Graduate Catalog

2006-07 Academic Year

The University

The University of North Texas is a student-centered public research university and is the flagship of the UNT System. The university stands as the most comprehensive in the Dallas–Fort Worth region, offering 93 bachelor’s, 111 master’s and 50 doctoral degree programs, many nationally recognized.

UNT is a thriving university with a legacy of excellence in a broad range of academic areas. It is also one of the largest universities in Texas, enrolling more than 32,000 students. Founded in 1890, UNT takes pride in its outstanding faculty, high academic standards and diverse student body. Offering a traditional college experience at an affordable cost, UNT boasts a 19:1 student-faculty ratio and Division I-A athletics. Named one of America’s 100 Best College Buys® for 10 consecutive years, UNT also provides more than 60 centers and institutes which serve the public good.

The university is committed to academic excellence, to student success and to serving as an intellectual resource for the community, state and nation.

Our History

UNT was founded in 1890 as Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute. Joshua C. Chilton, the founding president, leased facilities above a hardware store on Denton’s square to establish a teacher training institute. His charge to the faculty at its first assembly remains an important part of UNT’s value system: “It will be our aim to become leaders in the education of the young men and women of Texas, fitting them to creditably fill the most important positions in business and professional circles. We desire the cooperation of all who believe in higher education and who want to see our state in the very front of intellectual as well as material progress.”

The university has had seven names through the years.

1890 Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute
1894 North Texas Normal College
1901 North Texas State Normal College
1923 North Texas State Teachers College
1949 North Texas State College
1961 North Texas State University
1988 University of North Texas

Incoming students choose UNT for the quality of its programs, many of which are nationally ranked. More degree programs at UNT are nationally accredited than at any other university in the Dallas–Fort Worth region (see list of accrediting organizations following the index). UNT “firsts” through the years include:

• First jazz studies program in the U.S., which is consistently ranked the nation’s best.
• First accredited behavioral analysis master’s degree program in the U.S.
• First master’s degree in natural philosophy (now chemistry education) in the U.S.
• First oil and petroleum accounting program in the U.S.
• First patent for a silicon-based ultra-sensitive chemical sensor for use in integrated circuit fabrication.
• First PhD program in art education in the U.S.
• First cooperative master’s degree program in library and information science in the U.S.
• First online school library preparation program in the U.S.
• First all-online master’s degree program in merchandising in the U.S.
• First accredited counseling program in the U.S., which still ranks among the nation’s best.

The Robert B. Toulouse School of Graduate Studies

When Robert B. Toulouse, who served as graduate dean from 1954 to 1982 and provost until 1990, retired, the board of regents renamed the graduate school the Robert B. Toulouse School of Graduate Studies.

His contributions to graduate education made the honor richly deserved. During Toulouse’s tenure as graduate dean, almost every graduate program currently authorized at UNT was established. His leadership role in establishing these programs helped to make UNT the most comprehensive graduate institution in the region and one of the three largest graduate institutions in the state.

In addition, graduate student enrollment grew from approximately 300 students to more than 5,500, which then represented almost a third of UNT’s total enrollment. Toulouse also provided leadership in establishing the Federation of North Texas Area Universities in 1968.

Toulouse’s efforts also had an extraordinary effect on the development of research at the university. As dean, he pursued a goal of enhancing research across the entire campus, involving as many professors as possible to build a strong base for attracting external funding. His insight and good judgment in managing the university’s limited resources led to major increases in the quality and impact of research at UNT. In this, he laid the foundation for the explosive increase in external research funding in the 1980s.

History of Graduate Education at UNT

Graduate studies at the master’s level were first offered at UNT in 1935 in response to an increasing demand from Texas school systems for teachers with more than four years of college education. Master’s degrees were first offered in art, biology, chemistry, economics, education, English, physical and health education, and Spanish, with the first master’s degrees conferred in 1936.

Beginning in 1946, master’s programs were added in other departments and by 1950 the master’s degree was available in almost every area in which the institution offered the bachelor’s degree.

