2002-2003 Edition
Texas A&M University Graduate CatalogTexas A&M University Graduate Catalog
Catalog Contents
Academic Calendar
Board of Regents and System Administrative Officers
Texas A&M University Administrative Officers
Office of Graduate Studies
General Information
Degree Information
Admission
Registration and Academic Status
Tuition, Fees and Other Financial Information
Housing
Orientation
Resources for Students
Texas A&M University at Galveston
Course Descriptions
Faculty
Appendices


Board of Regents

Lowry Mays - Chairman San Antonio

Erle Nye - Vice Chairman Dallas

Phil Adams - Bryan

Anne Armstrong - Armstrong

Wendy Gramm - Helotes

Lionel Sosa - Floresville

R. H. (Steve) Stevens, Jr. - Houston

John D. White - Houston

Susan Rudd Wynn - Fort Worth

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Vickie Burt Spillers - Executive Secretary to the Board of Regents

The Texas A&M University System
Administrative Officers

Chancellor - Howard D. Graves

Deputy Chancellor - Jerry C. Gaston

Vice Chancellor for Administration - James A. Fletcher

Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations - Stanton C. Calvert

Vice Chancellor and Dean of Engineering - G. Kemble Bennett

Vice Chancellor and Dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Edward A. Hiler

Vice Chancellor for Business Services - Tom D. Kale

Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs - Leo Sayavedra

Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs - Nancy W. Dickey

Vice Chancellor for Research and Federal Relations - Lee Peddicord

Chief of Staff - Tami Davis Sayko

Director of Communications - Bob Wright

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President, Texas A&M University - Robert M. Gates

President, Prairie View A&M University - George C. Wright

President, Tarleton State University - Dennis P. McCabe

President, Texas A&M International University - Ray M. Keck

President, Texas A&M University-Commerce - Keith D. McFarland

President, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi - Robert R. Furgason

President, Texas A&M University-Kingsville - Rumaldo Z. Juarez

President, Texas A&M University-Texarkana - Stephen R. Hensley

President, West Texas A&M University - Russell C. Long

Director, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station - Edward A. Hiler

Director, Texas Cooperative Extension - Chester P. Felis

Director, Texas Engineering Experiment Station - G. Kemble Bennett

Director, Texas Engineering Extension Service - Robert L. "Lanny" Smith

Director, Texas Forest Service - James B. Hull

Director, Texas Transportation Institute - Herbert H. Richardson

Executive Director, Facilities Planning and Construction - Tim Donathen

Executive Director, Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory - Lelve G. Gayle

State Director, Texas Wildlife Damage Management Service - Gary L. Nunley

President, The Texas A&M University System Health Science Center - Nancy W. Dickey

Texas A&M University Administrative Officers

President - Robert M. Gates

Chief of Staff - Rodney P. McClendon

Special Assistant to the President - A. Benton Cocanougher

Special Advisor to the President - R. C. Slocum

Assistant to the President - Sheran Riley

Executive Vice President and Provost - David B. Prior

Vice Provost - William L. Perry

Associate Provost for Information Technology - Pierce E. Cantrell

Dean of Undergraduate Programs
and Associate Provost for Academic Services - Mark H. Weichold

Assistant Provost - Jeanette Phariss

Acting Assistant Provost for Enrollment - Frank B. Ashley, III

Assistant Provost for Finance and Administration - Teresa Lovell

Assistant Provost for International Programs - Emily Y. Ashworth

Assistant Provost for Student Financial Aid - Arnold Trejo

Associate Executive Vice President - G. Dan Parker III

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Dean of Faculties and Associate Provost - Karan L. Watson

Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences - Edward A. Hiler

Dean, College of Architecture - J. Thomas Regan

Dean, Mays Business School - Jerry R. Strawser

Dean, College of Education and Human Development - Jane Close Conoley

Dean, Dwight Look College of Engineering - G. Kemble Bennett

Interim Dean, College of Geosciences - Mary Jo Richardson

Dean, College of Liberal Arts - Charles A. Johnson

Dean, College of Science - H. Joseph Newton

Dean, College of Veterinary Medicine - H. Richard Adams

Dean, The George Bush School of Government
and Public Service - Richard A. Chilcoat

Dean, Graduate Studies - John R. Giardino

Interim Dean and Director, Texas A&M University Libraries - C. Colleen Cook

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Vice President for Administration - Charles A. Sippial, Sr.

Vice President for Development - Robert L. Walker

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer - William B. Krumm

Vice President for Governmental Affairs - Michael G. O'Quinn

Vice President for Research - Richard E. Ewing

Interim Vice President for Student Affairs - William L. Kibler

Head, School of Military Sciences - John A. Van Alstyne

Executive Director of University Relations - Cynthia J. Lawson

Office of Graduate Studies

Vice President for Research - Richard E. Ewing, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.

