T he Departmenot f Chemistryh as designedf or 5 MW,i s now operatinga t
mote independentc omputers.A lsoa vail a VAX4 000/200V MSm inicomputero, ne 2 MW.H ot laboratoriesc, ountinge quip
able are extensived ial-upf acilitiesa s well HPa nd three DECU NIXw orkstations2, 0 ment, neutrons pectrometers( includinga
as externaln etworka ccesst o the Internet, IBM-compatibPleC s,a nd six Macintoshes. unique polarized-beams,m all-angle
Bitnet,a nd the RhodeI slandS tate Net Other equipmenti ncludesm ajorl ab instrument),a nd multichanneal nalyzers
work.U RIis also a SmartN ode membero f oratoriesf or digitalp attern recognition are also available.
the CornellN ationalS upercomputeFr acil and digitali magep ~ocessingc,o mputer The Collegeo f Nursingh as practice
ity, with both researcha nd educational automation( "robotics")o, pticalp roperties laboratoriese quippedw ith a heart-sound
accesst o supercomputerf acilities. of materialsa nd microelectronicms, aterials simulatoru sed by studentsi n primary
The ACCp rovidesf acilitiesm anage~ research,a mechanicapl ropertiest esting healthc are. The mediac enter at White
ment servicesf or campusm icrocomputer facilityi, ncludinga n lnstron1 125, several Hallc ontainsv arioust ypes of learning ·
laboratoriesfe aturingI BMP S/2s,A pple MTSS' ervohydraulitce stingm achinesa nd modulesa nd microcomputerfso r research
Macintoshesa, nd UNIXw orkstationsN. u a NETZSCtHhe rmala nalyzera, fields ta and instruction.
merouss oftwarea pplicationp ackagesa re tion for radiopropagationre search;a nd Housedi n the MorrilSl cienceB uilding,
availableT. he microcomputerla boratories reverberanta nd anechoicr oomsf or air the URIC entralE lectronM icroscopeF acil
are availablef or facultyr esearch,t eaching,. borne acousticsw ork. ity has a JEOL~ 200 EXs canning-transmis
and generals tudent use. Eightc omputer Equipmenat vailablefo r mariner e sion electronm icroscope( STEM)T. hisi s a
classroomsa re available. searchi ncludesc hambersf or leak-testing high-resolutionm icroscopew ith transmis
equipmentp riort o deep-seau se, marine sion,s canning,s canningt ransmissiona, nd
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8 THE UNIVERSITY
diffractionc apabilitiesU. ltramicrotomes, Writing Center.T he WritingC enterp ro country'sc ollegesa nd universitiesin the
carbon evaporators,d arkroomf acilities, videsa ssistanceto anyonei n· the University amount of researchf undingr eceived.
and other equipmentf or specimenp repa communityw ho needs help with any Applicationfso r researchg rants are ap
rationa re also availableT. he facilityi s phase of writinga paper or thesis.T he provedb y the University'vsi ce provostf or ·
availablef or use by graduate students and WritingC enteri s staffedb y Departmento f research,w ho is also dean of the Graduate
other Universityp ersonnel,a nd for re EnglishC ollegeW ritingP rogramf aculty School.H e or she servesa s the liaisono f
search projectsa nd instruction.T he facility and Departmento f Englishg raduates tu ficerf or the president,t he provost,t he
is staffedb y a directora nd a technicals pe dents. TheW ritingC entera· lsos ervesa s a academicd eans, the Councilf or Research,
cialistw ho maintainst he facilitya nd assists practicumf acilityf or WRT/ED4C3 5 stu and the facultyi n matters pertainingt o re
and trainsu sers.A dvicei n projectd esigni s dents. Tutoringi s providedb y appoint searcha nd sponsoredp rojects.T he Re
also provided,a nd assistancew ith biologi ment on an individuabl asis,b ut walk-in searchO fficep rovidesa ssistancet o the
cal preparationi s availableb y speciala r appointmentsa re sometimesa vailable. Universityre searchc ommunityi n all as
rangement.T he facilityw elcomesp rojects The center helpss tudentsb ecome bet pects of researcha nd in the preparationo f
of all sorts, in both biologicaal nd physical ter writersa nd providesa n environmenti n proposals.
sciences. whichw ritersc an writew ith paper and In additiont o the researchc onducted
The entomologyp rogramh as a new pencilo r on one of the center's Macintosh in the variousd epartments,t he University
biologicaql uarantinel aboratory,t he only computers.S tudentsc an use an arrayo f .hase stablisheda number of research,e x
university-affiliatefadc ilityi n the North ·softwarei,n cludingw ord-processingso ft tension,a nd technologyt ransferp rograms
east. Facultya nd students search abroad ware, to producet heir workw ith support in the followings peciallyd efineda reas:
for naturale nemieso f pest speciesa nd from center staff.T he computersa nd soft
• advanceds ensor-baseds ystems,i nclud
study them in the laboratoryu nder secure ware in the WritingG :entear re compatible
ing robotics
conditions.T he new facilityi s an important with those in other laboratoriesc ampus
• agriculturee xperimentationa nd
componento f a long-standingp rogram wide.