The Graduate School was established in 1946 as part of a major reorganization of the institution. The Board of Regents approved the first doctoral programs — a doctorate of education in education and a doctor of philosophy in music — in 1950. Today, doctoral programs are offered in all schools and colleges except the School of Merchandising and Hospitality Management. Throughout the development of the graduate program, the pattern has been to build master’s programs on the base of well-established undergraduate programs and to build doctoral programs on the base of well-established master’s programs.

In recognition of the institution’s widening scope in higher education, the Texas Legislature approved that the North Texas State College be changed to North Texas State University in 1961. The university was designated in 1964 by the Governor’s Committee on Education Beyond the High School as one of the five major state-supported universities in Texas. In 1968, the Texas College and University System Coordinating Board confirmed the university’s mission to offer “top-quality doctoral programs ... in the basic arts and sciences, teacher education, business administration and the fine arts” as well as “cooperative doctoral programs in other fields.”

Federation of North Texas Area Universities

A new dimension in graduate education came in 1968 with the establishment of the Federation of North Texas Area Universities. With the guidance of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the federation was founded to expand and enrich the variety of graduate degrees available to residents of the area by sharing the resources of the University of North Texas and Texas Woman’s University in Denton, and Texas A&M University–Commerce.

Master’s and doctoral degree programs have been developed that permit students at one of the three participating institutions to complete a portion of their graduate work at either or both of the other two, although a single institution grants the degree. UNT grants eight master’s and seven doctoral degrees that are part of the federation consortium. In addition, 16 program committees have been formed to encourage cooperative activities between the participating universities.

Universities Center at Dallas

In 1997 the Federation of North Texas Area Universities assumed the management of the Universities Center at Dallas, formerly the Dallas Education Center. Five universities cooperate in the offering of upper-division undergraduate courses and graduate courses that may be applied to programs and degrees offered by the three principal Federation universities (Texas A&M University–Commerce, Texas Woman’s University and UNT) and by the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Texas at Dallas. At the graduate level, a master’s in business administration degree can be completed entirely at the Universities Center at Dallas.

University of North Texas Dallas Campus

(UNT System Center at Dallas)

The UNT Dallas Campus offers junior-, senior- and graduate-level courses leading to bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Certificate programs and courses for career advancement are also provided. Courses and programs are of the same high quality as those offered at UNT in Denton and are taught by faculty from the Denton campus.

Students who enroll at the UNT Dallas Campus must meet the same admissions requirements as students who apply to the UNT campus in Denton. Dallas Campus students earn their degree from UNT. The University of North Texas Dallas Campus is located at 8915 S. Hampton Road, three blocks south of I-20 in Dallas.

UNT Dallas Campus features the region’s first virtual library, state-of-the-art classrooms, computer labs with Internet access, and other services to help students achieve success.

Enrollment has increased each year since the campus opened in January 2000. When Dallas Campus enrollment reaches 1,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) students for one term/semester, UNT-Dallas can be opened as the first public university within the Dallas city limits. The new campus is under construction on 264 acres at Camp Wisdom and Houston School roads, about four miles east of the current location.

For current information about the University of North Texas Dallas Campus, call (972) 780-3600, or visit the UNT Dallas Campus web site at www.unt.edu/dallas.

UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth

The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth educates osteopathic physicians and biomedical scientists and emphasizes education, research and community services that promote and support disease prevention and primary health care.

The center, begun in 1970 as the privately funded Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM), became state-assisted and affiliated with the University of North Texas by action of the Texas State Legislature in 1975. The Health Science Center is governed by the University of North Texas Board of Regents. Currently, the Health Science Center’s three components are TCOM, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the School of Public Health.

The graduate school offers a Master of Public Health degree and master’s and doctoral degrees in the biomedical sciences with specializations in anatomy and cell biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, microbiology and immunology, pharmacology, and physiology.

Medical students enrolled at TCOM also may acquire research training through enrolling in a joint DO/MS or DO/PhD program in biomedical sciences. Graduate students at UNT or the UNT Health Science Center may enroll at either campus through special arrangements of the respective graduate schools. Joint research and service activities are underway in such areas as aging, health promotion and public health.

