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The number(s) next to the items represents the page number(s) in the
printed 2011–2012 Graduate Bulletin.
AACSB. See Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, The
Academic standards 165
Accounting
Accreditation 8, 186
Adding courses. See Drop-add procedures
Adjustments 164
Administration 238
Admission policies and procedures, graduate 169
Admission to the Educational Specialist and AA Certification Programs 170
Admission to the Master’s Degree Programs 169
Alabama College 8
Alabama Prospective Teacher Test 186, 192
Alabama residency 162
Alabama Supercomputer Authority 9
Alabama teacher certification 176
Alabama Traffic Safety Center 9
Alabamian, The 18
Alternative Master’s Degree Program evaluation fee 162
Alumni Association 11
Alumni Center, Mary Lee Garrett Brown 11
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences 8
American Chemical Society 8
American Dietetic Association 8
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) 8
Anna Irvin Dining Hall 11
Annual Fund 11
Appeals procedure 165
Applications and transcripts 169, 170
Art
Art, Department of 205
Arts and Sciences, College of 178
ASHA. See American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
ASPIRE/Student Support Services 13
Assessment program 8
Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, The
(AACSB) International 8
Athletics 17
Behavioral and Social Sciences, Department of 178
(Geography, History, Political Science,
Sociology)
Biology
Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics, Department of 179
(Biology, Chemistry, Marine Science, Mathematics, Physics)
Birmingham 11
Birmingham Area Consortium for Higher Education 8
Bloch Hall 9
Board 162
Board of Trustees 158, 237
Brooke Hall 13
Campus 9
Campus security report 20
Candidacy for the degree 175
Career Development Center 14
Carmichael Library 10
Chamber Choir 17
Chamber-Music Ensembles 17
Change of major or program 175
Check-cashing policy 164
Chemistry
“Chi Box” Theatre Room 19
Classifications 162
College Night 19
College of Arts and Sciences. See Arts and Sciences, College of
College of Business. See Michael E. Stephens College of Business
College of Education. See Education, College of
College of Fine Arts. See Fine Arts, College of
Comer Hall 9
Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges
and Schools (SACS) 8
Communication Science and Disorders
Communication Science and Disorders, Department of 180
Communication Studies
Course description 212
Communications with students 11
Completion/graduation rate 20
Comprehensive/exit examinations 175
Computer access 10
Concert and Lecture Series 16
Concert Choir 17
Concerts and recitals 16
Conditional admission, graduate 170
Confidentiality of records 176
Consequences of withdrawal 165
Consumer Information 20
Accessing loan and grant data 21
Available financial assistance 20
Campus security report 20
Completion/graduation rate 20
Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) 20
Federal Stafford Loan/Direct Loan Deferments for Peace Corps or Volunteer Service 20
Institutional information 20
Report on athletic program participation rates and financial support data 20
Report on completion, graduation rates, and transfer-out rates for student athletics 20
Student grievances 21
Contents, Table of 2
COPLAC. See Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges
Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) 8
Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC) 8
Council on Social Work Education 8
Counseling and Guidance 188
Counseling and Leadership Programs 188
Counseling Services 14
Course descriptions (Courses of Instruction) 207
Course drops 164
Course evaluation/improvement 160
Course loads, maximum 174, 175
Courses of Instruction (Course descriptions) 207
Cross-listed courses 160
Cultural events 16
Curriculum, graduate 160
Dancy Lecture Series 16
Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory 179
Davis Hall 9
Degrees, graduate 158
Department of Art. See Art, Department of
Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences. See Behavioral and
Social Sciences, Department of
Department of Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics. See Biology,
Chemistry, and Mathematics, Department of
Department of Communication Science and Disorders. See
Communication Science and Disorders, Department of
Department of Education of Alabama 8
Department of English and Foreign Languages. See English and
Foreign Languages, Department of