research
on insecte cologya nd the developmento f The center is open approximately4 0
• anti-infectivep harmacology
environmentallsye nsitivep est-control· hours per week,i ncludingd aytimea nd
• aquaculture
measures. eveningh ours.A ppointmentsfo r tutoring
• atmosphericc hemistrys tudies
The PhysicaTl herapyP rogrami n the can be made by calling4 01-792-4690o, r
• basica nd appliedr esearchi n filtration
IndependenceS quareI If acilityh as estab by visitingt he center in Room3 13, Inde
and separationp rocesses
lisheda clinica.lr esearchu nit that includes pendenceH all.
• biology,e cology,a nd control of vector-
a computerizedB IODEXm usclep erfor
borne diseases
mance testing dynamometrys ystem,a Research
• biotechnology·
similarK INC OMu nit, a METRECOpMos
tural analysiss ystem,a nd an ARIEbLi o Since1 907, the Universithya s held the • businessa nd economics
majorr esponsibilitwy ithint he state system • cancer preventiont hrough behavioral
mechanicala nalysiss ystemf or human
motor performancea ssessment.F unctional for graduatee ducation,·whichis closely change
electricals timulationf or the spinal-cordin associatedw ith a strong programo f re • childd evelopment
jured and other neurologicallyim paired search. Researchle adst o the discoveryo f • consumerp roduct safety
knowledgea nd its diss·eminatiotnh rough • drug deliverya nd development
patientsi s made possiblet hrough a coop
erativea rrangementw ith the nonprofito r teaching.R esponsibilitifeosr graduatee du • earlyd esign analysisf or improving
ganizationS hake-A-LegC.l inicale valua cation,e mbodiedi n the GraduateS chool, product designsf or ease of manu-·
tion, treatment; and collaboratives tudies and the overseeingo f researchf undingi n facture
are possiblet hrough the URIP hysical the ResearchO fficea re now assignedt o •· evaluations ervicesa nd assistancet o
the Officeo f GraduateS tudies,R esearch, exercisea nd athleticp rograms
TherapyC linic.
and ServiceR. esearcha nd publics ervice • familyt herapy
The Speecha nd HearingC linich as
one-wayv isiona nd listeningf aGilitieasn d projectsa re conductedi n all departments • familyv iolence
diagnostice quipmentf or speech and lan and programso fferingg raduate degrees. • food sciencea nd nutrition
guage testing.·S ound-treatedt esting Researchth roughoutt he Universityis • gerontology
rooms meetingA NSIs tandardsa nd audio- supportedb y an averageo f $38 million • historicc ostumesa nd_te xtiles
. metrice quipmentp rovidef or audiologic per year. Supportc omesf romf oundations, • innovativep rogramsi n responset o the
commerciafli rms,f ederala nd state agen needs of state government
evaluationa nd research.
cies,a nd the UniversityT. he University • internationaal spectso f business
ranksa mong the top fivep ercent of the • labora nd industrialr elations
THE UNIVERSITY 9
• managemento f coastalr esources . ementarys choolst hrough collegiatei nsti tionalA ssociationo f State Directorso f
• marinee cosystems tutionso fferingp ostgraduatei nstruction. TeacherE ducationa nd Certificationt,h e
• marineg eologicasl amplinga nd testing Accreditatioonf an institutionb y the NationalC ouncilf or Accreditationfo r
• marinep athology New EnglandA ssociatioinn dicatest hat it TeacherE ducationa, nd the National
• nuclearm agneticr esonances pectros meetso r exceedsc riteriaf or the assess Leaguef or Nursing.I n addition,t he Uni
copy ment of institutionaql ualityp eriodically versityh as been authorizedu nder federal
• Pacific-Bascina pitalm arkets appliedt hrough a peer group reviewp ro law to enrolln onimmigranat liens tudents.
information cess.A na ccrediteds choolo r collegei s one · The Universityis also an approved
• physicalt herapy that has availableth e necessaryr esources memberi nstitutiono f the American
• policye valuationa nd analysisf or public to achievei ts stated purposest hrough Associatioonf UniversitWy omen,t he
officials appropriatee ducationalp rograms,i s sub AmericanC ouncilo n Educationt,h e Coun
• pollutionp reventiona nd technical stantiallyd oing so, and givesr easonable cil of GraduateS choolst, he NorthA meri
assistancef or N~wE nglandi ndustry evidencet hat it willc ontinuet o do so in can Associatioonf SummerS essionst,h e
• researcha nd support activitiesfo r_th e the foreseeablefu ture. Institutionailn teg NationalA ssociationo f State Universities
publica nd human servicea reas rity is also addressedt hrough accredita and Land-GranCt ollegest,h e Northeastern
• satelliter emotes ensingf or terrestrial, tion. Associationo f GraduateS choolsa, nd the
coastal,a nd nearshorea pplications Accreditatiobny the New EnglandA s NationalU niversityE xtensionA ssociation.