At the undergraduate level, UNT and the UNT Health Science Center’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine offer a joint program in which selected premedical students complete three years on the UNT campus in Denton, then transfer to the medical school in Fort Worth to begin the four-year medical curriculum. The basic science courses taken in the first year of the medical curriculum serve to complete a BA in biological sciences or chemistry or the BA or BS in biochemistry at UNT. Students in this program thus save a year in their medical training, reducing the usual eight-year program to seven.

The Health Science Center campus is a 15-acre, $71 million medical-care complex in the heart of Fort Worth’s cultural district. It is home to the Gibson D. Lewis Health Science Library, where virtually all the world’s medical knowledge may be accessed by students, faculty, and the public through sophisticated medical information systems.

Faculty expertise has fostered the development of five institutes at the UNT Health Science Center: the Texas Institute for Research and Education on Aging, the Substance Abuse Institute of North Texas, the North Texas Eye Research Institute, the Wound Care Institute and the Institute for Forensic Medicine.

Students interested in a graduate program in biomedical sciences or public health at the Health Science Center should contact the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences or the School of Public Health, UNT Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76107, or call (817) 735-2560 or (817) 735-2252.

Academic and Research Programs

• UNT is the most comprehensive graduate and research university in the region, with 107 master’s and 50 doctoral-degree majors. Approximately 21 percent of the student body is graduate students.
• UNT’s nationally accredited professional programs include behavior analysis, business, chemistry, clinical and counseling psychology, computer sciences, counselor education, hotel and restaurant management, interior design, journalism, library sciences, music, public administration, rehabilitation studies, social work, speech-language pathology and audiology, and the child development laboratory.
• The College of Business Administration is one of the most comprehensive in the region, with an undergraduate enrollment of more than 5,000 students and more than 500 master’s and doctoral students. The accounting department enjoys “preferred” status among major corporations, with special strengths in auditing, oil and gas accounting, and taxation.
• The UNT Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies is the leading graduate program in environmental ethics and environmental philosophy both nationally and internationally. The faculty includes the largest concentration of environmental ethics researchers at any institution of higher learning in the world. The program is the home of the Center for Environmental Philosophy and is the publisher of Environmental Ethics Books and the premier journal in the field, Environmental Ethics.
• UNT has the highest teacher education admission standards and graduation requirements in the state and among the highest in the nation. The College of Education is fourth in the nation in the number of professional educators graduated each year.
• UNT constitutes one of the largest centers of instructional computing in the nation, encompassing computer sciences — one of the first such programs to be nationally accredited — computer education and cognitive systems, information technologies, and library and information sciences.
• The innovative hospitality management degree program is the only one of its kind in the North Texas region; a master’s program was initiated in 1989.
• The UNT College of Music is one of the two largest music schools in the nation and is internationally known for the One O’Clock Lab Band, UNT Symphony, A Cappella Choir, and Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia. Students may gain performance experience on campus in a setting with state-of-the-art sound design in the Lucille “Lupe” Murchison Performing Arts Center, one of a trio of major performance halls in the Dallas–Fort Worth region. In 1986 the college received the Yamaha Award.
• The UNT School of Visual Arts is the nation’s largest arts program at a public university and the most comprehensive in the region with a faculty of international stature.
• UNT assists Texas in fostering economic diversification through the University Center for Economic Development and Research, the Professional Development Institute (PDI) accounting and business training programs, the Information Systems Research Center, and the Institute for Petroleum Accounting.
• UNT regularly provides continuing education for a variety of academic, professional and community audiences. The Center for Continuing Education and Conference Management assists faculty, provides GRE and GMAT preparation courses to more than 500 students a year, and offers more than 200 minicourses a year to the general public. The center also works with non-university groups, with as many as 30,000 participants, who use campus and area facilities for their conferences.
• The University of North Texas is a true regional university, serving commuting and resident students. Approximately 5,600 students lived in campus residence halls in fall 2005.

Science, Technology and Research

• Externally funded projects totaled more than $26.2 million for 2005–2006, with further growth expected in the future.
• The state-of-the-art Science Research Building is dedicated solely to research.
• North Texas has widely recognized strengths in the physical and mathematical sciences, including single atom and small accelerator physics, organometallic chemistry and mathematical image processing.
• Biochemistry, which is shared with UNT’s sister institution, the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, is well known for research into critical human health problems.
• The engineering technology program was instrumental in the site selection for the regional Boeing Electronics and Texas Instruments plants.
• The problem-solving approach of the Institute of Applied Sciences helps Texas address its water quality needs.
• Research on how neural networks process and store information is a pioneering effort of the Center for Network Neuroscience.
• UNT is the site of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, a program for early college admission of students drawn from among outstanding high school sophomores; the academy is a nationally unique model of integrating academy and regular university students.

