The University of Tampa is a comprehensive,independent university that delivers challengingand high-quality educational experiences to adiverse group of learners. The College of LiberalArts and Sciences and the John H. Sykes Collegeof Business offer more than 100 programs ofundergraduate study through a core curriculumrooted in a liberal arts tradition. Beginning with aninnovative first-year student experience, Universityof Tampa students explore global issues, examinecareer possibilities, and refine communication andcritical thinking skills. Graduate programs inbusiness, nursing, and teaching, and an EveningCollege exemplify the University’s commitment tothe professions and to the community.

The University’s approximately 100-acre residentialcampus in the heart of downtown Tampa providesan historical and cultural setting for learning bothon and off campus. Valuing the community’sinternational heritage, the University attractsstudents, faculty and staff from around the worldwith diverse backgrounds to facilitate interculturalawareness and understanding.

t he miss ionThe University is com-mitted to the develop-ment of each student asa productive and re-sponsible citizen. To this end, the Universityensures that students balance “learning by think-ing” with “learning by doing.” Students are taughtby highly qualified, experienced faculty memberswho are committed to teaching, academic advisingand continued intellectual growth. Classes areconducted in personalized settings in which learn-ing is enhanced through application. Studentsparticipate in learning partnerships with facultyand the community through independent studies,internships, research, and other practical experi-ences that complement classroom learning. TheUniversity’s academic services and co-curricularactivities support individual discovery and develop-ment and provide leadership opportunities. In-volvement and participation inside and outside theclassroom are valued. Through complete engage-ment with the educational environment, UT studentsare prepared for careers, graduate and profes-sional education, and lifelong learning.Approved by the Board of Trustees on May 23, 1996.

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The University of Tampa celebrates its 75th

anniversary in the 2006-07 academic year. A lothas happened since the doors first opened, andmany of the highlights of UT’s first 75 years can befound on the pages in the front of this catalog.

You’ll also find the University mission, a campustour, community orientation, accreditationinformation, general facts about faculty, andgeneral descriptions of UT’s facilities andtechnology.

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a model un ivers i tyfor a g lobal soc ietyThe University of Tampa is a model medium-sized,comprehensive, private university that provides itsstudents exceptional learning experiences in aglobal context. Consequently, it is a place commit-ted to supporting every student’s development andsuccess, recruiting and promoting faculty of thehighest credentials and standards of excellence,creating a supportive campus community, andengaging the larger community and world.

Celebrated scholars, teachers and authors fromaround the globe, nearly all with doctoral degrees,fill UT’s distinguished faculty. Their aim is toaccomplish the University’s goals for its students,who come from every state and nearly 100 nationsworldwide, with a challenging curriculum thatfacilitates the University’s initiative to fully preparestudents for the demands of the 21st century.

That aim is accomplished with high-quality educa-tional experiences based in theory and practice.The student-to-professor ratio is 17:1, helping toassure meaningful faculty-student interaction andoptimal use of University and classroom resources.UT engages its faculty in a vigorous developmentprogram that includes sabbaticals, teaching excel-lence and innovation grants, research funding andspecialized training programs.

An innovative first-year program called Gatewayshelps students through major transitions in theirlives while they develop as world citizens byexploring global issues and cultures, examining

career possibilities, and developing their critical,rational and logical thinking skills, as well as theircommunications skills.

Beyond the first-year experience, the College ofLiberal Arts and Sciences and John H. SykesCollege of Business together offer more than 100fields of undergraduate study and pre-professionalprograms in a core curriculum based firmly in theliberal arts tradition. Evening College and master’sdegree programs in business, teaching and nursingexemplify the University’s commitment to commu-nity. For qualifying students, the Honors Programand various honor societies offer expanded oppor-tunities for instruction, internships and studyabroad while demanding the highest academicstandards for the University’s most talented students.

Meeting the DemandsIn a complex global society, the professions de-mand creative problem-solving and an ability tonavigate within a world of intense compe-tition and change. The development ofeffective and appropriate learning experiencesto meet these challenges is a conscious andfocused process, infused with knowledgefrom many disciplines, attuned to worldconditions, and endowed with the intellectualcapital of faculty, staff and a diverse commu-nity of supporters and volunteers.

