2009-2010 Printed General Catalog
A new updated catalog, containing information approved after the printed version was published in April 2009, is now online. To access this “online version” click here.
The 2009-2010 Printed General Catalog can be purchased at the USU Bookstore (located on the ground floor of the Taggart Student Center on campus). The printed catalog is also available through call-in or mail-in orders. For further information, click on the Ordering Information link (shown under the In this section sidebar, at the right of this page).
The printed catalog is also available online. The catalog can be viewed as the entire catalog (pages 1-696) or within five group sections: (1) introductory sections, (2) college and departmental sections, (3) course description sections, (4) graduation requirement worksheet, and (5) catalog index. To view the catalog within smaller individual sections, click on the links shown below the group sections.
The full catalog, as well as the group sections, can be accessed at the links below:
Entire Catalog (inside front cover and pages 1-696)
All Introductory Sections (pages 1-120)
All College and Departmental Sections (pages 121-488)
Course Descriptions Index and All Course Descriptions Sections (pages 489-682)
Graduation Requirement Worksheet (pages 683-684)
Catalog Index (pages 685-696)
Individual introductory sections can be viewed by clicking on the links below. The range of page numbers for each catalog section is shown in parentheses following each link.
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 College 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 (64-66)
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)
- Mortar Board (93)
- National Society of Collegiate Scholars (93)
- Phi Alpha Theta (93)
- Phi Kappa Phi (93)
- Phi Sigma Iota (93-94)
- 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)
Individual college or departmental sections can be viewed by clicking on the links below. The range of page numbers for each catalog section is shown in parentheses following each link.
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 (147-148)
- 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 (230-233)
- 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 (271-278)
- Family, Consumer, and Human Development (279-289)
- 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 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 (438-440)
- 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
All course descriptions, as printed in the 2009-2010 General Catalog, can be viewed at the link below:
Course Descriptions Index and All Final Course Descriptions Sections (pages 489-682)
Course descriptions, as shown in the 2009-2010 printed catalog, can be viewed within seven group sections, accessible by clicking on the links below. Within each section, descriptions appear alphabetically by prefix. The range of page numbers for each section is shown at the end of each link. The Course Descriptions Index, which shows the first page number for each prefix, precedes these seven sections.
- Course Descriptions Index (489)
- ACCT-BUS (Accounting - Business) (490-519)
- CEE-ENGL (Civil and Environmental Engineering - English) (520-553)
- ENGR-HS (Engineering - Health Sciences) (554-581)
- ID-LANG (Interior Design - Languages) (582-595)
- LATN-PRP (Latin - Parks and Recreation Professional) (596-641)
- PSC-SPAN (Plants, Soils, and Climate - Spanish) (642-657)
- SPCH-WILD (Speech Communication - Wildland Resources) (658-682)
Graduation Requirement Worksheet (683-684)
The Graduation Requirement Worksheet is designed to aid students in planning their Bachelor's Degree, in consultation with their academic advisor. To view or print out this worksheet, click on the link above.
Catalog Index (685-696)
The catalog index shows page number references for policies, degree requirements, college and departmental sections, course description sections, etc. for the entire catalog. To view this index, click on the link above.
Campus Map Legend (Facing Inside Back Cover)
The Campus Map Legend includes an Alphabetical Listing of Buildings and Selected Offices. The listing for each building or office is accompanied by the building abbreviation and map coordinates. An alphabetical list of Buildings by Abbreviation is also included, with each abbreviation accompanied by the building name and map coordinates. To view or print the legend, click on the link above.
2009 Campus Map (Inside Back Cover)
This color campus map includes the building abbreviations and coordinates referenced in the campus map legend. 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). To view or print the map, click on the link above.
In This Section
- Catalog 2009-2010
- Past Versions
- Faculty and Staff
- Undergraduate Degree Plans
- Scholarship Information
- Questions or Corrections
- Ordering Information