Department of Music. See Music, Department of
Diploma 176
Direct Loan Deferments for Peace Corps or Volunteer Service 20
Disability Support Services 14
Division of Student Affairs. See Student Affairs, Division of
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 20
Drop-add procedure 175
Dropping courses. See Drop-add procedures
EBSCO Electronic Classroom 10
Economics
Education
Education, College of 186
Education Internships
Educational Foundations
Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) and AA Certificate 188
Elementary and Secondary programs 192
Elementary Education
M.Ed. degree 192
Employment, part-time 165
English
English, Department of 183
English Language Proficiency Examination 15
Enrollment status 164
Enrollment timeliness 175
Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Notice Inside Front Cover
Exhibitions 16
Facilities 9
Faculty 240
Faculty and Staff Emeriti 250
FAFSA. See Free Application for Federal Student Aid
Family and Consumer Sciences
Family and Consumer Sciences Program 200
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) 20
Farmer Hall 9, 11
Federal Work-Study Program (FWS) 165
Fees 162
Administrative services 162
Audit 162
Continuing education 163
Facilities usage 162
Foreign checks 163
Graduate application 162
Green fund 162
Health services 162
Housing 163
ID cards 163
Music 162
Returned checks 163
Room deposit 163
Student activity 162
Vehicle registration 162, 163
FERPA. See Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Finance
Financial aid 20, 164
Financial assistance for graduate students for professional development 167
Financial information 162
Fine Arts, College of 205
Fledgling, The 12
Food Service 11
ForUM 10, 11
Founders’ Day 8
Fraternities 19
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) 164
Full-time student 162
Funding, UM’s 11
General Business
General test score requirements 170
Geography
GPA 173
Grade-point average. See GPA
Grade-point average requirement for completion 175
Grades, incomplete. See Incomplete grades
Grading system 174
Graduate Admissions and Records 160
Graduate assistantships 166
Graduate Council 159
Graduate courses 160
Graduate degrees offered:
Master of Arts (M.A.)
English 183
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Business Administration 185
Master of Science (M.S.)
Speech-Language Pathology 180
Master of Education (M.Ed.)
Counseling and Guidance 188
Elementary Education (K–6) 192
Instructional Leadership 190
Preschool to 12th Grade Education (P–12) 196
Secondary Education (6–12) 194Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) and Class AA Certification
Graduate faculty 159
Graduate honors recognition 158
Graduate Program, The 158
Graduate student advisory/focus groups 158
Greek Life. See Fraternities. See Sororities
Grievances, student 21
Hallie Farmer Lectures 16
Hanson Hall 13
Harbert Writing Center 15
Harman Hall 9
Health Center 14
History
History, University 8
Holidays 11
Hour requirements 173
Housing and Residence Life, Office of 13
Housing fees 163
ID Cards 163
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) 200
Incomplete grades 174
Index 253
International English Language Testing System. See IELTS
Inservice Center 15
Instructional Leadership
Ed.S. and Class AA Certification 191
M.Ed. 191
Course descriptions 220
Courses 199
International student admission 171
Internet 9
Intramural sports and recreation 17
Jazz Ensemble 17
Jazzman’s Cafe 11
Johnson Baseball Field 9
Kinesiology
Kinesiology Program 202
King House 9
Knowledge Bowl 17
Late registration 163
Learning Enrichment Center 16
LeBaron Recital Hall 9
Libraries 10
Loans 166
Long Music Technology Laboratory 9
Luis Benejam Music Library 10
Lund Hall 13
Main Hall 13
Malone Center for Innovative Teaching, Learning, and Technology 10
Management
Management Information Systems
Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium 179
Marine Science
Martha Allen Lecture Series in the Visual Arts 17
Mary Lee Garrett Brown Alumni Center. See Alumni Center, Mary
Lee Garrett Brown
Mass Communication Center 9
Master of Business Administration (UM-MBA)
M.B.A. degree 185
Course descriptions 207, 214, 227, 227, 231, 231, 232, 235
Courses 185
Master of Education/Alternative Master’s Degree Program 187
Master of Education/Traditional Program 186
Mathematics
Maximum time limit to complete degree 175
M.B.A. program prerequisites 185
MCC News 17
McNair Scholars Program 14
Merchants and Planters Bank Auditorium 9
Michael E. Stephens College of Business 185
Mission and Goals, University 8