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Henry B. Plant’s luxury hotel—now a registerednational historic site housing Plant Hall and the H.B. Plant museum—stands tall and imposing in itsoriginal grandeur, a railroad magnate’s 19th-centuryvision of a palatial oasis nestled in the mangroveswamps of central Florida. Standing amid the 20th-and 21st-century designs of nationally prominentarchitects, The University of Tampa’s flagshipbuilding links past and present.

When the Tampa Bay Hotel opened in February1891, its 511 rooms rivaled any other winter resortfor opulence and comfort. Its appearance wascelebrated, as well: five stories of brick toppedwith Moorish minarets forming a mini-skyline that,ironically, more than a century later is a symbol ofmodern Tampa, as well as being Tampa Bay’ssymbol of educational excellence.

Plant’s grand hotel (built beginning in 1888 at athen-extravagant cost of $2.5 million) hostedguests with prestige to match their surroundings:Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders, Babe Ruth,Stephen Crane, Clara Barton, Sarah Bernhart, Mrs.Ulysses S. Grant and The Queen of England, amongothers. Ruth signed his first baseball contract inthe grand dining room.

But the passage of years eventually saw the hotel’sdemise. The fate of the grand structure wasuncertain until Frederic H. Spaulding, a former

principal of Hillsborough High School, pushed forseparate quarters for the college he had helpedfound. Tampa Junior College opened in 1931,holding classes at night at Hillsborough High.Spaulding secured the old hotel as the place for hiscollege, and with the move came the decision toexpand the institution’s scope.

An Old Hotel Becomesa New UniversityOn August 2, 1933, the move was made. It wasmodest in material, but undeniably significant inhistory. A couple of letter files, a reconditionedtypewriter, a stack of student records, some statio-nery and office supplies rode with Spaulding in abattered old pickup truck to the old hotel. Whenthey arrived, they and their destination became asingle new entity: The University of Tampa.

It is difficult to imagine that Plant Hall once housedthe University in its entirety. Administration,classrooms, dining hall, library and student livingquarters all fit into the old resort with room tospare. Fall 1933 enrollment was 262.

While that first fledgling student body numberedfewer than 300, fall 2006 enrollment will be 5,300.In fact, the University has set a new enrollmentrecord each of the past dozen years. The campustoday reflects that growth, with more than 45buildings.ac

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The University of Tampa is accredited by theSouthern Association of Colleges and Schoolsto award associate, baccalaureate andmaster’s degrees. The University’s musicprogram is accredited by the National Associa-tion of Schools of Music. All nursing programsare accredited by the National League forNursing Accrediting Commission Inc. TheCommission on Accreditation of AthleticTraining Education grants full accreditation tothe athletic training program.

Additionally, UT is accredited for teachereducation by the Florida State Board of Educa-tion, and the John H. Sykes College of Busi-ness is accredited by AACSB International—the Association to Advance Collegiate Schoolsof Business. The Florida State ApprovingAgency for Veterans’ Training recognizes theUniversity for veterans’ educational benefits.UT also is an associate member of the Euro-pean Council of International Schools, a Euro-pean accrediting association.

The Henry B. Plant Museum also boasts fullaccreditation, having been awarded the highesthonor available inthe museum field:Accreditation bythe AmericanAssociation ofMuseums isaccorded fewerthan 10% of allmuseumsnationwide.

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A PassionateCommitmentClassroom learning at UT starts with a passionatecommitment to every student’s development andsuccess, as well as a passionate belief in theideals of a liberal education as the foundation ofall student learning. It is these ideals that form thebasis of educating the whole person.

The University provides every student the opportu-nity to pursue an in-depth field of study by meansof well-balanced curricula, with majors, minors,pre-professional certificate programs, concentra-tions and tracks of unusual breadth, depth andflexibility. Substantive and relevant curriculasupply students with discipline-specific depth andexpertise for their intended fields of study. Theexceptional number and variety of academic pro-grams respond both to student interests and com-munity needs. Preparation for professional careersis encouraged at all levels. Flexible course require-ments include ample opportunities for interdiscipli-nary program choices.

Part of the Community,Part of the WorldClose relationships with students and alumni,community organizations, and international andbusiness partners make UT a richly connected,world-class institution that abounds in creativeinteraction between students, faculty, communityand world. Internships and student researchopportunities create learning partnerships withfaculty and the Tampa Bay community, not onlybalancing learning by thinking with learning bydoing, but also by helping UT students be-come responsible, informed andproductive citizens.