The University’s Mission

The University of North Texas is the largest and most comprehensive research and doctoral degree-granting institution in the North Texas area and the flagship of the UNT System. The university is committed to excellence in teaching and the discovery and application of knowledge through research and creative activities. As the educational leader in the North Texas region, the university is dedicated to the development of the area as the number one region in the nation.

The university:

• achieves high-quality instruction, scholarship and service by:
  • fostering excellence and innovation in teaching and learning;
  • supporting research and creative activities that expand knowledge, strengthen undergraduate and graduate programs, and promote the application of knowledge for the benefit of society;
  • assuming a primary leadership role in addressing community needs of the North Texas region and the state; and
  • maintaining academic integrity through free and open inquiry including the examination of values;
• stresses understanding and appreciation of the historical, intellectual, technological, scientific and cultural nature of the search for knowledge;
• promotes the advancement and preservation of the arts;
• nurtures development of students by providing continuing opportunities for intellectual, physical, emotional, social and career growth;
• supports a culturally diverse environment and advocates mutual respect for all members of the university community as they strive for excellence;
• provides a high quality residential environment and opportunities for lifelong learning; and
• enhances access to higher education through the use of emerging information and telecommunication technologies.

The university continues to expand its relationship with the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth; to develop the University of North Texas Dallas Campus (UNT System Center at Dallas); and to cultivate partnerships with elementary and secondary schools, community colleges, other universities, businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizations to improve the quality of education and community life.

The University’s Vision

The University of North Texas will be one of the state’s top-tier universities — a premier educational, intellectual, research and cultural resource. As the flagship of a multi-institutional university system and the leading university of its region, UNT will be recognized for education, research, creative activities and public service, and for advancing innovations in the enhancement of learning. UNT will be an inclusive and diverse institution with an international perspective, helping to create high-quality graduates, an informed citizenry, and a workforce well prepared for the global economy.

Achieving the Vision

To achieve this vision, the University of North Texas will:

• advance excellence in basic and applied research, original scholarship and artistic activities that expand the core knowledge for future discoveries, lead to new technologies, devise solutions to problems facing society, enhance citizens’ quality of life and instill a sense of discovery and creative insight in our students;
• employ its status as a major doctoral degree granting institution and the talents of its nationally and internationally recognized teacher-scholars to support strong undergraduate and graduate academic programs taught by the same faculty and providing research opportunities for students;
• emphasize selected academic programs and create new academic and professional programs that have or can achieve wide recognition for excellence;
• promote excellent, accessible and affordable higher education to the region’s growing and demographically diverse population through partnerships with educational entities and the business, public and not-for-profit communities;
• foster a residential learning environment for students living on or near the campus that promotes tradition, instills institutional and societal values, and encourages the development of a lifelong connection to the UNT community;
• lead in offering learners access to education through satellite locations, the Internet and other electronic resources and partnerships with other institutions;
• serve as an important source of lifelong learning, professional education and outreach activities and as a prime venue for artistic performances and exhibitions and sports events; and
• be an essential partner in meeting the expanding needs of the Dallas–Fort Worth region, the largest metropolitan area in the state.

Research

UNT research programs focus on the solutions to problems at national, regional, state and local levels. To implement this approach, the university is developing new facilities specifically designed to provide state-of-the-art capabilities.

External research funding reached $26,122,207 in the 2005 fiscal year. Of this total, 53.9 percent was for research, 25.2 percent was for instructional projects, 20.3 percent supported public service efforts and
0.7 percent supported student services and other projects. Federal government agencies provided 79.6 percent of the funds, state agency funds amounted to 3.9 percent and private sources (including business and industry) provided 16.5 percent. Specific areas of research are described in the catalog section devoted to each academic unit.

