The OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDENT SERVICES, 201 Administration Building, was created to serve UTEP graduate students and to respond to graduate student needs and issues. We encourage you to visit the office and meet the professionals who will be assisting you through your degree or personal program. Office hours are 8-5 daily, extending to 7 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday; telephone (915) 747-5491. We are pleased to respond to e-mail and can be contacted at GradSchool@utep.edu, or access our Web site at www.utep.edu/graduate.

Among the many and varied areas of responsibility within the Office are

• Graduate admissions
• Graduate recruitment
• Graduate orientation
• Maintenance of academic files of graduate students
• Preliminary and Final Programs of Study
• Academic status communication
• Graduate assistantships
• Eligibility for graduate degree

We look forward to serving you.

Graduate School (915) 747-5491

Financial Services (915) 747-5806

Financial Aid (915) 747-5204

Office of International Programs (915) 747-5664

Housing Services (915) 747-5352

Dean of Students (915) 747-5648

To the extent provided by applicable law, no person shall be excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any program or activity sponsored or conducted by The University of Texas System or any of its component institutions on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation.

THIS CATALOG IS A GENERAL INFORMATION PUBLICATION ONLY. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO NOR DOES IT CONTAIN ALL REGULATIONS THAT RELATE TO STUDENTS. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CATALOG DO NOT CONSTITUTE A CONTRACT, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BETWEEN ANY APPLICANT, STUDENT, OR FACULTY MEMBER AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO OR THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM. THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO RESERVES THE RIGHT TO WITHDRAW COURSES AT ANY TIME, TO CHANGE FEES OR TUITION, CALENDAR, CURRICULUM, DEGREE REQUIREMENTS, GRADUATION PROCEDURES, AND ANY OTHER REQUIREMENTS AFFECTING STUDENTS. CHANGES WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE WHENEVER THE PROPER AUTHORITIES SO DETERMINE AND WILL APPLY TO BOTH PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS AND THOSE ALREADY ENROLLED.

Educational Leadership and Administration

Biological Sciences

Computer Engineering

Environmental Science and Engineering

Geological Sciences

Materials Science and Engineering

Psychology

Psychology and Health

Human Behavior in Organizations

History

Art

Art Education

Studio Art

Communication

Curriculum and Instruction

Education

English

English and American Literature

Professional Writing and Rhetoric

History

Border History

Interdisciplinary Studies

Linguistics

Political Science

Psychology

Clinical

General Experimental

Sociology

Spanish

Theatre Arts

Creative Writing

Music Education

Performance

English

Mathematics

Curriculum Specialist

Education

Educational Administration

Educational Diagnostician

Educational Psychology and Guidance

Guidance and Counseling

Instructional Specialist

Reading Education

Special Education

Biological Sciences

Chemistry

Civil Engineering

Computer Engineering

Computer Science

Economics

Electrical Engineering

Engineering

Geological Sciences

Geophysics

Health and Physical Education

Industrial Engineering

Interdisciplinary Studies

Kinesiology

Manufacturing Engineering

Mathematics

Mechanical Engineering

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Physics

Speech-Language Pathology

Statistics

Adult Health Nursing

Community Health Nursing

Family Nurse Practitioner

Nursing Administration

Nurse Midwifery

Parent-Child Nursing

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing

Women's Health Care-Nurse Practitioner

Master of Library and Information Science

Master of Public Health

Doctor of Pharmacy/UT Austin

The University of Texas at Austin in cooperation with The University of Texas at El Paso grants the degree of doctor of pharmacy. The first two years of the prepharmacy curriculum is available on the UTEP campus. Students then apply for admission to the College of Pharmacy at UT-Austin. At least the first two years, of the approximately four years, of course work in pharmacy school must be taken on the Austin campus. It is anticipated that about 1.5-2.0 of the final years of the professional curriculum should be available at UTEP.

Doctorate of Science in Nursing/ UT Houston

Additional doctoral and master's degree programs are pending final approval. For information, contact the Graduate Advisor for a specific academic area or the Office of Graduate Student Services, (915) 747-5491.

Visit our Web site at www.utep.edu/graduate

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The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has created a foundation of academic excellence as strong as the rugged Rocky Mountain foothills that are the university�s home.

The University of Texas at El Paso commits itself to providing quality higher education to a diverse student population. The University aims to extend the greatest possible educational access to a region which has been geographically isolated with limited economic and educational opportunities for many of its people. UTEP will ensure that all of its graduates obtain the best education possible, one which is equal, and, in some respects, superior to that of other institutions so that UTEP's graduates will be competitive in the global market place. UTEP also envisions using its binational location to create and maintain multicultural, inter-American educational and research collaborations among students, faculty, institutions, and industries, especially in northern Mexico.

