Introduction

The Graduate School’s main administrative offices are on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus in Johnston Hall, 101 Pleasant Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455. See Campus Maps online at www.umn.edu/twincities/maps/index.html and www.d.umn.edu/maps/buildings.html. Johnston Hall is wheelchair accessible.

Publications
Graduate School Catalog—Prospective and current graduate students are responsible for all of the information contained in this catalog PDF that is pertinent to graduate study and to their specific fields.

The first section, General Information, is the official source of information about Graduate School policies and procedures. The next section, Majors and Degrees, lists approximately 170 programs offered through the Graduate School.

The largest sections, Twin Cities Degree Programs and Faculty, and Courses, list contact names and addresses for the programs and their offices, graduate faculty who teach in each discipline, and present requirements and course descriptions for the various programs offering graduate degrees. At the beginning of the Courses section, the Course Numbers and Symbols page explains the numbering system, punctuation, department designators, and symbols used throughout the course descriptions. At the back is a complete listing of Course Designators.

This catalog PDF, produced by University Relations, is also available in HTML format at www.catalogs.umn.edu/grad/index.html.

Updates to Catalog Information—Changes in Graduate School policies and procedures relating to admission, registration, financial assistance, and commencement are accessible online at www.grad.umn.edu.

Other Publications—The Class Schedule lists courses, class hours, locations, instructors, and basic costs and regulations. It is available online at http://onestop.umn.edu/index.html. Separate catalogs are available for the College of Continuing Education, the Duluth campus, and the professional colleges; see the catalog Web site.

Policies
Catalog Use—The information in this catalog and other University catalogs, publications, or announcements is subject to change without notice. University offices can provide current information about possible changes.

This electronic publication is available in alternative formats on request. Contact the Office of Admissions, University of Minnesota, 240 Williamson Hall, 231 Pillsbury Drive S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-625-2008; admissions@umn.edu).

Equal Opportunity—The University of Minnesota is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

Inquiries regarding compliance may be directed to the Director, Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, University of Minnesota, 419 Morrill Hall, 100 Church Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-624-9547).

Disability Services—The University’s mission is to provide optimal educational opportunities for all students. The University recognizes that students with disabilities sometimes have unique needs that must be met in order for them to have access to campus programs and facilities. In general, University policy calls for accommodations to be made on an individualized and flexible basis. It is the responsibility of students to seek assistance at the University and make their needs known.

The first place to seek assistance is Disability Services. This office promotes program and physical access, which means ensuring the rights of students with disabilities and assisting the University in meeting its obligations under federal and state laws. Disability Services provides direct assistance such as information, referral, support, and academic accommodations for enrolled and prospective students, as well as consultation to faculty and staff to ensure access to their programs and facilities.

The office also assists students with disabilities in obtaining services from other University or community resources and serves as a liaison between the University and the Division of Rehabilitation Services. Campus accessibility maps also are available from Disability Services and general building accessibility information is also available at the online Department Directory. More detailed accessibility information for campus buildings is available by selecting the appropriate building from the menu at www.umn.edu/twincities/maps.

For more information, contact Disability Services, University of Minnesota, 180 McNamara Alumni Center, 200 Oak Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-626-1333 voice or TTY). For online access, go to http://ds.umn.edu.

Access to Student Educational Records—In accordance with Regents policy on access to student records, information about a student generally may not be released to a third party without the student’s permission. (Exceptions under the law include state and federal educational and financial aid institutions.) The policy also permits students to review their educational records and to challenge the contents of those records.
Some student information—name, address, electronic (e-mail) address, telephone number, dates of enrollment and enrollment status (full time, part time, not enrolled, withdrawn and date of withdrawal), college and class, major, adviser, academic awards and honors received, and degrees earned—is considered public or directory information. Students may prevent the release of public information. To do so, they must request suppression from the records office on their campus.

Students have the right to review their educational records and to challenge the contents of those records. The Regents policy is available for review online, at 200 Fraser Hall, Minneapolis, and at records offices on other campuses of the University. Questions may be directed to the One Stop Services Center, 200 Fraser Hall (612-624-1111; helpingu@umn.edu).

Immunization—Students born after 1956 who take more than one University course are required under Minnesota law to submit a Student Immunization Record Form.

The form, which is accessed through the official Graduate School online admission letter, should be downloaded, filled out, and returned to Boynton Health Service as soon as possible, but absolutely no later than 45 days after the beginning of the first term of enrollment, in order for students to continue registering for courses at the University. Complete instructions accompany the form.

