New Mexico State University 1999-2000 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, 1999 through Spring Semester, 2005.

Table of Contents

• General Information
• The University
• Admissions
• 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
• General Education Courses and Requirements
• Accreditation
• College of Agriculture and Home Economics
• General Information
• Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business
• Agricultural and Extension Education
• Agronomy and Horticulture
• Animal and Range Sciences
• Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science
• Family and Consumer Sciences
• Fishery and Wildlife Sciences
• Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management
• 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 Educational 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 and Numbering
• 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
• Biochemistry
• Biology
• Business Administration
• Business Administration and Economics
• Business Computer Systems
• Business Law
• Business Office Technology
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• 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
• Dance
• Early Childhood Education
• Economics
• Education
• Educational Management and Development
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Engineering
• Engineering: Co-op Courses
• Engineering Technology
• English
• English, Advanced Courses
• Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Weed Science
• Environmental Engineering
• Environmental Science
• Experimental Statistics
• Family and Consumer Sciences
• Family and Consumer Science Education
• General Family and Consumer Sciences
• Finance
• French
• Geography
• Geological Engineering
• Geology
• Geophysics
• German
• Gerontology
• Government
• Health Science
• History
• Honors (University Honors Program)
• Honors Certificate Program
• Horticulture
• Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management
• Human Nutrition and Food Science
• International Business
• Industrial Engineering
• Japanese
• Journalism and Mass Communications
• Laguna Acoma Studies
• Languages
• Latin
• Library Science
• Linguistics
• Management
• Marketing
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Military Science
• Molecular Biology
• Music
• Natural Science
• Navajo Studies
• National Environmental Educational and Training
• Nursing
• Occupational Education
• General Information
• Air Mechanics
• Animal Handling
• Automotive Technology
• Aviation
• Building Trades
• Business
• Child Care
• Computer Technology
• Drafting and Graphics Technology
• Electrical Trades
• Electronic Service
• Facility Maintenance Technology
• Fashion Merchandising
• Fire Science
• Food Preparation
• Generation Plant Operations
• Health Occupations
• Health Physics
• Heating, Air, and Refrigeration
• Hospitality Services
• Industrial Electrician
• Industrial Instrumentation and Control
• Industrial Mechanics
• Legal Assistant
• Library Technology
• Manufacturing Technology
• Medical Technology
• Nurse Aide
• Paramedic
• Photographic Trades
• Plumbing
• Power Mechanics
• Public Safety
• Radiologic Technology
• Respiratory Care
• Technical Studies
• Water Technology
• Welding Technology
• Philosophy
• Physical Education, Professional
• Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
• Physics
• Planning
• Portuguese
• Psychology
• Range Science
• Reading
• Russian
• Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology
• 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