Leadership opportunities aboundin an atmosphere of individualdiscovery and development fosteredby the University’s active campus life,including Greek life, more than 120student clubs and organizations, andservice learning opportunities. Profes-sionals in the Academic Center for Excel-lence, the Saunders Writing Center, and

the Academic Advising and Career Services officeshelp students stay on track academically. Interna-tional experience is a celebrated focus of campuslife and study.

Model UN and global village simulations and studyabroad are just a few of the hands-on programs atUT that help make the University a microcosm ofthe world around it, and help students emerge witha comprehensive worldview and the thinking andcommunication skills necessary for successfulglobal citizenship. UT’s Honors at Oxford program,the only of its kind at a Florida university, sends afew of the most deserving Honors Program studentsto Oxford University for a semester of study.

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Henry B. Plant’s luxury hotel—now a registerednational historic site housing Plant Hall and the H.B. Plant museum—stands tall and imposing in itsoriginal grandeur, a railroad magnate’s 19th-centuryvision of a palatial oasis nestled in the mangroveswamps of central Florida. Standing amid the 20th-and 21st-century designs of nationally prominentarchitects, The University of Tampa’s flagshipbuilding links past and present.

When the Tampa Bay Hotel opened in February1891, its 511 rooms rivaled any other winter resortfor opulence and comfort. Its appearance wascelebrated, as well: five stories of brick toppedwith Moorish minarets forming a mini-skyline that,ironically, more than a century later is a symbol ofmodern Tampa, as well as being Tampa Bay’ssymbol of educational excellence.

Plant’s grand hotel (built beginning in 1888 at athen-extravagant cost of $2.5 million) hostedguests with prestige to match their surroundings:Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders, Babe Ruth,Stephen Crane, Clara Barton, Sarah Bernhart, Mrs.Ulysses S. Grant and The Queen of England, amongothers. Ruth signed his first baseball contract inthe grand dining room.

But the passage of years eventually saw the hotel’sdemise. The fate of the grand structure wasuncertain until Frederic H. Spaulding, a former

principal of Hillsborough High School, pushed forseparate quarters for the college he had helpedfound. Tampa Junior College opened in 1931,holding classes at night at Hillsborough High.Spaulding secured the old hotel as the place for hiscollege, and with the move came the decision toexpand the institution’s scope.

An Old Hotel Becomesa New UniversityOn August 2, 1933, the move was made. It wasmodest in material, but undeniably significant inhistory. A couple of letter files, a reconditionedtypewriter, a stack of student records, some statio-nery and office supplies rode with Spaulding in abattered old pickup truck to the old hotel. Whenthey arrived, they and their destination became asingle new entity: The University of Tampa.

It is difficult to imagine that Plant Hall once housedthe University in its entirety. Administration,classrooms, dining hall, library and student livingquarters all fit into the old resort with room tospare. Fall 1933 enrollment was 262.

While that first fledgling student body numberedfewer than 300, fall 2006 enrollment will be 5,300.In fact, the University has set a new enrollmentrecord each of the past dozen years. The campustoday reflects that growth, with more than 45buildings.ac

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The University of Tampa is accredited by theSouthern Association of Colleges and Schoolsto award associate, baccalaureate andmaster’s degrees. The University’s musicprogram is accredited by the National Associa-tion of Schools of Music. All nursing programsare accredited by the National League forNursing Accrediting Commission Inc. TheCommission on Accreditation of AthleticTraining Education grants full accreditation tothe athletic training program.

Additionally, UT is accredited for teachereducation by the Florida State Board of Educa-tion, and the John H. Sykes College of Busi-ness is accredited by AACSB International—the Association to Advance Collegiate Schoolsof Business. The Florida State ApprovingAgency for Veterans’ Training recognizes theUniversity for veterans’ educational benefits.UT also is an associate member of the Euro-pean Council of International Schools, a Euro-pean accrediting association.

The Henry B. Plant Museum also boasts fullaccreditation, having been awarded the highesthonor available inthe museum field:Accreditation bythe AmericanAssociation ofMuseums isaccorded fewerthan 10% of allmuseumsnationwide.

opulent roots:ut’s his tory

A PassionateCommitmentClassroom learning at UT starts with a passionatecommitment to every student’s development andsuccess, as well as a passionate belief in theideals of a liberal education as the foundation ofall student learning. It is these ideals that form thebasis of educating the whole person.