External funding is an essential feature of university research. Many graduate faculty members receive grants and contracts from private foundations and corporations and from federal, state and municipal agencies. These funds are used in support of all forms of research activity, including employment of graduate research assistants. Fellowships are sometimes available in departments that have received federal training grants.

Research is integral to graduate education. It provides the opportunity for a student to demonstrate creative and problem-solving talents in a unique way that is wholly different from the organized classroom experience. Research activity by graduate students, under faculty supervision, is at the heart of the graduate teaching/learning experience. Inquiries about financial support should be made directly to the academic unit in which the student intends to enroll.

UNT has made a consistent commitment to expanding and improving the space and equipment available for research. The 60,000 square-foot Science Research Building provides state-of-the-art facilities for research in the departments of biological sciences, chemistry and physics, and the biochemistry program. The Environmental Education Science and Technology Building hosts the Institute for Applied Sciences and provides unmatched facilities for research, teaching and public outreach activities related to the environment. Together with other specialized laboratories spread throughout the campus, UNT provides high-quality space and equipment to support its teaching, research and service missions.

In addition to funds granted by external sources to support research, funds appropriated by the Texas Legislature in support of research by faculty members of the university are allocated through a peer-review process by a faculty committee of eight members appointed by the Faculty Senate. The committee is chaired by the associate vice president for research. The associate vice president for academic affairs and the dean of the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies are ex-officio members. Faculty research grants are administered through the Office of Sponsored Projects.

Faculty research funds provide equipment, material and part-time support of graduate students and faculty members. For example, a graduate student may be employed as a research assistant in one of the many research projects under way on the campus, generally in the department in which the student is studying for an advanced degree. As part of a research assistantship, students often are able to undertake projects that contribute to completion of their thesis or dissertation requirement.

Results of faculty research include articles in professional and technical journals, published books and the development of new areas of research that may attract funding from sources outside the university.

University Libraries

Library facilities at the University of North Texas function as the nerve center for teaching and academic research. In addition to a major collection of electronic journals, books and databases, five campus facilities house just under 2 million cataloged holdings, including books, periodicals, maps, documents, microforms, audiovisual materials, music scores, full-text journals and books. A branch library is located at the University of North Texas Dallas Campus.

Library Collections

Willis Library holds one of the country’s largest music libraries, extensive phonographic disc and tape collections, a broad humanities and social sciences collection, the University Archives, and the Rare Books and Texana collections. Other unique library collections include the private jazz collection of Stan Kenton, Don Gillis, Whit Ozier and Leon Breeden; the private library of Anson Jones, president of the Republic of Texas; Texas county histories; miniatures; and examples of important early publishing, printing and binding styles. The library is also a depository for U.S. and Texas government documents, including the Texas Register. The library also serves as an online morgue (cybercemetery) for government web sites and documents.

The Media Library in Chilton Hall houses a large collection of audiovisual materials, including motion pictures, tapes, recordings and videodiscs, DVDs, videocassettes, 16mm films and audio CDs.

The Science and Technology Library, housed in the Information Sciences Building, emphasizes physics, chemistry, biology, and library science and includes an outstanding collection in mathematics.

The Research Park Library, supporting the College of Engineering, has a collection of journals and materials focused on computer science and engineering, materials science and engineering, electrical engineering and engineering technology. There are two library locations: reference assistance and current periodicals in Room B112; and the library collection, bound periodicals and reserves in Room M130.

The Library Annex houses more than 400,000 lesser-used materials, and the preservation and technical services departments of the University Libraries. Items located in the annex are so noted in the libraries’ online catalog and may be requested if needed for research. The Library Annex, located just off Airport Road on Precision, is near the main campus.

Special Services of the Libraries

Through the libraries’ membership in TexShare, students with a TexShare library card may borrow materials at college, university and public libraries throughout the state of Texas. Contact library staff for details. Active participation in the AMIGOS Library Services Inc. provides access to a variety of computerized library services, including interlibrary loans, bibliographic database searching and shared cataloging. The libraries have a large number of electronic databases available for public use, both on and off campus, via computer linkage. The UNT Libraries hold a membership in the Center for Research Libraries. The center, which functions as an extension of the local collections, is dedicated to acquiring and lending materials that complement and supplement the collections of the major research libraries of North America. The University Library has been designated a major research library by the U.S. Department of Education.