Through the accomplishment of its mission and goals via continuous improvement, UTEP aspires to be a model of educational leadership in a changing economic, technological, and social environment. The UTEP community--faculty, students, staff, and administrators--commits itself to the two ideals of excellence and access. In addition, it accepts a strict standard of accountability for UTEP's institutional effectiveness as the University educates students who will be the leaders of the 21st Century.

The University of Texas at El Paso is dedicated to teaching and to the creation, interpretation, application, and dissemination of knowledge. UTEP prepares its students to meet lifelong intellectual, ethical, and career challenges through quality educational programs, excellence in research and in scholarly and artistic production, and innovative student programs and services, which are created by responsive faculty, students, staff, and administrators.

As a component of The University of Texas System, UTEP accepts as its mandate the provision of higher education to the residents of El Paso and the surrounding region. Because of the international and multicultural characteristics of this region, the University provides its students and faculty with distinctive opportunities for learning, teaching, research, artistic endeavors, cultural experiences, and service.

Student Achievement: Ensure that baccalaureate and advanced degree graduates have achieved the knowledge and skills of their academic majors or professions.

Curriculum: Maintain and improve a core curriculum and the majors/professions curricula which provide students with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills to be productive citizens and to meet future intellectual, ethical, and career challenges.

Educational Programs: Provide a wide array of quality academic programs and develop new graduate degree programs appropriate to a comprehensive university and the educational requirements of El Paso's binational metropolitan area.

Faculty: Recruit, orient, support, and retain a highly qualified, diverse faculty that is dedicated to teaching and that uses effective instructional practices and technological innovations for the enhancement of student learning.

Student Services: Provide comprehensive programs and services that strengthen UTEP students' academic achievement and develop their leadership skills.

Pre-College Preparation of Students: Work collaboratively with schools, the community, and employers to ensure that young people and their families are informed about the necessity of higher levels of academic preparation for admission to and success at UTEP.

Student Recruitment: Inform and assist qualified potential students in seeking admission to UTEP to fulfill their aspirations for higher education.

Generation and application of Knowledge: To advance knowledge through research, scholarship, and artistic production.

Application of Knowledge: Develop research, scholarship, and artistic productions which apply UTEP's expertise and resources to the search for solutions to regional, national, and international problems

Integration of research, scholarship, and artistic production activities with teaching: Expand the linkages between instruction with research, scholarship, and artistic activities, whenever appropriate and expand opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate students to participate in these endeavors.

Faculty: Recruit, orient, support, and retain a highly qualified, diverse faculty dedicated to the advancement, dissemination, and application of knowledge.

Community Education: Encourage lifelong learning and provide educational courses and activities in response to local and regional needs.

Preparation of Professionals in Critical Areas: Educate and prepare for the licensure and certification of critically needed professionals, such as teachers and providers of health care and human services.

Economic Development Analysis and Technical Assistance: Provide needs assessment services, data collection and analyses, training, and technical assistance supportive of regional economic development.

Culture: Provide cultural activities consistent with the goals of the University and work collaboratively with other groups in the support of regional cultural activities.

Recreation: Provide recreational activities consistent with the goals of the University and work collaboratively with other groups in the support of regional recreational activities.

Athletics: Provide intercollegiate athletic activities consistent with the goals of the University and work collaboratively with other groups in the support of regional athletic activities.

Strategic Planning: Contribute to the achievement of UTEP's mission and goals through the University's planning, institutional research and evaluation system.

Financial and Material Resources: Plan, manage, and supervise the physical facilities and grounds, materials management, purchasing and campus security in order to provide the necessary support services conducive to learning, teaching, research, artistic production, and public service.

Institutional Development: Substantially increase UTEP�s endowed funding, solidify stewardship relations, and broaden UTEP�s donor base.

Information and Telecommunications Services: Expand and integrate current information and network technology throughout the campus, emphasizing their application to instruction and student learning, and improve information and telecommunication services for essential administrative functions.

Staff: Hire, train, support, and retain well-qualified staff members who work to ensure the achievement of UTEP�s mission and goals.

UTEP�s six undergraduate colleges--business administration, education, engineering, health sciences, liberal arts, and science--comprise some 44 academic departments and offer more than 62 baccalaureate degrees. Graduate degrees offered by UTEP include 58 master�s degrees in disciplines from all six colleges. Doctoral degrees are offered in Biological Sciences, Computer Engineering, Environmental Science and Engineering, Geological Science, History, Materials Science and Engineering, Psychology, and an Ed.D. degree is offered in Educational Leadership and Administration.