• scientificc riminali nvestigation sociationi s not partial,b ut appliest o the
• sea floorm apping Universitays a whole.A ss uch, it is not a The UniversityC ommunity
• Sea Grant research,e ducation,a nd guaranteeo f the qualityo f everyc ourseo r
In additiont o the student body, the
marinea dvisorys ervices programo ffered,o r of the competenceo f
Universitcyo mmunityi s made up of fac
• signalp rocessing individuagl raduates.R ather,i t provides
ulty,a dministrations,t aff,a nd alumni.T he
• speech and hearingt esting and reasonablea ssurancea bout the qualityo f
diagnosis opportunitiesa vailableto studentsw ho at FacultyS enatere presentst he facultya nd
was authorizedi n 1960 by the generalf ac
• telecommunicationasn d information tend the University.
ultyt o conductt he businessa ssignedt o
marketing Inquiriesre gardingt he status of an
the facultyb y law or by the Boardo f Gov
• textilep erformancet esting institution'sa ccreditationb y the New
• thin film EnglandA ssociatiosnh ouldb e directedt o ernorsf or HigherE ducationT. he Graduate
• urban field researcha nd technical the administrativset affo f the schoolo r Counciils t he representativeb ody for the
graduatef acultya nd determinest he aca
assistance college.I ndividualcsa n alsoc ontactt he as
demicp oliciesf or graduates tudy.T he
• use of geographicd atabase( GIS) sociationa t 209 BurlingtonR oad,B edford,
informationto solvee nvironmental MA0 1730. Phone:[phone]. officeo f UniversityO mbudi nvestigates,
complaintsf rom students,f acultym em
problems The nationala ccreditinga gencies
bers, and administrativep ersonnelt hat
• water resourcesr esearcha nd training that havea pprovedt he qualityo f certain
they have been unfairlyd ealt with in the
• writings killsa nd research courseo fferingsa nd programso f study in
normalc hannelso f the administrativep ro
cludet he AmericanA ssemblyo f Collegiate
Additionailn formationo n the above cess.T he ombud is a tenured or erperitus
Schoolso f Businesst,h e AmericanA ssocia·-
areas of researcha nd expertisec an be ob membero f the facultya ppointedb y the
tion of Marriagea nd FamilyT herapy,t he
tainedf rom the ResearchO ffice,7 0 Lower FacultyS enatea nd is assistedb y a student
AmericanC hemicalS ocietyt,h e American
CollegeR oad. appointedb y the President.
Councilo n PharmaceuticaEl ducationt,h e
AmericanIn stituteo f CertifiedP lanners The InstructionaDl evelopmenPtr ogram
Accreditation (IDP)e xistst o.h elp facultym embersi n
and Associatioonf CollegiateS choolso f
their teachingr esponsibilitiesF.a culty
The Universitoyf RhodeI slandi s ac Planningt, he AmericanD ieteticA ssocia
membersw ho want to increaset heir
creditedb y the New EnglandA ssociation tion, the AmericanL ibraryA ssociationth, e
teachinge ffectivenesbsy improvingt heir
.ofS choolsa nd Colleges.I n addition,c er: AmericanP hysicaTl herapyA ssociationt,h e
skillso r developingn ew ones mayw orki n
tain coursesa nd programso f study have AmericanP sychologicaAl ssociationth, e
dividuallyw ith IDPs taffa nd participatei n
been approvedb y nationala ccrediting AmericanS ocietyf or LandscapeA rchitects,
variousw orkshops,c olloquiumv,ands emi
agencies. the AmericanS peech-Language-1-jearing
nars on teaching.
The New EnglandA ssociationo f Associationth, e EngineeringA ccreditation
Thev oiceo f the alumnii s heard
Schoolsa nd Collegesi s a nongovernmen Commissiono f the AccreditationB oardf or
tal, nationallyr ecognizedo rganization Engineeringan d Technologyt,h e National through the AlumniA ssociationw, hichi n
cludesa ll those who have attended the
whose affiliatedin stitutionsin cludee l- Associatioonf Schoolso f Music,t he Na-