The University provides every student the opportu-nity to pursue an in-depth field of study by meansof well-balanced curricula, with majors, minors,pre-professional certificate programs, concentra-tions and tracks of unusual breadth, depth andflexibility. Substantive and relevant curriculasupply students with discipline-specific depth andexpertise for their intended fields of study. Theexceptional number and variety of academic pro-grams respond both to student interests and com-munity needs. Preparation for professional careersis encouraged at all levels. Flexible course require-ments include ample opportunities for interdiscipli-nary program choices.

Part of the Community,Part of the WorldClose relationships with students and alumni,community organizations, and international andbusiness partners make UT a richly connected,world-class institution that abounds in creativeinteraction between students, faculty, communityand world. Internships and student researchopportunities create learning partnerships withfaculty and the Tampa Bay community, not onlybalancing learning by thinking with learning bydoing, but also by helping UT students be-come responsible, informed andproductive citizens.

Leadership opportunities aboundin an atmosphere of individualdiscovery and development fosteredby the University’s active campus life,including Greek life, more than 120student clubs and organizations, andservice learning opportunities. Profes-sionals in the Academic Center for Excel-lence, the Saunders Writing Center, and

the Academic Advising and Career Services officeshelp students stay on track academically. Interna-tional experience is a celebrated focus of campuslife and study.

Model UN and global village simulations and studyabroad are just a few of the hands-on programs atUT that help make the University a microcosm ofthe world around it, and help students emerge witha comprehensive worldview and the thinking andcommunication skills necessary for successfulglobal citizenship. UT’s Honors at Oxford program,the only of its kind at a Florida university, sends afew of the most deserving Honors Program studentsto Oxford University for a semester of study.

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A Microcosm ofthe Modern WorldOn its campus as in its academics, history givesrise to the future at The University of Tampa. Amicrocosm of the growing, modernizing world, theUniversity’s approximately 100-acre landscape isdramatically transformed from only a few years

ago. Towering state-of-the-art residencehalls are openingalmost year-by-year:Crescent Place in1998, Brevard Hall in2000, and the VaughnCenter and ResidenceHall in 2001. With thelatter, life at theUniversity was re-centered and rede-fined. David A. StrazJr. Hall, opened in fall2003, is the latesthigh-rise hall tochange the face of thecampus. In April 2005,ground was broken onKennedy Place, an 11-story, 182-bed, $15.6-million residence hallto open in August

2006. Another new hall, offering living and diningfacilities to 448 students, is scheduled to open thefollowing year.

The Vaughn Center is the hub of campus activity,housing student government, the Moroccan year-

book, the Minaret student newspaper, the Resi-dence Life and Student Activities offices, alongwith commuter lounges, meeting rooms, a cafete-ria, and Greek Life and Student Government of-fices. The Allen N. Reeves Theater, a 180-seatvenue equally adept at presenting feature films andprominent speakers, is on the second floor. Thefirst and second floors also contain the full-servicecampus store operated by Barnes and Noble, aswell as the Spartan Club and Internet Caf .

The building is topped by 33,000 square feet ofninth-floor banquet and seminar space with aspectacular view of the campus, and beyond it,downtown Tampa to the east, neighborhoods to thenorth and west, and sparkling Tampa Bay to thesouth.

Now, an amazing 80% of all UT student housing isbrand new or built within the past eight years. Theboom is part of a new campus plan that includesmore than $120 million in completed buildingprojects and another $75 million in projects under-way.

Overlooking the scenic Hillsborough River, thecampus is just across the river from downtown.Plant Park, with its “Sticks of Fire” sculpture by O.V. Shaffer and statue of President John F. Kennedynear where he addressed a crowd only days beforehis assassination, lies along the river.

Immediately west of the river is Plant Hall. Aregistered national historic site since 1977, PlantHall contains most of the University’s administra-tive offices and the College of Liberal Arts andSciences, as well as faculty offices, classrooms,laboratories and UT’s beautiful Fletcher Lounge,Music Room and East Verandah. In the basement

of Plant Hall is the Rathskellar, a meeting anddining place for students, alumni, faculty and staff.A full-service sandwich shop, soda fountain, snackcounter and coffee counter are featured here, alongwith a big-screen TV, pool tables and video games.

A Place for Study,Thought, ReflectionThe Macdonald-Kelce Library, with more than250,000 volumes, some 1,600 periodicals, andelectronic access to more than 20,000 onlinejournals, is well equipped to meet the diversifiedneeds of college students.