Dean - John R. Giardino, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Associate Dean - Ozden O. Ochoa, B.S., M.Eng., Ph.D.

Associate Dean - Dan H. Robertson, B.S., M.B.A., Ph.D.

Director and Ombudsperson - Clifton P. Griffin, B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Graduate Council

(September 2003-August 2004)

John R. Giardino - Chair and ex officio

L. Garry Adams

James C. Holste

Stephen E. Atkins

Darren J. Pierson

Luc R. Berghman

Robert K. Popp

Martha Bedard

John M. Quarles

Stephen F. Crouse

David W. Reed

John J. Dinkel

William A. Seitz

Clifton P. Griffin

Charles C. Self

Walter E. Haisler

Mardelle M. Shepley

Charles F. Hermann

Ralph St. Clair

Committees on Graduate Instruction

Agriculture and Life Sciences

 

Architecture

David W. Reed, Chair

Mark J. Clayton, Co-chair

David N. Appel

Mardelle M. Shepley, Co-chair

Mike A. Arnold

Robin F. Abrams

Marla L. Binzel

Richard R. Davison

Robert S. Chapkin

Neil N. Eldin

Ronnie L. Edwards

Leslie H. Feigenbaum

Delbert M. Gatlin

Donald H. House

James C. Hu

Chang-Shan Huang

M. Mortimer Kothman

Taeg Nishimoto

David J. Leatham

David L. Pugh

Carol A. Loofstra

Guillermo Vasquez

Rosanna G. Moreira

Robert B. Warden

Allen E. Pepper

David G. Woodcock

Steven C. Ricke

Thomas M. Woodfin

Lloyd W. Rooney

 

 

Glen C. Shinn

 

Bush School of Government

C. Wayne Smith

 

Charles F. Hermann, Chair

Peter A. Witt

 

Kishore Gawande

James B. Woolley

 

Hank C. Jenkins-Smith

 

 

M. Jae Moon

 

 

William F. West

 

Business

 

Geosciences

PhD

 

Vatch P. Tchakerian, Chair

Ricky W. Griffin, Chair

 

Robert S. Bednarz

Adrienne Colella

 

Benjamin S. Giese

James H. Leigh

 

Richard E. Orville

Lynn L. Rees

 

Thomas E. Yancey

Arun Sen

 

 

Sorin Sorescu

 

Liberal Arts

MBA

 

Cary J. Nederman, Chair

Dan H. Robertson, Chair

 

Ralph James Q. Adams

Jeffrey S. Conant

 

Michael S. Alvard

Charles J. Cuny

 

Charles R. Conrad

Don Hellriegel

 

Emily S. Davidson

Bala Shetty

 

Mark A. Fossett

Konduru Sivaramakrishnan

 

Hae-Shin Hwang

Asghar Zardkoohi

 

Hugh J. McCann, Jr.

MS

 

Howard J. Marchitello

John J. Dinkel, Chair

 

Manuel Martin-Rodriguez

Wendy R. Boswell

 

Susanna L. Priest

R. Austin Daily

 

 

R. Timothy Dye

 

Science

Wayne E. Etter

 

James C. Holste, Chair

Stephen W. McDaniel

 

Paul Frederick Dahm

Arun Sen

 

Teruki Kamon

 

 

Michael P. Rosynek

Education

 

Thomas Schlumprecht

James B. Kracht, Chair

 

Mark J. Zoran

Gaile S. Cannella

 

 

Patricia Goodson

 

Veterinary Medicine

Angela Holcomb

 

L. Garry Adams, Chair

John R. Hoyle

 

Judith M. Ball

Rafael Lara-Alecio

 

John E. Bauer

Patricia J. Larke

 

James A. Thompson

Yvonna S. Lincoln

 

Jeremy S. Wasser

Denise Nichols

 

C. Jane Welsh

Charles H. Shea

 

 

Carol L. Stuessy

 

Texas A&M University at Galveston

 

 

William A Seitz, Chair

Engineering

 

Donald E. Harper

Karen Butler-Purry, Chair

 

Andre M. Landry

Marvin L. Adams

 

William McMullen

Richard M. Alexander

 

Frederic B. Pearl

N.K. Anand

 

Peter H. Santschi

Gerard L. Cote

 

Thomas G. Schmalz

S. Bart Childs

 

Wyndylyn M. von Zharen

Guy L. Curry

 

 

Mahmoud M. E-Halwagi

 

 

Walter E. Haisler

 

 

James C. Holste

 

 

Garng M. Huang

 

 

Peter B. Keating

 

 

Rosana G. Moreira

 

 

Richard A. Startzman