Model Arab League 17
Model United Nations 17
Montage 18
Montevallo Campus Ministry Association 18
Montevallo, city of 8, 10
Montevallo, University of 8
Accreditation 8
Alumni Association 11
Assessment program 8
Birmingham, city of 11
Campus 9
Communications with students 11
Computer access 10
Facilities 9
Food Service 11
Funding 11
General Information 11
History 8
Holidays 11
Libraries 10
Mission and Goals 8
Montevallo, city of 10
Post-office boxes 12
Telephone system 12
UMAlert Emergency Contact System 12
University publications 12
Vision 8
Multicultural Affairs 16
Music
Music, Department of 206
Music ensembles 17
Music fee 162
NAEYC. See National Association for the Education of Young Children
Napier Hall 13
NASM. See National Association of Schools of Music
National Association of Schools of Art and Design 8
National Association of Schools of Music 8
National Association for the Education
of Young Children (NAEYC) 8
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 17
National Council for Accreditation
of Teacher Education 8
NCAA. See National Collegiate Athletic Association
Office of Housing and Residence Life. See Housing and Residence
Life, Office of
Oliver Cromwell Carmichael Hall 10
Olmsted Brothers 9
Orchesis 17
Orientation, graduate 173
Palmer Auditorium 9
Part-time student 162
Partial payment plan 163
Paschal P. Vacca Professor of Liberal Arts 17
Payment of tuition and fees 163
Peck Hall 13
Philosophy
Physics
Policy for the Review of Research with Human Participants 177
Political Science
Post-office boxes 11
Praxis II 186, 192
Preregistration 164
Preschool through High School Education (P–12) 196
Program/curriculum review and evaluation 160
Public safety information Inside front cover
Publications, Student 17
Quantitative Methods
Ramsay Conference Center and Lodge 9
Rate schedule for 2011–2012 162
Records, confidentiality of. See confidentiality of records
Refunds for drop or official withdrawal 164
Religious Life 18
Residence halls 13
Residency, Alabama 173
Retention and completion 173
Returned checks 163
Review/evaluation of admission policies 169
Reynolds Hall 11
Robert M. McChesney Student Activity Center 9, 15
Room 162
Room deposit 163
SAAM. See Student Alumni Association of Montevallo
SACS. See Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools
Scholarships 166
Second master ’s degree 171
Secondary Education—High School 194
SGA. See Student Government Association
SGA Senate 18
Sociology
Sororities 19
Special admissions 171
Special Education
Special requirements 176
Speech and Hearing Services 16
Speech-Language Pathology
M.S. degree 180
Course descriptions 211
Courses 183
Graduate curriculum 182
Staff 245
Stewart Student Retreat 9
Student activities 17
Student Affairs, Division of 13
Student Alumni Association of Montevallo (SAAM) 11
Student Government Association (SGA) 12, 15, 18
Student life 15
Student Life Office 17
Student organizations 18
Student responsibilities 175
Student services and activities 13
Student Support Services. See ASPIRE/Student Support Services
Student Union Building (SUB) 9, 11
Student’s Rights to Privacy and Access to Educational Records 176
SUB (Student Union Building). See Student Union Building
Taxes 165
TEACH Grant 165
Teacher Leadership (Ed.S. and AA Certificate) 191
Technology Services Department 9
Telephone system 12
Test of English as a Foreign Language. See TOEFL
Theatre
Course description 236
Theatre productions 19
Title IV 20
Title IX Inside front cover
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) 172
Tower, The 18
Transcript. See Transcript of academic record
Transcript of academic record 176
Transfer credit 174
Transient credit 174
Tuition 162
Tutwiler Hall 13
UMAlert Emergency Contact System 12
Unconditional admission, graduate 170
University Athletic Program Equity in Athletics Disclosure 17
University Calendar 6, 11
University Chorus 17
University Jobship Program 165
University of Montevallo Foundation 11
University of Montevallo Master of Business Administration (UM-MBA) 185
University Organization 237
University Police 20
University Program Council (UPC) 15, 19
University publications 12
Fledgling, The 12, 21
Montevallo Today 12
Pathways to Discovery 12
Wednesday Memo 12
University Theatre 17, 19
UPC. See University Program Council
Upward Bound 15
Vacca Lectures 17
Van Tuyll House 9
Vehicle registration 162, 163
Veterans’ Benefits 167
Vision, University 8
Wallace Speech and Hearing Center 9, 16
Wills Hall 9
Wind Ensemble 17
Withdrawal from the University 164, 175