The library is a repository for United States andstate government publications. Its special collec-tions include old and rare books, first editions,autographed editions, materials on Florida and theSoutheast, an outstanding Florida Military Collec-tion and the University archives.

Among the facility’s many user-friendly features isUTOPIA, a Windows-based on-line catalog withInternet access. Patrons can examine the localcatalog, search other libraries and databases,check the status of their accounts and even readgovernment documents at home, residence hall oroffice, or anywhere an on-line computer can befound.

Farther south alongthe Hillsborough River,a digital multi-medialanguage learningcenter occupies part ofthe refurbished formerstudent union building,the Riverside Center.Among the array ofimpressive new facili-

ties that debutedon campus the pastfew years, theTechnology Centerfor LanguageLearning andInternationalStudies featuressatellite downlinks,videoconferencing,interactive digital audio and video, text synchroni-zation, high-speed Internet, a “smart” seminar-conference room for guest speakers from aroundthe globe, Tandberg Virtual Language Lab, and adigital multimedia library housed on the lab server.

Next to the library and near the center of campusis the John H. Sykes College of Business building.The former McKay Auditorium was gutted fromceiling to floor, rebuilt inside and out, and re-opened along with an all-new section in fall 2000as the University’s high-tech business college,replete with large-screen plasma TVs, Bloomberg¨

real-time trading and state-of-the-art multimediaconferencing and lecture tools.

To the northeast of the Computer Center is theROTC building. The University of Tampa has astrong Army ROTC program and an agreement withthe University of South Florida Air Force and NavalROTC programs. Adjacent to the ROTC building isthe full-size campus swimming pool, replete withdeck and chairs for relaxing under the Florida sun.

t he campus and beyond

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A Microcosm ofthe Modern WorldOn its campus as in its academics, history givesrise to the future at The University of Tampa. Amicrocosm of the growing, modernizing world, theUniversity’s approximately 100-acre landscape isdramatically transformed from only a few years

ago. Towering state-of-the-art residencehalls are openingalmost year-by-year:Crescent Place in1998, Brevard Hall in2000, and the VaughnCenter and ResidenceHall in 2001. With thelatter, life at theUniversity was re-centered and rede-fined. David A. StrazJr. Hall, opened in fall2003, is the latesthigh-rise hall tochange the face of thecampus. In April 2005,ground was broken onKennedy Place, an 11-story, 182-bed, $15.6-million residence hallto open in August

2006. Another new hall, offering living and diningfacilities to 448 students, is scheduled to open thefollowing year.

The Vaughn Center is the hub of campus activity,housing student government, the Moroccan year-

book, the Minaret student newspaper, the Resi-dence Life and Student Activities offices, alongwith commuter lounges, meeting rooms, a cafete-ria, and Greek Life and Student Government of-fices. The Allen N. Reeves Theater, a 180-seatvenue equally adept at presenting feature films andprominent speakers, is on the second floor. Thefirst and second floors also contain the full-servicecampus store operated by Barnes and Noble, aswell as the Spartan Club and Internet Caf .

The building is topped by 33,000 square feet ofninth-floor banquet and seminar space with aspectacular view of the campus, and beyond it,downtown Tampa to the east, neighborhoods to thenorth and west, and sparkling Tampa Bay to thesouth.

Now, an amazing 80% of all UT student housing isbrand new or built within the past eight years. Theboom is part of a new campus plan that includesmore than $120 million in completed buildingprojects and another $75 million in projects under-way.

Overlooking the scenic Hillsborough River, thecampus is just across the river from downtown.Plant Park, with its “Sticks of Fire” sculpture by O.V. Shaffer and statue of President John F. Kennedynear where he addressed a crowd only days beforehis assassination, lies along the river.

Immediately west of the river is Plant Hall. Aregistered national historic site since 1977, PlantHall contains most of the University’s administra-tive offices and the College of Liberal Arts andSciences, as well as faculty offices, classrooms,laboratories and UT’s beautiful Fletcher Lounge,Music Room and East Verandah. In the basement

of Plant Hall is the Rathskellar, a meeting anddining place for students, alumni, faculty and staff.A full-service sandwich shop, soda fountain, snackcounter and coffee counter are featured here, alongwith a big-screen TV, pool tables and video games.

