^K 5 r= ate Catalog ^ "3^% 2061-2003 JT Vi«• ">?" -*V. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University C *" Greensboro, North Carolina 5,000copies ofthis document wereprinted at acost of$11,566 GRADUATE CATALOG OF NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY Volume 11, No. 1 CATALOG OFNORTH CAROLINAAGRICULTURALANDTECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY-Published every two years by North CarolinaAgricultural and Technical State University 1601 EastMarket Street Greensboro, North Carolina 27411 Application to Mail at SecondClass Postage at Greensboro, North Carolina CATALOG OFNORTH CAROLINAAGRICULTURALANDTECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY 1601 EastMarket Street Greensboro, NC 27411 Digitized by the Internet Archive 2013 in http://archive.org/details/graduatecatalog11nort w ii GRADUATE PROGRAMS 2001 - 2003 GRADUATE CATALOG of NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURALAND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY GREENSBORO, NC w http //w w.ncat edu/~gradsch/ : . in IV THE SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES GRADUATE CATALOG NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY GREENSBORO, NC 27411 VI TABLE OF CONTENTS NORTH CAROLINAAGRICULTURALAND TECHNICALSTATE UNIVERSITY 1 NONDISCRIMINATION POLICYAND INTEGRATION STATEMENT 2 CODE OFSTUDENT CONDUCT 2 ADMINISTRATION, North CarolinaA&T State University 2 DEANS OF COLLEGESAND SCHOOLS 2 ACCREDITATIONAND INSTITUTIONALMEMBERSHIPS 3 ACADEMIC CALENDAR 4 THE GRADUATE SCHOOL 9 ORGANIZATION 10 GRADUATEADMISSION 10 Admission tothe Master's Degree Program 12 Admission tothe DoctoralPrograms 13 Registrationand Records 16 Tuitionand Fees 24 OFFICE OFINTERNATIONALSTUDENTSAND SCHOLARS 32 GRADUATE PROGRAMS 33 Master's Degrees 33 Doctor ofPhilosophyDegree 39 THE NORTH CAROLINAA&T STATE UNIVERSITYLIBRARY 43 OFFICE OFCONTINUING EDUCATIONAND SUMMER SCHOOL 44 MAJOR RESEARCH CENTERSAND INSTITUTES 44 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYSERVICES 47 MAJORFIELDS OFSTUDYAND COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 49 Agribusiness,Applied EconomicsandAgriscience Education 50 AnimalSciences 61 ArchitecturalEngineering 65 Biology 81 ChemicalEngineering 88 Chemistry 95 VII CivilandEnvironmentalEngineering 102 Computer Science Department 112 CurriculumandInstruction 119 ElectricalEngineering 132 Agriculturaland Biosystems Engineering 145 English 150 Graphic Communication Systemsand TechnologicalStudies 158 Health, PhysicalEducationand Recreation 168 History 172 Human DevelopmentServices 177 HumanEnvironmentandFamilyScdznces 188 Industrialand Systems EngineeringDepartment 194 IndustrialTechnology 202 . -. ManagementInformation Systems 216 Mathematics 220 MechanicalEngineering 229 NaturalResourcesand EnvironmentalDesign 243 Physics 248 SocialWork 254 Transportationand Logistics 262 GRADUATE FACULTY 266 SchoolofAgricultureandEnvironmentalSciences 268 College ofArtsand Sciences 270 SchoolofBusinessandEconomics 274 SchoolofEducation 277 CollegeofEngineering 278 SchoolofTechnology 283 ADMINISTRATION, UNIVERSITYOFNORTH CAROLINA 285 Board ofGovernors 285 Board ofTrustees 286 MISSION, PURPOSEAND GOALS OFTHE UNIVERSITY 286 RESOURCESAND STUDENTSERVICES 288 DRUGANDALCOHOLEDUCATION POLICY 293 VIII