Computer Services

Centralized computing services that support instruction, research and student learning are provided through Academic Computing Services (ACS). ACS is a division of the Computing and Information Technology Center and is located in Room 119 of the Information Sciences Building. These services include support for a wide range of research computing platforms, student messaging, training, consulting and a university computing help desk. Check the web site at www.unt.edu/helpdesk.

In addition to the services directly supported by Academic Computing Services, computer services are also available from the University Libraries and many college, school and departmental computer support centers. Computer networks are installed in all academic departments, providing connectivity with a variety of general-purpose and specialized computing equipment. Online courses are offered with support from the Center for Distributed Learning using computing systems supported by the Computing and Information Technology Center.

Student Computing Services

Fourteen general access microcomputer laboratories, housing approximately 700 computers, are available to all students for use of both Windows and Macintosh personal computers. Laser printers are provided in all labs. Approximately 30 additional special-purpose labs serve students in particular disciplines or students living in university residence halls. In addition, all residence hall rooms have connections to the campus network, allowing students to have high-speed access to the Internet on their own computers.

Academic Computing Services provides electronic mail to all students via EagleMail, a web-based e-mail system. EagleMail is used as an official communication medium between the university and students. Other Internet services available to students include personal web page publishing. Many buildings, including the University Union and libraries, have wireless network access, which is available to enrolled students.

Research Computing Support

Academic Computing Services provides support for a variety of microcomputer-based software applications. Site licenses are maintained for microcomputer versions of SPSS, SAS, S-Plus, STATA and Matlab, which provide statistical analysis capabilities.

Several statistical analysis packages, including SAS, SPSS and S-Plus, are provided in many of the general access labs. Academic Computing Services also maintains a multi-node computing cluster to support concurrent execution of long-running user-compiled programs for computation-based research.

The Computing and Information Technology Center also serves as a repository for a substantial body of machine-readable data including the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) data archives, Standard and Poor’s COMPUSTAT and the Center for Research in Security Prices’ (CRSP) data sets. The University Libraries also maintain a number of databases and other research materials on CD-ROM servers that are accessible through the campus network.

Consulting, Training and Help Desk Services

Consulting and training are provided by Academic Computing Services to facilitate the use of research and instructional computing facilities by students. A series of short courses is offered each term/semester to allow students to gain the expertise necessary to use campus computer systems effectively. A number of computer-based training programs are accessible within student laboratories or via the web (www.unt.edu/training). Experienced consultants are available to assist students with technical problems.

The Computing and Information Technology Center (CITC) operates a campuswide help desk service to provide students with information and help on a variety of computing problems (www.unt.edu/helpdesk).

Also, Benchmarks Online CITC’s newsletter, (www.unt.edu/benchmarks), is published monthly and serves as an excellent resource for current information systems at UNT.

Accreditation

The University of North Texas is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097; telephone (404) 679-4500] to award bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. Inquiries to the commission should relate only to the accreditation status of the institution.

In addition, the University of North Texas offers programs accredited by the following organizations.

AACSB International — The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.

Accreditation Commission for Programs in Hospitality Administration

Accreditation Council for Cooperative Education

Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications

American Chemical Society

American Library Association

American Psychological Association

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Association for Behavior Analysis

Commission on English Language Program Accreditation

Computing Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology

Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs

Council on Rehabilitation Education

Council on Social Work Education

Foundation for Interior Design Education and Research

National Association for the Education of Young Children

National Association of Schools of Music

National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration

National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

National Recreation and Park Association/American Association of Leisure and Recreation Council on Accreditation

State Board for Educator Certification

Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology

Addresses of accrediting organizations are printed following the index.

Addresses of accrediting organizations are printed following the index.

In addition, the University of North Texas offers programs that are approved or recognized by:

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance

Council for Exceptional Children

Educational Leadership Constituent Council

International Reading Association

International Society for Technology in Education

National Association for the Education of Young Children

National Council of Teachers of English

National Council of Teachers in Mathematics

Institutional Memberships

The University of North Texas holds the following memberships.

