Each year, a new class of competitively selected undergraduate and graduate students brings to the University the promise and potential for their futures. They are the vital natural resource from which greater resources grow; as they progress, the University gains strength. Each year, courses are added, dropped, and improved as the faculty of more than 1,500 teacher-scholars strives to build a stronger curriculum that will challenge these students to think logically and creatively while they gain insight, experience, and skills to realize their academic objectives. Each year, the University develops new approaches to enlarge and enhance growth experiences outside the classroom and laboratories. Each year, this Catalog records the growth in one of the nation's major public research universities.

Today's University - with 22,316 students, over 134,000 alumni, about 120 major buildings and 3,100 acres in and around Storrs, three professional schools and five regional campuses in other parts of the State, and a library of more than two million volumes - is a far cry from the institution in its first days.

In April 1881, the Connecticut General Assembly established the Storrs Agricultural School after accepting a gift of 170 acres of land, several frame buildings, and money from Charles and Augustus Storrs. The Storrs brothers were natives of Mansfield, the eastern Connecticut town in which the University is located. The School opened on September 28, 1881, with twelve students in the first class. Growth and change came fast in the early years. Before the turn of the century there were two name changes, to Storrs Agricultural College in 1893 and to Connecticut Agricultural College in 1899. In 1933, two years after the institution celebrated its fiftieth anniversary, it became Connecticut State College, a name more in keeping with its steady advances and broadened mission. Six years later, in 1939, the General Assembly designated the institution the University of Connecticut, an acknowledgement of the institution's developing importance to the State in graduate and professional education, research, and public service.

Since the historic legislative act of 1881, the University has grown steadily and dramatically to fulfill its mandated objectives as a provider of high quality education and public service and as a contributor to society through research. The University has reached out with services to all parts of the State, and it has promoted cultural enrichment by making the main campus a center for the arts in Connecticut.

Jorgensen Auditorium on the Storrs campus regularly schedules internationally prominent symphony orchestras, musical soloists and chamber groups, dance companies, and touring dramatic productions. This is complemented by Department of Music recitals in von der Mehden Hall and by Department of Dramatic Arts productions. The William Benton Museum of Art has been acclaimed as one of Connecticut's finest art museums; the diversity and quality of its exhibitions contribute to the vitality of the arts at the University.

The University stands with the leading institutions of the nation in the size, scope, and contributions of its research involvement. In the last ten years, University researchers at Storrs and at the Health Center in Farmington have attracted more than one-quarter billion dollars in support of their work.

For more than a million Connecticut citizens each year, the University is more than classroom and laboratories, cultural presentations and athletic contests; it is direct contact with University people working through institutes , centers, extension services, and extended and continuing education programs in all 169 cities and towns in Connecticut.

The University's public service mission, which has grown apace with academic offering and research endeavors in both scope and importance, reaches out into local government offices and schools, into pharmacies and medical offices, into corporate laboratories and small business showrooms, onto farm lands and fishing boats. Each year, new programs evolve to meet newly identified needs in Connecticut.

The pages of this Catalog contain many of the elements of a university mission that remains constant, of an academic program that is dynamic, and of a commitment to excellence by a university and its faculty, staff and students.

Last day for filing petitions for course credit by examination is the end of the first week of classes in each session. Examinations for course credit by examination occur during the fourth week of classes in each session.
 

