College of Arts and Sciences Main Office General Academic Building, 309A P.O. Box 5187 Denton, TX 76203-0187 (817) 565-2497 Nora K. Bell, Dean Jean B. Schaake, Associate Dean Earl G. Zimmerman, Associate Dean Kathryn Gould Cullivan, Assistant Dean William Kamman, Faculty Assistant to the Dean Programs of Study The College of Arts and Sciences, through its disciplines of humanities and arts, social sciences, and science and technology, offers course work leading to the following degrees: -Master of Arts, -Master of Science, -Master of Fine Arts, and -Doctor of Philosophy degrees. Departments that do not offer a graduate degree have graduate courses that can be taken for a minor at the master's level. Master's degrees are offered by 18 of the 19 departments in the college. Among the more specialized master's programs are the master's degree with emphasis in English as a second language offered by the Department of English and a master's degree in speech pathology or audiology offered by the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences. Doctoral programs in the college typically reflect the areas of academic specialization or focus of the various departments (see individual departmental descriptions in this catalog for specific information). All areas offer challenging programs that provide students with the opportunity to become experts in their chosen fields. A major emphasis in the college is to train graduate students in the fundamentals of research and to prepare them, especially on the doctoral level, to be critical thinkers who can advance human knowledge through research. The college's 19 departments are classified as follows: Humanities and Arts Communication Studies Dance and Drama English Foreign Languages and Literatures History Journalism Philosophy and Religion Studies Radio, Television and Film Speech and Hearing Sciences Social Sciences Economics Geography Political Science Psychology Science and Technology Biological Sciences Chemistry Computer Sciences Engineering Technology Geography Mathematics Physics Research Innovative research in the arts, humanities and social sciences is underway in such areas as technical writing, regional history, art history, environmental studies, health psychology and applied communication skills. Research programs in the natural sciences, mathematics and technologies cover the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer sciences, environmental science, engineering technology and materials characterization. Research initiatives within these fields include molecular biology and biotechnology, neuroscience, environmental toxicology, artificial intelligence, computer modeling, image processing, organometallic chemistry, laser and accelerator-based physics, materials characterization and manufacturing technology. Advising For general information, contact the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies. For specific requirements for graduate degrees, contact the appropriate department chair or graduate adviser. Center for Materials Characterization Main Office Science Research Building, 239 P.O. Box 5371 Denton, TX 76203-0371 (817) 565-3260 David E. Golden, Director Graduate Faculty with Assignments in CMC: Brostow, Golden, Kelber, Marshall, Matteson, Pinizzotto. The University Center for Materials Characterization (CMC) is an interdisciplinary center with leading edge instrumentation valued at more than $6 million. Personnel include six faculty in the physics and chemistry departments with assignments in CMC. CMC faculty teach materials science courses cross-listed in the chemistry, engineering technology and physics departments. Some of these courses are open to undergraduate students. No separate degree programs in materials science are offered. Graduate students enrolled in master's and doctoral programs in chemistry, engineering technology and physics may conduct research with CMC faculty. Currently, a proposal to authorize UNT to offer the MS and PhD with a major in Materials Science is pending at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). If approved by THECB, the degree programs will be implemented for the fall semester 1995, and the Center for Materials Characterization will become a Department of Materials Science of the College of Arts and Sciences. CMC addresses the educational and technological challenges of creating, applying and characterizing new materials for manufacturing products for the 21st century. The center has facilities to study properties of polymers and composites, including thermophysical, rheological and mechanical properties of solids, liquid crystals, melts and solutions; surface analytical chemistry, including metal-polymer interfaces, adhesion, corrosion and chemical vapor deposition; scanning electron microscopy and Auger spectroscopy of magnetic materials; optical, magnetic and electrical characterization and analysis; scanning tunneling microscopy; resonant ionization mass spectrometry; solderability and X-ray diffraction; and electrical characterization. Research CMC has collaborated on research projects and received funding from state and federal agencies and private industry, including the Texas Advanced Research Program, the U.S. Department of Education, Texas Instruments, the Office of Naval Research, the National Science Foundation, Albuquerque Schools, Motorola, Texas Utility Electric, IDM Corporation, Southwest Research Institute, Texas Energy Research Program, Spire Corporation, Eastman Kodak, Sematech, North Texas Research Institute, LTV, Sandia National Laboratories, NATO, U.S. Army (Harry Diamond Laboratories), Viratech Thin Films, Electric Power Research Institute, Chalmers University, Applied Clinical Trials, Welch Foundation, Semiconductor Research, IBM, Mobil and the Army Research Office. Research facilities in CMC that are unique in Texas and adjacent states include the ion beam materials analysis and modification laboratory, the electron spectroscopy (ESCA/Auger) laboratory and a high-resolution (300 kV) transmission electron microscope. Industrial Partnerships The Center for Materials Characterization includes a National Science Foundation-sponsored Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC). Through this center, to which industries subscribe, CMC works on basic and applied materials research of interest to industry. Center for Texas Studies Main Office Chilton Hall, 361 P.O. Box 13016 Denton, TX 76203-6016 (817) 565-2124 Elizabeth E. Gunter, Director Faculty associated with the center: Cairns, Gunter, Harrison, Lee, Linebarger, Mares, McGuire, Mercer, Rodman, Stephens, Tanner, Vick. The Center for Texas Studies is devoted to the gathering, study and dissemination of information about Texas culture. The center devotes its efforts to such areas as literature, history, folklore, science, the arts and business. It also acts as a clearinghouse for scholarships in its areas of concern. Since its founding in 1986, the center has sponsored or co-sponsored conferences on literature, folklore, creative writing, water resources and land-use management, ecology, language, technology and history. Texas Studies is the journal published by the center, and Texas Books in Review is a quarterly journal devoted to books about Texas. Two television programs, jointly produced with the Radio, Television and Film department, help disseminate information gathered by the center. The center's Creative Writing Project is a joint venture with the English department that co-sponsors The American Literary Review, New Texas and a number of occasional publications in the area of creative writing. Master's Programs Related to Texas Studies Center faculty participate in Master of Arts and Master of Science degrees with a major in interdisciplinary studies (see the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies section of this catalog). The student may take courses that focus on Texas in any of the colleges in the university. The Center for Texas Studies normally recommends such areas as art, business, drama, economics, English, geography, history, journalism, music, philosophy, political science, radio/television/film and sociology.