American Association of State Colleges and Universities

American Council on Education

American College Dance Festival

American Political Science Association

Association of Texas Colleges and Universities

Association of Texas Graduate Schools

Broadcast Education Association

Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities

Conference of Southern Graduate Schools

Council for Chemical Research

Council for Higher Education Accreditation

Council for Public University Presidents and Chancellors

Council of Graduate Schools

Council on Undergraduate Research

Dallas Dance Council

Federation of North Texas Area Universities

Greater Denton Arts Council

National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges

National Collegiate Honors Council

Oak Ridge Associated Universities

Society of Cinema Studies

Texas Association of Broadcast Educators

University Film and Video Association

UNT System and University Officers

Board of Regents

John Robert “Bobby” Ray, Chair (2007),Plano
Burle Pettit, Vice Chair (2007),Lubbock
Marjorie B. Craft (2007), DeSoto
Charles D. Mitchell (2011), Dallas
Robert A. Nickell (2009), Dallas
Al Silva, (2011), San Antonio
C. Dan Smith (2011), Plano
Gayle W. Strange (2009), Denton
Rice M. Tilley Jr. (2009), Fort Worth

Student Regent

Brittany Adams (2007), UNT student

UNT System Officers
Administration

Lee F. Jackson, MPA, Chancellor of the University of North Texas System

Norval F. Pohl, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and President of the University of North Texas

Ronald Blanck, DO, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and President of the UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth

T. J. “Jack” Morton, JD, Senior Vice Chancellor for Governmental Affairs

Nancy S. Footer, JD, Vice Chancellor and General Counsel

Phillip C. Diebel, BBA, CPA, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Business Affairs

Richard L. Escalante, MA, Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services

Cassandra Berry, BA, Associate Vice Chancellor for Equity and Diversity

Deborah S. Leliaert, MEd, Associate Vice Chancellor for Communications and Marketing

UNT Officers
Administration

Lee F. Jackson, MPA, Chancellor of the University of North Texas System

Norval F. Pohl, PhD, President of the University of North Texas, including the UNT Dallas Campus (UNT System Center at Dallas)

Howard C. Johnson, PhD, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Interim Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer

Suzanne V. LaBrecque, PhD, Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Philip M. Turner, EdD, Vice Provost for Learning Enhancement

Celia Williamson, PhD, Special Assistant to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Richard Rafes, JD, PhD, Senior Vice President for Administration

Phillip C. Diebel, BBA, CPA, Vice President for Finance and Business Affairs

Gregory McQueen, PhD, Senior Vice President for Advancement

Brent E. Davison, BS, Interim Vice President for Development

Bonita C. Jacobs, PhD, Vice President for Student Development

Deborah S. Leliaert, MEd, Vice President for University Relations, Communications and Marketing

Joneel Harris, PhD, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management

Cassandra Berry, BA, Associate Vice President for Equity and Diversity

John R. Todd, PhD, Interim Associate Vice President for Institutional Research and Accreditation

John Ellis Price, PhD, Vice Provost for the UNT Dallas Campus (UNT System Center at Dallas)

Thomas L. Evenson, PhD, Faculty Executive Assistant to the President

Paul Dworak, PhD, Director of Compliance

Richard Villareal, BS, Director of Athletics

Toulouse School of Graduate Studies

Sandra L. Terrell, PhD, Dean of the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies

Lawrence J. Schneider, PhD, Associate Dean of the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies

Donna Hughes, BAAS, Director of Graduate Services and Graduate Admissions

Administrators of the schools and colleges are listed in their respective sections of this catalog.

The Graduate Council

Ex-Officio Members

Sandra L. Terrell, PhD, Dean of the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies, Chair

Lawrence J. Schneider, PhD, Associate Dean of the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies

Suzanne V. LaBrecque, PhD, Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Warren W. Burggren, PhD, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Oscar N. Garcia, PhD, Dean of the College of Engineering

Kathleen B. Cooper, PhD, Dean of the College of Business Administration

David W. Hartman, PhD, Dean of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service

M. Jean Keller, EdD, Dean of the College of Education

Herman L. Totten, PhD, Dean of the School of Library and Information Sciences

Judith C. Forney, PhD, Dean of the School of Merchandising and Hospitality Management

