' ii \ 1997-r99S Graduate Bllletin X iii:lNivi;i{sirvoi S(HTiii-:i{N^lissw Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://archive.org/details/graduatebulletinv84univ Bulletin 1997-98 The University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406 GENERALCATALOGISSUE GRADUATEPROGRAMS ANNOUNCEMENTS 1997-1998 FALLSEMESTER OPENSAUGUST25, 1997 The University ofSouthernMississippiBulletin (USPS-652-260) PubUshedquarterlyby TheUniversity ofSouthernMississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Periodical ClassPostagePaid atHattiesburg, Mississippi, 39402-9998. POSTMASTER: Sendaddress changetoTheUniversity ofSouthernMississippi Box5166, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5166 TheUniversityofSouthernMississippioffersequaleducationalandemploymentopportunities toallpersonswithoutregardtoage,sex,reUgion,color,ornationalorigin.Theseprovisionsalso applytodisabledindividualspursuanttocurrentfederalandstateregulationssubjecttoreason- ablestandardsofadmissionandemployment.Allinquiriesconcerningdiscriminationshouldbe directed to the Vice President forAdministrative Affairs, 103 Administration Building, The UniversityofSouthemMississippi,Hattiesburg,Mississippi39406-5177. Informationcontainedinthispublicationissubjecttochangewithoutpriornotice.Anychanges inthispubUcation areonfile inthe President's Office. Informationcontainedherein shall not constituteabindingagreementonthepartofTheUniversityofSouthemMississippi. StudentsatTheUniversityofSouthemMississippiareresponsibleforknowingandcomplying withallrequirementsfortheirrespectivedegreesasstatedherein. 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Thiscatalog wasproducedusingEPArecommendedstandardrecycledpapercontaining40% wasteproductandprintedwithsoybeanbasedink. our3/97 VOLUME 84 NUMBER 3 (PublishedMarch 1, 1997) The Contents Academic Calendar 1 Introduction 3 College of International and Continuing Education 12 Admission Requirements and Procedures 14 Student Expenses and Financial Aid 18 General Academic Requirements 24 College of the Arts 31 College of Business Administration 49 College ofEducation and Psychology 57 College of Health and Human Sciences 83 College of Liberal Arts 103 College of Science and Technology 29 1 The University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast 147 Institute of Marine Sciences 149 Course Descriptions 155 Administration and Faculty 255 Test Scores 287 Index 293 Correspondence RequestsforaBulletin, anapplicationform,orinformationconcerningadmissionspolicies andprocedures, roomandboard, andtuitionmaybeaddressedto: GraduateAdmissions TheUniversityofSouthernMississippi Box 5024 Hattiesburg,Mississippi 39406-5024 Email address: www-dept.usm.edu/~gradsch Othercorrespondencemaybeaddressedasfollows: Dean, CollegeoftheArts Box 5031 Dean, CollegeofBusinessAdministration Box 5021 Dean, CollegeofEducationandPsychology Box 5023 Dean, CollegeofHealthandHumanSciences Box 10075 Dean, CollegeofInternational andContinuingEducation Box 10047 Dean, CollegeofLiberalArts Box5004 Dean, CollegeofScience andTechnology Box 5165 Dean, HonorsCollege Box 5162 TheUniversityofSouthernMississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406 11 Academic Calendar SUMMER 1997 Friday, May 16 Application deadline fornew students Thursday, May 29 Final orientation andregistration fornew undergraduate students Residence halls open Thursday, May 29 Registration fornew graduate, reapplying, andcontinuing & Friday, May 30 students Monday, June 2 Classes begin Friday, July 4 Independence Day Holiday Friday, July 25 Lastday to file application fordegree forFall, 1997 Commencement Monday-Friday August4-8 Examinations forfull-term and second-term (SS) classes (including night classes) Friday,August 8 Commencement, Green Coliseum 6:30pm Saturday,August9 Residence halls close FALL 1997 Friday,August 8 Application deadline fornew students Thursday,August 2 Final orientation and registration fornew undergraduate students Residencehalls open Thursday,August 2 Registrationfornewgraduate, reapplying, and continuing & Friday,August 22 students Monday,August 25 Classes begin Monday, September 1 LaborDay Holiday (Monday day and night classes will not meet) Friday, November7 Lastday tofile application fordegree forSpring, 1998 Commencement Wednesday, November26 6:00p.m. Thanksgiving Holidays begin Nightclasses do not meet Monday, December 1 Classes resume Tuesday, December9 Tuesday night examinations Monday-Friday December 15-19 Examinations forfull-term and second-term (SS) classes (including Monday,Wednesday, andThursday night classes) Friday, December 19 Commencement, Green Coliseum 6:30pm Saturday, December20 Residence halls close 1 SPRING 1998 Friday, December 19, 1997 Application deadline fornew students Thursday, January 8, 1998 Final orientation andregistrationfornew undergraduate students Residence halls open Thursday, January 8 Registration fornew