Smoke-Free Campus Policy—Smoking is prohibited in all facilities of the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus except for designated private residence hall rooms.

E-Mail—E-mail is the University’s official means of communication with students. Students are responsible for all information sent via their University e-mail account. Students who forward their University e-mail account are still responsible for all information, including attachments, sent to the account.

The Campus and Community
On the Twin Cities campus, Graduate School students enjoy the vast academic and cultural opportunities of a major university and a unique metropolitan area.

Two Campuses in One—The Twin Cities campus, the largest and oldest in the University system, is technically two separate campuses: one just east of downtown Minneapolis on the Mississippi River, the other just west of the State Fairgrounds, a few miles from downtown Saint Paul.

The Mississippi River divides the Minneapolis campus into two banks connected by the double-decker Washington Avenue Bridge. The picturesque mall of the main East Bank is bordered by stately traditional buildings—including Johnston Hall, home of the Graduate School. Next door at the head of the mall is Northrop Memorial Auditorium and its plaza. At the opposite end of the mall, overlooking the Mississippi, Coffman Memorial Union offers a good place to relax between classes. Nearby are the health sciences complexes.

Just across the river is the West Bank. Newer and smaller, it boasts sleek brick buildings including the Elmer L. Anderson and Wilson Libraries, the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Mondale Hall (the Law School), Ted Mann Concert Hall, the Carlson School of Management, and the Arts Quarter.

Three miles away and connected by a free express transit way, is the Saint Paul campus, where animal barns, croplands, flowers, and wooded areas evoke a small college atmosphere.

Urban Diversity—The Dinkytown, Stadium Village, Seven Corners, and Cedar-Riverside areas near the Minneapolis campus, and the St. Anthony Park neighborhood alongside the Saint Paul campus, all feature shops and restaurants tailored to students’ interests and budgets.

Minneapolis (the largest city in Minnesota) and Saint Paul (the state capital) are both flourishing centers of commerce, industry, and the arts, and where grandiose historic buildings complement bold new skyscrapers. Focal points of a progressive metropolitan area of more than 3 million people, the two downtowns offer many opportunities for entertainment, research, volunteer or part-time work, internships, and careers.

Arts and Entertainment—The Twin Cities are renowned for their innovative and varied cultural attractions, such as the Guthrie Theater, Ordway Music Theater, Orchestra Hall, Science Museum, and Omnitheater. Northrop Memorial Auditorium, the campus centerpiece, hosts performances by popular musical and dance artists and outstanding University bands and ensembles. Students can see or star in plays at the Rarig Center. Or they can enjoy the Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Minnesota and Como Zoos, the Mall of America, the Renaissance Festival and Valleyfair, and the Minneapolis Aquatennial and Saint Paul Winter Carnival. Overlooking the Mississippi River is the University’s Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, with award-winning design by Frank Gehry.

Recreation and Sports—The University’s Recreational Sports program, one of the largest of its kind on any campus in the country, offers curling, cycling, racquetball, crew, ballroom dance, and 100 other teams, clubs, and fitness activities. Sports fans can attend Golden Gophers football at the new TCF Bank Stadium on campus, Minnesota Vikings football and Twins baseball at the Metrodome, Timberwolves basketball at the Target Center, and Wild hockey at the Xcel Energy Center. Many women’s and men’s intercollegiate athletic events also take place right on campus.

Outdoor enthusiasts can explore the Twin Cities’ 150 parks and 200 lakes, which are ideal for picnicking, hiking, biking, swimming, canoeing, sailing, fishing, rollerblading, ice skating, cross-country skiing, or simply sitting and thinking. The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, one of the most unsullied wilderness treasures in the entire nation, is only a few hours drive north.

The warmth of spring, greenery of summer, and bright colors of autumn are followed by at least three months of winter snow, but even then, daytime temperatures generally average an invigorating 10 to 30 degrees above zero.


University Counseling & Consulting Services
University Counseling and Consulting Services (UCCS), 109 Eddy Hall on the East Bank and 199 Coffey Hall on the Saint Paul campus (612-624-3323 for both), offers counseling for academic, career, personal, or relationship concerns.
Besides counseling, UCCS features a variety of services. Its Career Development Program and Student Academic Success Services offer workshops, courses, and materials for career development or academic skills improvement. UCCS also offers a series of workshops for graduate students, as well as ongoing dissertation support groups. The Organizational Development Program offers consultation, assessment, team building, conflict mediation, training, and workshops. The Student Affairs Office of Measurement Services (OMS) scores exams, surveys, and research instruments and provides consultation to University faculty and staff. The Testing Center administers computerized national tests. For more information, see www.ucs.umn.edu.