A Place for Study,Thought, ReflectionThe Macdonald-Kelce Library, with more than250,000 volumes, some 1,600 periodicals, andelectronic access to more than 20,000 onlinejournals, is well equipped to meet the diversifiedneeds of college students.

The library is a repository for United States andstate government publications. Its special collec-tions include old and rare books, first editions,autographed editions, materials on Florida and theSoutheast, an outstanding Florida Military Collec-tion and the University archives.

Among the facility’s many user-friendly features isUTOPIA, a Windows-based on-line catalog withInternet access. Patrons can examine the localcatalog, search other libraries and databases,check the status of their accounts and even readgovernment documents at home, residence hall oroffice, or anywhere an on-line computer can befound.

Farther south alongthe Hillsborough River,a digital multi-medialanguage learningcenter occupies part ofthe refurbished formerstudent union building,the Riverside Center.Among the array ofimpressive new facili-

ties that debutedon campus the pastfew years, theTechnology Centerfor LanguageLearning andInternationalStudies featuressatellite downlinks,videoconferencing,interactive digital audio and video, text synchroni-zation, high-speed Internet, a “smart” seminar-conference room for guest speakers from aroundthe globe, Tandberg Virtual Language Lab, and adigital multimedia library housed on the lab server.

Next to the library and near the center of campusis the John H. Sykes College of Business building.The former McKay Auditorium was gutted fromceiling to floor, rebuilt inside and out, and re-opened along with an all-new section in fall 2000as the University’s high-tech business college,replete with large-screen plasma TVs, Bloomberg¨

real-time trading and state-of-the-art multimediaconferencing and lecture tools.

To the northeast of the Computer Center is theROTC building. The University of Tampa has astrong Army ROTC program and an agreement withthe University of South Florida Air Force and NavalROTC programs. Adjacent to the ROTC building isthe full-size campus swimming pool, replete withdeck and chairs for relaxing under the Florida sun.

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A New Lifefor Old BuildingsAmong the most notable buildings in the old statefairgrounds area are the University’s art facilities,which opened in fall 2003. After a sweeping $2-million makeover of the former state fair exhibitionhall in 2004-05, the R.K. Bailey Art Studios onNorth Boulevard provide drawing and aerobicsstudios; an art library and a photography laboratoryand darkroom; the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery (re-puted to be the finest little art gallery in the TampaBay area); an outdoor art workplace and sculpturedisplay area; and several classrooms.

Just north of the old fairgrounds on UniversityDrive is the Jaeb Computer Center. This is thetechnological center of the University, but theentire campus is linked by a high-speed campuscomputer network. Every member of the Universitycommunity has free Internet access and e-mail,and computer labs are located in several conve-

nient areas on campus.Many public areas oncampus are wireless,as well.

At the edge of the oldfairgrounds is wherethe original stadiumstood. Its long andstoried history, includ-ing Babe Ruth’s record587-foot home run anda pro football gamewith the legendary RedGrange, came to anend in 2002 when theaging structure wasdemolished to make

way for a newstadium. Art andPolly Pepin Sta-dium opened in fall2002, replacing theolder structure, andnew tennis courtsand a new parkinggarage acrossNorth Boulevardopened early in2003.

Southeast of the stadium is the Cass Building,formerly Tampa Prep, a 29,000-square-foot com-plex under renovation to house a new video pro-duction suite, theater and “black box” motionimage studio and 42-seat digital imaging lab forcommunications, andnew classrooms,labs and offices forscience.

Across North Boulevard are the new dance centerand the Bob Martinez Sports Center, which includesa gymnasium seating 3,500 for intercollegiate andprofessional sports, weight and training facilities,a physiology laboratory and a gymnastics room.

Nearby, on the campus’s north end, is the McNiffFitness Center, where full-time students may enjoyfree weight training and aerobics instruction.

The campus got an important extension in 2002with the opening of the University’s Marine Sci-ence field station on Tampa Bay, 20 minutes fromcampus, where students have natural shorelinehabitats literally right outside their classroom door,as well as immediate access to the program’s threeresearch vessels.

Nine on-campus residence halls offer studentsa close-knit residential community with thecomfort, relaxation and security of home awayfrom home. David A. Straz Jr. Hall, whichcaters to juniors and seniors who prefer single

rooms, andVaughn Center setnew standards inon-campus high-rise luxury living.Austin Hall,Brevard Hall andKennedy Place arethree other recentadditions.