		FALL SEMESTER 1998
Wed.	Sept. 2	Fall semester begins
Fri.	Sept. 4	First Friday of classes follows a Monday's schedule
Mon.	Sept. 7	Labor Day - No classes
Wed.	Sept. 9	Last day to file petitions for course credit by examination
Wed.	Sept 16	Courses dropped after this date will have a "W" for withdrawal recorded on the academic record
		Last day to drop courses without additional signatures
		Last day to drop courses without additional signatures (See chart under Adding and Dropping Courses)
		Add/Drop via the Touchtone Telephone system closes
		Last day to add courses or drop courses without additional signatures
		Last day to place courses on Pass/Fail
Wed.	Sept. 23	Last day to convert Incomplete or Absence grades
Thur. - Wed.	Sept. 24 - 30	Examinations for course credit by examination
Mon.	Oct. 12	Fall semester break - No classes
Thurs.	Oct. 29	Mid-semester progress reports due students from faculty
Thurs.	Nov. 5	Last day to drop a course
		Last day to convert courses on Pass/Fail option to letter grade
Mon. - Fri.	Nov. 9 - Dec. 4	Storrs campus registration via Touchtone Telephone for spring semester
Weds.	Nov. 25	Last day of classes before Thanksgiving recess - follows a Friday's schedule
Mon.	Nov. 30	Thanksgiving recess ends; classes resume
Sat.	Dec. 12	Emergency closing class makeup day
Mon.	Dec. 14	Last day of fall semester classes
Wed.	Dec. 16	Final examinations begin
Wed.	Dec. 23	Final examinations end

NB: Friday of the first week of classes will follow a Monday schedule. Wednesday of Thanksgiving week will follow a Friday schedule.
 

		SPRING SEMESTER 1999
Wed.	Jan. 20	Spring semester begins
Tues.	Jan. 26	Last day to file petitions for course credit by examination
Tues.	Feb. 2	Courses dropped after this date will have a "W" for withdrawal recorded on the academic record
		Last day to drop courses without additional signatures (See chart under Adding and Dropping Courses
		Add/Drop via the Touchtone Telephone system closes
		Last day to add courses
		Last day to place courses on Pass/Fail
Tues.	Feb. 9	Last day to convert Incomplete or Absence grades
Wed. - Tues.	Feb. 10 - 16	Examinations for course credit by examination
Sat.	Mar. 13	Last day of classes before spring recess
Mon.	Mar. 22	Spring recess ends; classes resume
Tues.	Mar. 23	Mid-semester progress reports due students from faculty
Tues.	Mar. 30	Last day to drop a course
		Last day to convert courses on Pass/Fail option to letter grade
Mon.-Thur.	Apr. 5-29	Storrs campus registration via Touchtone Telephone for fall semester 1998
Sat.	Apr. 17	Emergency closing class make-up day
Tues.	May 4	Last day of spring semester classes
Fri.	May 7	Final examinations begin
Fri.	May 14	Final examinations end
Sat.	May 15	Commencement ceremony (undergraduate)
Sun.	May 16	Commencement ceremony (graduate)

Faculty are urged to try not to schedule exams on significant religious holidays, such as Rosh Hashanah, Sept. 21, 22; Yom Kippur, Sept. 30; Eid Al-fitr, Jan. 19; Eid Al-adha, March 29; Passover, April 1 - 8; Good Friday, April 2.

General Studies

DEGREES

MAJORS¹

Accounting	Finance
Health Systems Management	Management
Management and Engineering for Manufacturing2	Management Information Systems
Marketing	Real Estate/Urban Economics
Risk Management and Insurance

Individualized Major

Human Development and Family Relations

Acting	Art
Design and Technical Theatre	General Program in Music
Music	Music Education in Fine Arts
Puppetry	Theatre Studies

Nursing

Pharmacy

MINORS

Preprofessional Education

Students interested in attending professional schools should consult the catalogs of those schools before planning their preprofessional work at the University of Connecticut. The faculty counselors will help students plan their professional objectives. The foundation for most professional education is found in the basic courses of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. For further explanation, see the statement of the specific schools and colleges.
 

The University offers programs of Professional education in agriculture, allied health, business administration, dental medicine, education, engineering, fine arts, law, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and social work in its professional schools and colleges. Programs leading to a wide variety of other occupations are associated with the advanced work in the departments of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. See the descriptions of professional programs in the announcements of the several schools and colleges.

The Graduate School

The Graduate School of the University of Connecticut is committed to the training of imaginative and inspiring teachers, leaders in industry and education, and scientists and humanists capable of expanding the boundaries of human knowledge. Quality research and teaching are among our highest priorities in all fields of graduate study.