James Scott, DMA, Dean of the College of Music

Robert Milnes, PhD, Dean of the School of Visual Arts

B. Donald Grose, PhD, Dean of Libraries

Elected Members

Tory J. Caeti, MA, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

Jacqueline Chanda, PhD, Professor of Visual Arts

Kenneth Sewell, PhD, Professor of Psychology

Grant E. Miles, PhD, Associate Professor of Management

Seifollah Nasrazadani, PhD, Associate Professor of Engineering Technology

Eric M. Nestler, PhD, Professor of Music

Brian O’Connor, PhD, Professor of Library and Information Sciences

Jannon L. Fuchs, PhD, Professor of Biological Sciences

Jose M. Perez, PhD, Professor of Physics

Lisa R. Henry, PhD Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Lewis A. Taylor, DBA, Regents Professor of Management

Jeanne Tunks, PhD, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education and Administration

The graduate council establishes all university policies governing graduate programs, approves new programs, and approves all substantive changes in existing programs. The membership of the graduate council includes elected faculty members who represent each of the eight districts of the faculty senate, plus two at-large members. Elected faculty members serve staggered, three-year terms on the council and represent the interests of the graduate faculty of the university. Two student members, elected by the graduate student council, represent the interests of graduate students and are elected yearly for a one-year term. Ex-officio members include the graduate dean (who serves as chair), the associate graduate dean, the vice provost, the university librarian, and each of the deans of the schools and colleges. The graduate dean, associate dean, and graduate school staff implement the policies determined by the graduate council.

The Faculty Research Committee

Ex-Officio Members

Howard C. Johnson, PhD, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Interim Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer

Sandra L. Terrell, PhD, Dean of the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies

Suzanne V. LaBrecque, PhD, Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs

Elected Members

Yvonne Chandler, PhD, Associate Professor of Library and Information Sciences

Kamakshi Gopal, PhD, Associate Professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences

Robin Henson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Technology and Cognition

Timothy Jackson, PhD, Associate Professor of Music

Sharon Jenkins, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology

Lisa R. Kennon, PhD, Associate Professor of Merchandising and Hospitality Management

Thomas W. LaPoint, PhD, Professor of Biological Sciences

David C. Tam, PhD, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences

University Diversity Statement

The University of North Texas has a history of seeking to preserve an atmosphere of openness and tolerance. It is committed to maintaining an unpretentious and accepting atmosphere welcoming to anyone who strives to achieve his or her personal best. UNT possesses and values an increasing diversity among the individuals who make up its community. This is one of UNT’s greatest strengths.

Individuals within the UNT community are unified by a primary purpose: learning. With that primary purpose in mind, UNT works to advance ideals of human worth and dignity by facilitating open discussion, supporting rational resolution of conflict and encouraging examination of values.

Harassment based on individual differences is inconsistent with UNT’s mission and educational goals. Every member of the UNT community enjoys certain human and constitutional rights, including the right to free speech. At the same time, individuals who work, study, live and teach within this community are expected to refrain from behavior that threatens the freedom, safety and respect deserved by every community member in good standing.

Every member of the UNT community must comply with federal and state equal opportunity laws and regulations. Such compliance is not only a given standard, but is, in fact, a baseline from which our community works to assure fairness and equity to all who pursue their educational and professional goals here.

Students, faculty or staff who have concerns or questions should contact the appropriate office. Students should call the Dean of Students at (940) 565-2648. Faculty and staff should call the Equal Opportunity Office at (940) 565-2103. TDD access: (800) 735-2989.

Americans with Disabilities Act

The University of North Texas does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s disability and complies with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act in its admissions, accessibility, treatment and employment of individuals in its programs and activities.

The university provides academic adjustments and auxiliary aids to individuals with disabilities, as defined under the law, who are otherwise qualified to meet the institution’s academic and employment requirements. For information, call the Office of Disability Accommodation at (940) 565-4323, TDD access: (940) 565-2958; the Equal Opportunity Office at (940) 565-2103; or the Division of Equity and Diversity at (940) 565-2456. TDD access is available through Relay Texas: (800) 735-2989 or (940) 369-8652.

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