graduate, reapplying, andcontinuing & Friday, January 9 students Monday, January 12 Classes begin Monday, January 19 Martin LutherKing, Jr.'s Birthday (observed) (Monday day and nightclasses will notmeet) Tuesday, February 24 Mardi Gras Holiday (Tuesday day and nightclasses will notmeet) Monday - Friday Spring Holidays March 9- 13 Monday, March 30 USM Day Friday,April 10 GoodFriday Holiday Friday,April 17 Lastday to file application fordegree for Summer 1998 Commencement Wednesday, May 6 Wednesday nightclass examinations Thursday, May 7 Thursday nightclass examinations Monday-Friday May 11-15 Examinations (day classes) Monday, May 1 Monday nightclass examinations Tuesday, May 12 Tuesday nightclass examinations Friday, May 15 Commencement, Green Coliseum 6:30pm Saturday, May 16 Residencehalls close SUMMER 1998 Friday, May 15 Application deadline fornew students Thursday, May 28 Final orientation andregistration fornew undergraduate students Residence halls open Thursday, May 28 Registration fornew graduate, reapplying, andcontinuing & Friday, May 29 students Monday, June 1 Classesbegin Friday, July 3 Independence Day Holiday (observed) Friday, July 24 Lastday to file application fordegreefor Fall 1998 Commencement Monday-Friday August 3-7 Examinations forfull-term and second-term (SS) classes (including nightclasses) Friday,August 7 Commencement, Green Coliseum 6:30 pm Saturday,August 8 Residence halls close Introduction Historical The University of Southern Mississippi and its Board of Trustees were established by an act of the LegislatureapprovedonMarch30, 1910,byGovernorEdmundF.Noel. ItsfirstnamewastheMississippi Normal College, and its original purpose was to train teachers for the rural schools of Mississippi. On February2, 1932,theLegislatureestablishedtheBoardofTrusteesofStateInstitutionsofHigherLearning andplacedunderitsjurisdictionthefivecollegesandoneuniversityownedandoperatedby the state. On November 3, 1942, the people ofthe state voted to make the Board ofTrustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning a constitutional board for all colleges and universities of the state. The University of SouthernMississippiisnowoperatedunderthejurisdictionofthatconstitutionalboard. TheactofMarch30, 1910,didnotprovideanystatemoneyforthebuildingofMississippiNormalCollege, butdidprovidethatlocalitiesinthestatemightbidforitslocationbyofferinglandforasiteandmoneyfor constructingbuildings.OnSeptember 16, 1910,theBoardofTrusteesacceptedthebidofHattiesburgand ForrestCountytosupply$250,000.00andafreesite.Thatsitewaswestofthecityincut-overtimberland withgreatpinestumpseverywhere.Contractswerelettoclearthelandandtobuildbuildings. Thefivepermanentbuildings(CollegeHall, ForrestCounty Hall, Hattiesburg Hall,theIndustrialCottage [nowtheHonorHouse],andthePresident'sHome [nowtheAlumniHouse]),atemporarywoodenDining Hall,andothernecessaryimprovementswerebarelyfinishedwhentheMississippiNormalCollegeopened ontherainymorningofSeptember 18, 1912,withapresident,afacultyofeighteen,andastudentbodyof 200. On October 17, 1911, Joseph Anderson Cook, Superintendent of Schools, Columbus, Mississippi, was electedpresident.TheUniversityofSouthernMississippihashadonlysevenpresidentssinceitsfounding. TheBoardofTrusteeselectedClaudeBennettpresidenteffectiveOctober 10, 1928.OnApril23. 1933.the BoardofTrusteeselectedDr.JenningsBurtonGeorgeasthethirdpresident,effectiveJuly 1, 1933.OnJune 13, 1945, the Board ofTrustees elected Dr. Robert Cecil Cook as the fourth president and he officially assumedofficeonJuly 1, 1945.OnOctober21, 1954,PresidentCooksubmittedhisresignation.Heser\ed untilDecember31, 1954,andDr.RichardAubreyMcLemorebecameactingpresidentonJanuar>' 1. 1955. TheBoardofTrustees,onMay 19, 1955,electedDr.WilliamDavidMcCainasthefifthpresident. Heoffi- ciallyassumedofficeonAugust 1, 1955,andretiredasofJune30, 1975.Dr.Aubrey KeithLucasbecame thesixthpresidentoftheUniversityonJuly 1, 1975,andserveduntilhisretirementonDecember31. 1996, thelongesttenureofanypresident.Dr.HoraceWeldonFleming,Jr.,wasappointedastheseventhpresident, assumingofficeonJanuary 1, 1997. As has been stated, the University of Southern Mississippi was founded on March 30. 1910. as the Mississippi Normal College. On March 7, 1924, the Legislature changed the name to State Teachers College. OnFebruary 8, 1940,theLegislaturechangedthenametoMississippi SouthernCollege, andon February27,1962,theLegislaturechangedthenametotheUniversityofSouthernMississippi. The Mississippi Normal College did not grant degrees in its early years, but awarded cenificates for the completionofcertainspecifiedcoursesofstudy.OnApril8, 1922.theLegislatureauthorizedtheawarding oftheBachelorofSciencedegree.TheBachelorofMusicdegreewasauthorizedbytheBoardofTrustees onJune 19, 1934.ThefirstBachelorofArtsdegreewasawardedonAugust 20. 1940. On May 26. 1947. the Board ofTrustees authorized the initiation ofgraduate work and the awarding ofthe Master of.