Strengthening its roots in the fields of science and engineering, UTEP added its first doctoral program in geological sciences in 1974 and developed a Ph.D. in computer engineering in 1990. Capitalizing on major grants from the National Science Foundation and other bodies, UTEP has concentrated in recent years on developing state-of-the-art science laboratories, where undergraduate and graduate students participate in research that is relevant to the border region.

The College of Education plays an active role in several local, regional, and national projects to improve teacher education and public school administration, including the graduation of better-prepared science and math teachers.

UTEP also continues to develop its liberal arts and social sciences offerings in response to the needs of the bilingual/bicultural community the university serves. To serve this goal, UTEP has added a Ph.D. program in History that focuses on the U.S./Mexico Borderlands.

The College of Health Sciences and several cooperative programs with other institutions provide the region with a broad spectrum of degree opportunities in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Family Nurse Practice, Health Sciences, Kinesiology, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Public Health, and Speech-Language Pathology.

With programs accredited by AACSB � the International Association for Management Education, the College of Business Administration plays a dynamic role in preparing UTEP students to compete in a global economy.

STUDENT BODY

Students who attend UTEP come from a varied mix of social, cultural, and economic backgrounds that closely mirror the population of the El Paso/Ciudad Juarez region. Approximately two-thirds of UTEP�s students are Hispanic, more than 70 percent work while in college, and about half are first-generation college students. UTEP students typically represent more than 40 states and 70 countries, with about 9 percent coming from Mexico.

The University of Texas at El Paso is accredited by The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097/ Telephone number: 404-679-4500) to award bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees.

Information concerning accreditation by separate accrediting bodies for specific programs is shown in the related college section of this catalog.

DONALD L. EVANS, Chairman

TOM LOEFFLER, Vice-Chairman

RITA CROCKER CLEMENTS, Vice-Chairman

FRANCIE A. FREDERICK, Executive Secretary

Terms Expire February 1, 2001:

RITA CROCKER CLEMENTS, Dallas

DONALD L. EVANS, Midland

TOM LOEFFLER, San Antonio

Terms Expire February 1, 2003:

PATRICK C. OXFORD, Houston

A.W. "DUB" RITER, JR., Tyler

A.R. (TONY) SANCHEZ, JR., Laredo

Terms Expire February 1, 2005:

W.L. (WOODY) HUNT, El Paso

CHARLES MILLER, Houston

RAUL R. ROMERO, Houston

WILLIAM H. CUNNINGHAM, Chancellor

DR. EDWIN R. SHARPE, Executive Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs

CHARLES B. MULLINS, M.D., Executive Vice-Chancellor for Health Affairs

R.D. (DAN) BURCK, Executive Vice-Chancellor for Business Affairs

DIANA S. NATALICIO, President, 1971

STEPHEN RITER, P.E., Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, 1980

RICHARD PADILLA, Vice President for Student Affairs, 1994

JUAN R. SANDOVAL, Vice President for Finance and Administration, 1983

DAVID L. MADEIRA, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, 1999

B.S., University of Illinois; M.A., University of Indiana; J.D., Indiana University School of Law

PAUL MAXWELL, Vice President for Research and Sponsored Projects, 1999

B.S., The University of Texas at El Paso; M.S., Ph.D., Stanford University

CHARLES H. AMBLER, Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies, 1984

B.A., Middlebury College; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University

MAGGY SMITH, Associate Vice President for Undergraduate Studies, 1987

B.A., M.A., State University of New York, Fredonia; Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

THOMAS BRADY, Dean, The College of Science, 1997

PATRICIA T. CASTIGLIA, R.N., Dean, The College of Health Sciences, 1990

HOWARD C. DAUDISTEL, Dean, The College of Liberal Arts, 1974

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara

FRANK HOY, Dean, The College of Business Administration, 1991

ARTURO PACHECO, Dean, The College of Education, 1991

ANDREW H. P. SWIFT, JR., Dean, The College of Engineering, 1983

WILLIAM SCHAFER, Dean of Students, 1998

B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder

Since the awarding of the first master's degree in History in 1942, the graduate program has experienced significant growth. In 1967 a Graduate School was organized, and in 1974, the first doctoral-level degree program, the Doctor of Geological Sciences, was approved by the Coordinating Board of the Texas College and University System, with the first degree awarded in 1979. Today, the Graduate School offers Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Geological Sciences, Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Psychology, Environmental Science and Engineering, Biological Sciences, and the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and Administration, and Master's degrees in over 60 areas.