Libraries and Research Opportunities
The University of Minnesota Libraries include 14 library facilities on the Twin Cities campus, holding nearly 7 million volumes with current subscriptions to over 77,000 journals, making it the 15th largest of 113 North American research libraries. Five major library buildings provide anchors on both sides of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis and St. Paul: Wilson Library (humanities and social sciences), Walter Library (physical sciences and engineering), Bio-Medical Library, Magrath Library (natural, agricultural, environmental, and biological sciences), and Elmer L. Andersen Library (archives and special collections).
To support the many disciplines at an institution as comprehensive as the University of Minnesota, the University Libraries acquire, catalog, and maintain information in practically every field of knowledge, in every language, from every time period, and in every format. The online catalog, MNCAT Plus, provides a nearly complete listing of book and journal holdings and serves as a gateway to local, national, and global information sources including e-books, full-text periodicals, academic journal articles, and newspapers.

In addition to strong comprehensive research collections, subject librarians specialize in different research areas and are available for research assistance. The Libraries also offer a variety of free workshops on database literature searching and using the more complicated research materials and resources in the collections. Information about these and other services tailored especially to graduate students is available at www.lib.umn.edu/site/grads.phtml.

Research support is provided by the Offices of the Vice President for Research and the Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Education, as well as by the public and private sectors. The Graduate School distributes a total of $6 million annually in competitive fellowship awards to students. Another $6 million annually is awarded competitively to faculty for research support and endowed professorship support. The University also ranks among the top research universities receiving federal research money.


Use of Human or Animal Subjects in Research
All research on the Twin Cities, Duluth, Morris, Crookston, and Rochester campuses that involves the use of human or animal subjects must be reviewed and approved before initiation by the Institutional Review Board: Human Subjects Committee (IRB) or the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). This policy, approved by the University Senate and Board of Regents, applies to funded and nonfunded faculty, staff, and student research. All research, including Plan B projects, theses, and dissertations, that involves human or animal subjects must be approved by the appropriate committee to ensure that the rights and welfare of the subjects are protected. For more information, contact the Research Subjects Protection Office, University of Minnesota, MMC 820, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455 (612-626-5654; fax 612-626-6061).


University Research Centers
The University has numerous research centers and institutes. A partial list can be found at www.mbbnet.umn.edu/res.html.

Administration

University Regents

Clyde E. Allen Jr., Congressional District 7, Chair
Linda A. Cohen, At Large, Vice Chair
Anthony R. Baraga, Congressional District 8
Richard Beeson, Congressional District 4
Dallas Bohnsack, Congressional District 2
John Frobenius, Congressional District 6
Venora Hung, Congressional District 5
Steven D. Hunter, At Large
Dean Johnson, At Large
David M. Larson, Congressional District 3
Maureen Ramirez, At-Large
Patricia S. Simmons, Congressional District 1

University Administrators

Robert H. Bruininks, President
E. Thomas Sullivan, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
Frank B. Cerra, Senior Vice President for Health Sciences and Dean of the Medical School
Robert J. Jones, Senior Vice President for System Academic Administration
Nancy “Rusty” Barceló, Vice President and Vice Provost for Equity and Diversity
Kathryn F. Brown, Vice President and Chief of Staff
Carol Carrier, Vice President for Human Resources
Steve Cawley, Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Karen L. Himle, Vice President for University Relations
R. Timothy Mulcahy, Vice President for Research
Charles Muscoplat, Vice President for Statewide Strategic Resource Development
Kathleen O’Brien, Vice President for University Services
Richard Pfutzenreuter, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mark B. Rotenberg, General Counsel

Graduate School Administrators

R. Timothy Mulcahy, Interim Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Education
Douglas Ernie, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Graduate Education
Shirley Nelson Garner, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Graduate Education
George D. Green, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Graduate Education
Timothy B Holst, Ph.D. Director of Graduate Programs, Duluth
The Graduate School administrative structure includes six policy and review councils, consisting of faculty and students, in the areas of biological sciences; education and psychology; health sciences; language, literature, and the arts; engineering, physical and mathematical sciences; and social sciences.
These councils, together with an Executive Committee, are responsible for making general policy for the Graduate School. The Executive Committee is composed of the vice provost and dean of graduate education; chairpersons of the policy and review councils, the Graduate Research Advisory Committee, the Biomedical Research Advisory Committee, and the Fellowship Committee; and representatives from the Duluth Graduate Council, Graduate School administration and staff, and the Council of Graduate Students.