2009-2010 Online (Updated) General Catalog
This catalog was last updated November 16, 2009.
The online General Catalog incorporates revisions made after the 2009-2010 printed catalog went to press. You can access this catalog one section at a time. To view a section in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF), click on the desired link in the list below. General Catalog page numbers for each section are shown in parentheses following each active link.
Course descriptions are listed separately from departmental descriptive text. There is a separate PDF file for each course prefix. To go directly to the Course Descriptions Home Page, which includes instructions for viewing course descriptions, click here.
A copy of the original 2009-2010 printed catalog is archived on the web. If you want to view the printed version, click here.
Introduction
- Photo and Basic Catalog Information (inside front cover)
- Title Page (1)
- Table of Contents (2-3)
- Mission and Role Statement (4)
- 2009-2010 Calendar (5)
- Registration Calendar (6-8)
- Final Examination Schedule (9)
- Administration (10-11)
- Utah State Board of Regents (10)
- USU Board of Trustees (10)
- University Administrative Officers (10)
- Deans of Academic Units (10-11)
- Heads of Academic Departments and Programs (11)
- Student Services Units (11)
- Other Areas of Service (11)
- Undergraduate Advising (12)
- Quick Phone Directory (13)
- Undergraduate and Graduate Programs (14-18)
- Using This Catalog (19-21)
- Semester Calendar (19)
- Credit Enrollment (19)
- Course Numbering (19)
- Course Prefixes (20)
- General Education and Depth Education Designations (21)
- University Terminology and Definitions (22-28)
- Common USU Acronymns (28)
Enrollment
- Getting Started at Utah State University (Student Checklist) (29)
- Undergraduate Admission (30-35)
- New Freshman Admission (30-32)
- High School Curriculum (30)
- Admission Index (31)
- Transfer Student Admission (including Approved Transfer Institutions and Articulation Agreements) (32-34)
- Readmission (34)
- Residency Policy and Appeal (35)
- Other Admissions Information (Veterans Educational Benefits, Western Undergraduate Exchange) (35)
- Graduate Admission (36-37)
- International Student Admission and Programs (38-39)
- Undergraduate Admission Requirements (38)
- Required New International Student Orientation (39)
- Undergraduate Graduation Requirements (39)
- Special Programs (39)
- Credit by Examination and Advanced Coursework (40-45)
- Advanced Placement (AP) (40)
- College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) (41)
- DANTES Standardized Subject Tests (DSST) (42)
- International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) (43-44)
- Placement Tests (including English, Mathematics and Statistics, TOEFL, Languages) (44)
- Credit by Departmental Examination (45)
- Credit by Advanced Coursework (Language Credits) (45)
- Financial Aid and Scholarship Information (46-51)
- Financial Aid Office (46)
- Grants, Work-Study, and Loans (46)
- Method of Awarding Financial Aid (47)
- Estimated Cost of Undergraduate Education (47)
- Repayment of Federal Funds Policy (47)
- Responsibility of Financial Aid Recipients (47)
- Scholarship Policy (47)
- Freshman Scholarships (Resident and Nonresident) (48-49)
- Transfer Scholarships (Resident and Nonresident) (49-50)
- New Century Scholarship (50)
- Centennial Scholarship (50-51)
- Regents' Scholarship (51)
- University Research Fellowships (51)
- Continuing USU Student Scholarships (including Department Scholarships and Private Endowment Scholarships) (51)
- Housing and Residence Life (52-53)
- Dining Services (54)
- New Student Orientation and University Connections (55)
- Registration, Student Records, and Academic Standing (56-63)
- Registration (56-59)
- Student Records (59-61)
- Academic Standing (61-63)
- Tuition, Fees, and Refunds (64-66A)
Graduation Requirements
- General Education Requirements (67-69)
- University Studies Depth Education Requirements (70-75)
- Categorization of Majors (75)
- Designation of Courses (75)
- Undergraduate Graduation Requirements (76-79)
USU Academic Policies
- USU Academic Policies (80-83)
Student Support Programs and Resources
- Academic Support Programs and Services (84-86)
- Academic Resource Center (84)
- Cooperative Education Internship Program (84)
- Cultural Exchange Program (85)
- Disability Resource Center (85)
- Mathematics and Statistics Drop-in Advisement (85)
- Study Abroad Program (85-86)
- Student Support Services (86)
- Other Student Resources (87-92)
National Honor Societies
- National Honor Societies with Chapters at USU (93-94)
- Beta Gamma Sigma (93)
- Golden Key (93)
- National Society of Collegiate Scholars (93)
- Phi Alpha Theta (93)
- Phi Kappa Phi (93)
- Phi Sigma Iota (93)
- Pi Sigma Alpha (94)
- Pinnacle (94)
- Psi Chi (94)
- Sigma Tau Delta (94)
Other University Units and Programs
- Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Office (95)
- Assessment (96)
- Information Technology (97-98)
- Intercollegiate Athletics (99-100)
- International Education (101)
- Library (102)
- Regional Campuses and Distance Education (RCDE) (103-105)
- University Advancement (106-107)
- Development Officers (106-107)
- University Alumni Association (107)
- University Research (108-109)