•Xrts degree. In the years since 1947, the University'sgraduate programs havedeveloped logically to meet the needsforprofessionalcompetencebeyondtheacademicmeasureofthebaccalaureatedegree.Doctoralpro- gramswerefirstauthorizedby the BoardofTrusteeson May 20, 1959. The administratise and academic organization ofthe University ofSouthernMississippi isdivided into the following areas: \'ice President forAcademicAffairs,VicePresidentforAdministrativeAffairs.VicePresidentforResearchand Planning. VicePresidentforBusinessandFinance,VicePresidentforStudentAffairs,andDirectorofIntercollegiate Athletics.TheacademicareaoftheUniversityofSouthernMississippiisorganizedintotheCollegeofThe Arts, the College ofBusiness Administration, the College ofEducation and Psycholog>. the College of HealthandHumanSciences,theCollegeofLiberalArts,theCollegeofScienceandTechnology,theHonors College,theGraduateSchool,andtheCollegeofInternational andContinuing Education. The numberof graduatesissomemeasureofthegrowthofauniversity.TheUniversityofSouthernMississippihasaward- ed93,690degreessincethefirstonewasconfenedin 1922. Introduction Purpose Statement TheUniversityofSouthernMississippirecognizestheinterdependenceofteaching,research,andservice. Itisthereforededicatedtothepursuitofexcellenceineachoftheseareas,aswellasinitssupportopera- tions,withthegoalofachievingandmaintainingthehighestpossiblequalitythroughouttheuniversity. TheUniversity ofSouthernMississippi iscommittedtoquality education. In its undergraduateprograms andinitsgraduateandprofessionalprogramsthataimfornationaldistinction,itseekstoeducatestudents whowillbewelltrainedintheirchosenprofession,whosecriticalthinkingskillsandrespectfo—rlearning will foster lifelong learning, and who recognize their obligation to contribute to their society whether local,national,orinternational. Thiseducationwillbeprovidedbyacommunityofscholarswhoarededicatedtohighstandardsoforigi- nalinquiryandcreativeexpressionandtotheprinciplesofintellectualfreedom.Theuniversityaffirmsits support for sound research, scholarship, and creative activity that will expand the boundaries ofhuman knowledge,inspiresuperiorteaching,andintheirapplicationsimprovethequalityoflifeofthecitizensof Mississippiandtheworld. Withtheunderstandingthatteaching andresearchmustcomplementservice to society, the Universityof SouthernMississippipledgestopursueitsgoalsinaneducationalatmospherethataffirmsacommitmentto thepreservationofourplanet'senvironmentandarecognitionoftheincreasingimportanceofinternation- alunderstanding.USMteachesrespectfordiversityofideas,beliefs,andcultures,aswellasforthecultural heritageofitsownconstituents'.Itseekstoattractandnurtureafaculty,staff,andstudentbodythatreflects this diversity, while working always to enhance life locally and regionally. In short, the University of SouthernMississippistrivesforexcellence. TheUniversityofSouthernMississippivaluesqualityteachingandintellectualachievement,researchand creative expression, personal development, quality programs and services, and the maximum use of resources.Thesevaluesaresupportedbythefollowinggoals: Commitment to quality teaching and intellectual achievement by encouraging learning based in rational inquiry, problem solving, challenge, creativity, and intellectual initiative; developing an appreciationofculture and the liberal arts; attracting andretaining ahighly qualifiedanddiverse faculty,staff,andstudentbody;andcreatinganappreciationfordiversity. Commitment to research and creative expression by preserving and refining existing bodies of knowledgeandexpandingandcommunicatingnewknowledge. Commitment to personal development by creating a supportive environment characterized by opportunitiesforleadershipdevelopment;enhancingcommunicationskills;developingcooperative attitudesinproblemsolvingthroughteam-workmethods;creatinganawarenessoftheresponsibil- ityofacitizeninademocraticsociety;promotinghealthylifestyleswithintheuniversitycommu- nity; encouraging students to become supporting alumni; providing opportunities for developing career goals; demonstrating competence and integrity; developing an understanding ofthe com- plexities ofdiffering cultural values in a global environment; and creating an understanding of internationalproblems. Commitment to quality programs and services by giving attention to our alumni and othercon- stituents;increasingfinancialsupportfortheuniversity;maintainingefficientstudentservices;pro- vidingasafe,well-maintainedenvironment;maintaininganathleticprogramthatinstillsprideand generatespositiverecognition;enhancinguniversitypublicservicetothecommunity;anddevelop- ingpracticeswhichprotectandpreserveourenvironment. Commitmenttomaximizingresourcesthroughtechnologyutilizationbycontinuingtoimprovethe equipment, physical facilities, and library resources ofthe university; utilizing appropriate tech- nologiestodeliverprogramsmoreeffectively;andadvocatingtheusageofmodemtechnology.