The Graduate School is comprised of professors and scholars designated as Members of the Graduate Faculty and of students duly admitted to pursue their studies beyond the baccalaureate degree. The Graduate School faculty and administration award all graduate degrees conferred by the University under authority delegated by the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System.

CHARLES AMBLER, Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies

B.A., Middlebury College; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University

The Graduate Faculty of The University of Texas at El Paso exercises its legislative functions through a Graduate Assembly. The Graduate Assembly is the final faculty authority for recommending policies concerned with academic standards for admission and retention of students, for furthering the development of the graduate program, and other matters affecting graduate study. The Assembly accomplishes most of its responsibilities through its elected representatives to the Graduate Council. Terms expire on August 31 of the year indicated in parenthesis.

Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies

Ex-Officio Member

SERGIO D. CABRERA (2002)

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

College of Engineering Representative

HOWARD B. CAMPBELL (2000)

Member-at-Large

Graduate Student Representative

KENTON CLYMER (2001)

Professor of History

College of Liberal Arts Representative

LAWRENCE COHN (2002)

Associate Professor of Psychology

Member-at-Large

DON C. COMBS (2000)

Associate Professor of Educational Psychology and Special Services

College of Education Representative

JAMES CRAIG (2001)

Professor of Physics

College of Science Representative

DIANE DOSER (2002)

Professor of Geological Sciences

Member-at-Large

JOHN HADJIMARCOU (2002)

Assistant Professor of Marketing and Management

College of Business Administration Representative

NORMA HERNANDEZ (2001)

Professor of Educational Psychology and Special Services

College of Education Representative

DAVID V. LEMONE (2000)

Professor of Geological Sciences

College of Science Representative

Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences

Chair of Faculty Senate

KATE MANGELSDORF (2002)

Associate Professor of English

Member-at-Large

JOAN MANLEY (2001)

Professor of Languages and Linguistics

College of Liberal Arts Representative

SOHEIL NAZARIAN (2000)

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

College of Engineering Representative

BRENDA SMITH (2002)

Associate Professor of Health Sciences

College of Health Sciences Representative

RICHARD SPRINKLE (2001)

Professor of Economics and Finance

College of Business Administration Representative

DOROTHY STUPPY (2001)

Associate Professor of Nursing

ROBERTO E. VILLARREAL (2001)

Professor of Political Science

Chair of Graduate Council

Listed below is the tentative 2000-2002 Calendar. For further information on specific dates, refer to each term�s Class Schedule, or contact the Office of the Registrar at 747-5544 or 747-5550, or access our Web site at www.utep.edu/register/.

Fall 2000 Fall 2001

Graduate admission application July 1 July 1

deadline ($15.00 late fee begins) *

Graduate admission deadline July 1 July 1

for international applicants *

Telephone Registration (TTR) June - July June - July

Undergraduate admission document due date July 31 July 31

Late Registration and schedule August 24, 25 August 23, 24

adjustment prior to classes

Classes begin August 28 (Mon) August 27 (Mon)

Late Registration and schedule August 28 - Sept. 1 August 27 - 31

adjustment - continued

Last day of class Dec. 7 (Thurs) Dec. 6 (Thurs)

Last day of Final Examinations Dec. 15 Dec. 14

Spring 2001 Spring 2002

Graduate admissions application Nov. 1 Nov. 1

deadline ($15.00 late fee begins) *

Graduate admission deadline for Nov. 1 Nov. 1

international applicants *

Telephone Registration (TTR) Oct.- Nov. �00 Oct.- Nov. �01

Undergraduate admissions document Nov. 30 Nov. 30

due date

Late Registration and schedule Jan. 11-12 Jan. 10-11

adjustment prior to classes

Classes begin Jan. 16 (Tues) Jan. 14 (Mon)

Late Registration and schedule Jan. 16 - 23 Jan. 14 - 18

adjustment - continued

Last day of class May 3 (Thur) May 1 (Thur)

Last day of Final Examinations May 11 May 10

Summer 2001 Summer 2002

Graduate admission application April 1 April 1

deadline ($15.00 late fee begins) *

Graduate admission deadline for April 1 April 1

international applicants *

Telephone Registration (TTR) April April

Undergraduate admission document April 30 April 30

due date

Late Registration and schedule May 31 - June 1 May 30, 31

adjustment prior to classes

Classes begin June 4 (Mon) June 3 (Mon)

Late Registration and schedule June 4 - 6 June 3 - 5

adjustment - continued

Last day of class July 25 (Wed) July 24 (Wed)

Last day of Final Examinations July 27 July 26

* Individual graduate programs often have earlier application deadlines or may accept applications only for specific semesters. Applicants should contact the departmental Graduate Advisor or the Graduate School.