- Research Support Units (108)
- Major Research Committees (108)
- Research Centers, Institutes, and Laboratories (108-109)
- Undergraduate Research Program (109)
Graduate General Information (110-120)
- Graduate General Information (110)
- Graduate Degrees, Majors, and Certificates (110-111)
- Graduate Financial Assistance (111-112)
- Graduate General Regulations (112-116)
- Graduate Degree Requirements (116-119)
- Graduate Interdepartmental Curricula (119-120)
- Interdepartmental Concurrent Degrees (119-120)
- Interdepartmental Degrees and Certificates (120)
COLLEGES
- College of Agriculture (121-122)
- Jon M. Huntsman School of Business (123-127)
- Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services (128-129)
- College of Engineering (130-134)
- College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (135-137)
- College of Natural Resources (138-140)
- College of Science (141-142)
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS AND PROGRAMS
- Accountancy, School of (143-146)
- Aerospace Studies (147-148A)
- Agricultural Systems Technology and Education (149-155)
- Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences (156-165)
- Applied Economics (166-170)
- Art (171-176)
- Asian Studies Major and Minor (177-178)
- Biological and Irrigation Engineering (179-184)
- Biology (185-193)
- Business Administration, Master of (194-195)
- Chemistry and Biochemistry (196-202)
- Civil and Environmental Engineering (203-210)
- Classics Minor (211)
- Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education (212-220)
- Computer Science (221-227)
- Ecology, Interdepartmental Program in (228-229)
- Economics and Finance (230-233A)
- Education, Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Curriculum and Instruction (234-235)
- Electrical and Computer Engineering (236-242)
- Elementary Education Program (School of TEAL) (243-252)
- Engineering and Technology Education (253-258)
- English (259-270)
- Environment and Society (271-278A)
- Family, Consumer, and Human Development (279-289A)
- Geology (290-295)
- Health, Physical Education and Recreation (296-303)
- History (304-309)
- Honors Program (310)
- Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences (311-312)
- Intensive English Language Institute (313)
- Interdisciplinary Studies Major (314-315)
- Interior Design Program (316-318)
- International Studies Major and Minor (319-321)
- Journalism and Communication (322-326)
- Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning (327-333)
- Languages, Philosophy, and Speech Communication (334-346)
- Latin American Studies Minor (347)
- Liberal Arts Major (348)
- Management (349-355)
- Management Information Systems (356-358)
- Mathematics and Statistics (359-368)
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (369-375)
- Military Science (376-377)
- Music (378-385)
- National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (Certificate Program) (386-387)
- Natural Resources and Environmental Education (NREE) (Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate Program) (388-390)
- Natural Resources, Master of (MNR) (Interdepartmental Curriculum) (391)
- Nursing Program, Cooperative (Weber State University/Utah State University) (392-393)
- Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences (394-405)
- Office Systems Support AAS Degree (406-407)
- Physics (408-414)
- Plants, Soils, and Climate (415-423)
- Political Science (424-428)
- Psychology (429-437)
- Religious Studies Major and Minor (438-440A)
- Secondary Education Program (School of TEAL) (441-445)
- Service-Learning Program and Certificate (446)
- Social Sciences, Interdepartmental Program in (447)
- Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology (448-462)
- Special Education and Rehabilitation (463-467)
- Theatre Arts (468-477)
- Toxicology, Interdepartmental Program in (478)
- Watershed Sciences (479-482)
- Wildland Resources (483-487)
- Women and Gender Studies (488)
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Course descriptions are listed separately from departmental descriptive text. There is a separate PDF file for each course prefix. To go directly to the Course Descriptions Home Page, which includes instructions for viewing course descriptions, click here.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENT WORKSHEET AND CAMPUS MAP
Graduation Requirement Worksheet
The Graduation Requirement Worksheet is designed to aid students in planning their bachelor's degree. Students can print out this worksheet, then fill in the appropriate sections as they complete their General Education, Depth Education, major, and minor requirements. To view and print out the Graduation Requirement Worksheet, click on the link shown above.
Campus Map and Legend
The 2009 Campus Map includes a color map on page 1, and a map legend on page 2. A new layers feature is now included, allowing users to view or hide the various layers of the map (by clicking on the icon to the left of each layer). The map legend includes the building abbreviations and coordinates shown on the campus map. To view or print the map and legend, click on the link shown above.
In This Section
- Catalog 2009-2010
- Past Versions
- Faculty and Staff
- Undergraduate Degree Plans
- Scholarship Information
- Questions or Corrections
- Ordering Information