Student programs are individually planned, and there is considerable flexibility in meeting special needs and aspirations insofar as they are consistent with the academic objectives of the Graduate School. A program may entail work in one field of study or in two or more interrelated fields, but each program requires emphasis on an established discipline or interdiscipli nary area.

Degrees conferred by the Graduate School include the Master of Arts, Master of Science, Master of Business Administration, Master of Dental Science, Master of Fine Arts, Master of Music, Master of Public Affairs, Master of Public Health, Master of Social Work, Doctor of Musical Arts, and Doctor of Philosophy. Graduate degree study is offered in nearly 80 fields of study.

School of Social Work

Established in 1946, the University of Connecticut School of Social Work offers a two-year program leading to the Master of Social Work degree. It consists of a combination of classroom study and field education. The educational process seeks to help students develop sound professional values and judgment, equipping them for life-long critical analysis of their own practice, the policies and practices of the organizations in which they work, and the social, economic and political structures in the larger society.

The School prepares competent professionals with knowledge and specialized methods skills to practice in diverse settings in which services to people in need are provided, and are competent to participate in multiple levels of social work intervention. Moreover, graduates are committed to employing strategies, including research and advocacy, that improve services to clients' access to them and to influencing social policies and programs that define these services. Graduates hold positions as administrators of public and private social service agencies; as community organizers helping citizens deal with social issues as group workers providing help to groups and individual s around social concerns; as caseworkers helping families and individuals cope with their life tasks; as social policy and planning analysts helping design policy which governs social welfare services; and researchers who add to the body of knowledge about social work social services, and social problems.

Workshops, institutes, and continuing education courses are offered for practicing social workers at various levels of educational preparation. New technological advances include distance learning opportunities which will bring the school's classrooms to regional, national and even international sites. The school is accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

School of Law

The School of Law provides professional legal education of high quality to prepare students for a fulfilling lifetime of service at the bar, in government, in business, or in legal education. The School seeks to emphasize academic values, intellectual discipline, and the development of the professiona l analytical skills required to respond effectively to the challenge of continuing change in the law and in the social order.

The Day Division program for the Juris Doctor degree normally requires three years for completion while the Evening Division program requires four years. A four-year day program is also available for a limited number of students.

Along with its work in providing students with legal training, the School of Law has a responsibility for the education of those already in the profession through participation in the developing movements for continuing legal education for the bar and judiciary.

Founded in 1921, the University of Connecticut School of Law is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.

School of Dental Medicine

The University of Connecticut School of Dental Medicine was established by the Connecticut General Assembly in 1961. An extensive planning period preceded entry of the first class in the fall of 1968.

The program leading to the Doctor of Dental Medicine degree is of four years duration with balanced emphasis on subject areas dealing with fundamentals of human biology and clinical care. The goals of the program are to prepare students for careers in the dental profession including those in community practice, education and research, and public health.

In addition, a program leading to a Doctor of Dental Medicine and a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences is available to a limited number of highly qualified candidates. This program is at least a six year duration. Both degrees are conferred simultaneously at the completion of the program. Fellowship funding is available to qualified candidates.

The school is part of the University of Connecticut's Health Center in Farmington. This complex houses the main facilities for the programs of the School of Dental Medicine and the School of Medicine, but some portion of the student's experience may be gained in affiliated hospitals.

School of Medicine

The School of Medicine, which graduated its first class in June, 1972, offers a full four-year program leading to a Doctor of Medicine degree.

Resident appointments are available in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, combined medicine/pediatrics, family medicine, general surgery, medicine, neurosurgery, nuclear medicine, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedic s, otorlaryngology, pediatrics, preventive medicine, psychiatry, radiology, and urology. Advanced Fellowships in medical, obstetrical, and pediatric specialities are also available.

In addition, a Master's degree in Public Health and Doctoral degrees in the basic sciences are offered through the Graduate School.

Separate catalogs are available upon request.