Welcome to the University of Arkansas

This catalog of studies is a comprehensive reference for your years of study here - a list of courses and degrees offered at the University of Arkansas. In addition, it gives you valuable information such as suggested and required degree plans and information about costs, scholarships and financial assistance, campus resources and a student handbook.

Read it with pleasure and with care. Be sure to consult your academic adviser often to ensure that you are taking advantage of every course and University resource that will help you reach your educational and career goals and graduate on time. If you are not sure where to find your academic adviser, contact the dean's office of your college; the phone numbers are listed on the page opposite this one. If your major is "undecided," contact the advising office in Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences; otherwise, call the dean's office in the college or school of your major.

Remember, the University of Arkansas is committed to your success. The faculty and staff are here to serve you. Ask for help and advice whenever you need it.

The University of Arkansas is committed to the policy of providing educational opportunities to all qualified students regardless of their economic or social status, and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, creed, sexual orientation, disability, veteran's status, age, marital or parental status, or national origin.

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, serves as the major center of liberal and professional education and as the primary land-grant campus in the state. In addition, it is Arkansas' major source of theoretical and applied research and the provider of a wide range of public services to people throughout the state and nation. In serving its threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service, the University strives to be recognized for excellence and continues to expand and strengthen its nationally and regionally competitive programs while maintaining a high level of competence in all programs.

The University offers a broad spectrum of academic programs leading to baccalaureate, master's, doctoral, and professional degrees, not only in traditional disciplines within arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, but also in the core professional areas of agricultural, food and life sciences; architecture; business; education; engineering; human environmental sciences; and law. Through its faculty and its student body, the campus seeks to have all of its programs regionally competitive and, in addition, to offer nationally competitive programs in selected areas.

To complement the strong, broad-based undergraduate program, the University offers graduate education. Twenty-two different master's degrees are offered in more than 82 fields of study. Doctoral degrees are offered in 25 areas. Other degrees include Educational Specialist, Doctor of Education, and Doctor of Philosophy. Teaching activities are integrated with research activities in each of these programs.

The campus has statewide responsibility to provide research leadership in advancing the frontiers of knowledge. The research programs serve three primary purposes. First, as part of graduate instruction, research promotes students' abilities to appreciate and to implement, to discover, and to teach. Second, research programs serve as vital sources of information on the economic and social needs of Arkansas. Third, in selected areas, research on the Fayetteville campus serves a national and even an international scholarly community.

The campus is committed to a future that includes sustained growth in its research and scholarship.

The University provides extensive technical and professional services to varied groups and individuals throughout the state, helping to further Arkansas' economic growth. In addition, the Fayetteville campus serves as a significant resource to the state. It operates nationally respected high school and college level correspondence programs; it assists other institutions in developing educational programs; it offers graduate programs, both cooperatively and singly, throughout the state; and it makes specialized campus resources such as computing services and library resources available to other institutions in the state. The campus will continue to serve this unique role and may expand these services to continue providing statewide education through an uplink/downlink network as well as through additional cooperative graduate education programs.