New Mexico State University 1996-1997 Undergraduate Catalog

Academic Programs at New Mexico State University are available to all students without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Any item in this catalog is subject to modification at any time by proper administrative procedure.

Catalog is effective summer session I, 1996 through Spring Semester, 2002.

Table of Contents

• General Information
  • The University
  • Admissions
  • Accreditation
  • Foreign Students
  • Costs
  • Financial Aid
  • Housing and Residential Life
  • Student Services
  • Academic Services
  • Associate Degree Programs
  • Graduate Programs
  • Recognition of Academic Achievement
  • Special Programs
  • Regulations
• College of Agriculture and Home Economics
  • General Information
  • Agriculture Economics and Agricultural Business
  • Agricultural and Extension Education
  • Agronomy and Horticulture
  • Animal and Range Sciences
  • Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science
  • Experimental Statistics
  • Fishery and Wildlife Sciences
  • Home Economics
• College of Arts and Sciences
  • General Information
  • Aerospace Studies
  • Art
  • Astronomy
  • Biology
  • Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Communication Studies
  • Computer Science
  • Criminal Justice
  • Economics and International Business
  • English
  • Geography
  • Geological Sciences
  • Government
  • History
  • Journalism and Mass Communications
  • Languages and Linguistics
  • Mathematical Sciences
  • Military Science
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Psychology
  • Sociology and Anthropology
  • Theatre Arts
• College of Business Administration and Economics
  • General Information
  • Accounting and Business Computer Systems
  • Economics and International Business
  • Finance
  • Management
  • Marketing and General Business
• College of Education
  • General Information
  • Counseling and Education Psychology
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Educational Management and Development
  • Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
  • Special Education / Communication Disorders
• College of Engineering
  • General Information
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Civil, Agricultural, and Geological Engineering
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Engineering Technology
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Surveying
• College of Health and Social Services
  • General Information
  • Health Science
  • Nursing
  • Social Work
  • Branch Campuses
• Course Descriptions
  • Course Titles
  • Accounting
  • Aerospace Studies
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agricultural And Extension Education
  • Agriculture and Home Economics
  • Agronomy
  • Animal Science
  • Anthropology
  • Art
  • Arts and Sciences
  • Astronomy
  • Bilingual Education
  • Biochemestry
  • Biology
  • Business Administration
  • Business Computer Systems
  • Business Law
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Clothing, Textiles, and Fashion Merchandising
  • College Studies
  • Communication Disorders
  • Communication Studies
  • Community College Developmental English
  • Community College Developmental Language
  • Community College Developmental Mathematics
  • Community College Developmental Studies
  • Computer Science
  • Counseling and Educational Psychology
  • Criminal Justice
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Educational Management and Development
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Engineering Technology
  • English
  • Advanced English Courses
  • English as a Second Language
  • Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Science
  • Experimental Statistics
  • Family, Child, and Consumer Sciences
  • Finance
  • French
  • Geography
  • Geological Engineering
  • Geology
  • Geophysics
  • German
  • Gerontology
  • Government
  • Health Science
  • History
  • Home Economics
  • Home Economics Education
  • University Honors Program
  • Honors Certificate Program
  • Horticulture
  • Hospitality and Tourism Services
  • Human Nutrition and Food Science
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Japanese
  • Journalism and Mass Communications
  • Languages
  • Latin
  • Linguistics
  • Library Sciences
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Science
  • Music
  • Nursing
  • Occupational Education
    • General Information
    • Architectural Drafting
    • Animal Handling
    • Air Mechanics
    • Heating, Air, and Refrigeration
    • Automotive Technology
    • Aviation
    • Building Trades
    • Business
    • Child Care
    • Computer Drafting
    • Computer Technology
    • Paramedic
    • Electronic Service
    • Electrical Trades
    • Fashion Merchandising
    • Food Preparation
    • Fire Science
    • Health Occupations
    • Health Physics
    • Hospitality Services
    • Legal Assistant
    • Library Technology
    • Maintenance Technology
    • Medical Technology
    • Nurse Aide
    • Power Mechanics
    • Photographic Trades
    • Respiratory Care
    • Radilogic Technology
    • Welding Trades
    • Water Technology
  • Philosophy
  • Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
  • Professional Physical Education
  • Physics
  • Planning
  • Portuguese
  • Psychology
  • Range Science
  • Reading
  • Russian
  • Secretarial Administration
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Soil
  • Spanish
  • Special Education
  • Speech - English as a Second Language
  • Sports Medicine
  • Statistics
  • Surveying
  • Theatre Arts
  • Toxicology
  • University Studies
  • Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium (WERC)
  • Wildlife Science
  • Women's Studies
• Special Courses
• Personnel