ResCom offers juniors and seniors residentialapartment-style living. Smiley Hall is a smaller,“traditional” hall built around a sunny court-yard. McKay Hall offers waterfront living onthe Hillsborough River. The Boathouse pro-vides quaint, quiet riverfront living. The HyattHotel, within walking distance of campus,serves UT’s overflow housing needs with hotel-style living replete with maid service and aconvenient shuttle transport to and from campus.

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t ampa andtampa baySurrounding the UT campus is Tampa, a vibrant,ethnically and culturally diverse, modern city offinance and commerce. Once a sleepy southerntown, Tampa’s boom began in the 1950s and contin-ues unabated in the 2000s. An imposing skylinecontinues to burst into bloom over a cityscape thatwas almost entirely flat just two decades ago.

More than 1.1 million residents inhabit the cityand surrounding Hillsborough County, with 2.6million in the four-county Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metroplex (commonly referred to simplyas “Tampa Bay”), and 5 million in the 11-county

West Central Floridaregion. Tampa is thecultural, economic,business, shipping,educational, medical,legal and entertainmentcenter of it all, and thecommunity is involvedwith its premier privateUniversity: More than700 Tampa Bay commu-nity leaders serve onUniversity boards andadvisory groups.

A City of ChampionsFittingly, professional sports thrive here.Tampa’s Raymond James Stadiumwas the site of Super Bowl XXXV, thefirst to be played in the 21st centuryand third millennium, in January2001. It was Tampa’s third hostingof the world’s most-watchedsingle sporting event, and

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A New Lifefor Old BuildingsAmong the most notable buildings in the old statefairgrounds area are the University’s art facilities,which opened in fall 2003. After a sweeping $2-million makeover of the former state fair exhibitionhall in 2004-05, the R.K. Bailey Art Studios onNorth Boulevard provide drawing and aerobicsstudios; an art library and a photography laboratoryand darkroom; the Scarfone/Hartley Gallery (re-puted to be the finest little art gallery in the TampaBay area); an outdoor art workplace and sculpturedisplay area; and several classrooms.

Just north of the old fairgrounds on UniversityDrive is the Jaeb Computer Center. This is thetechnological center of the University, but theentire campus is linked by a high-speed campuscomputer network. Every member of the Universitycommunity has free Internet access and e-mail,and computer labs are located in several conve-

nient areas on campus.Many public areas oncampus are wireless,as well.

At the edge of the oldfairgrounds is wherethe original stadiumstood. Its long andstoried history, includ-ing Babe Ruth’s record587-foot home run anda pro football gamewith the legendary RedGrange, came to anend in 2002 when theaging structure wasdemolished to make

way for a newstadium. Art andPolly Pepin Sta-dium opened in fall2002, replacing theolder structure, andnew tennis courtsand a new parkinggarage acrossNorth Boulevardopened early in2003.

Southeast of the stadium is the Cass Building,formerly Tampa Prep, a 29,000-square-foot com-plex under renovation to house a new video pro-duction suite, theater and “black box” motionimage studio and 42-seat digital imaging lab forcommunications, andnew classrooms,labs and offices forscience.

Across North Boulevard are the new dance centerand the Bob Martinez Sports Center, which includesa gymnasium seating 3,500 for intercollegiate andprofessional sports, weight and training facilities,a physiology laboratory and a gymnastics room.

Nearby, on the campus’s north end, is the McNiffFitness Center, where full-time students may enjoyfree weight training and aerobics instruction.

The campus got an important extension in 2002with the opening of the University’s Marine Sci-ence field station on Tampa Bay, 20 minutes fromcampus, where students have natural shorelinehabitats literally right outside their classroom door,as well as immediate access to the program’s threeresearch vessels.

Nine on-campus residence halls offer studentsa close-knit residential community with thecomfort, relaxation and security of home awayfrom home. David A. Straz Jr. Hall, whichcaters to juniors and seniors who prefer single

rooms, andVaughn Center setnew standards inon-campus high-rise luxury living.Austin Hall,Brevard Hall andKennedy Place arethree other recentadditions.

ResCom offers juniors and seniors residentialapartment-style living. Smiley Hall is a smaller,“traditional” hall built around a sunny court-yard. McKay Hall offers waterfront living onthe Hillsborough River. The Boathouse pro-vides quaint, quiet riverfront living. The HyattHotel, within walking distance of campus,serves UT’s overflow housing needs with hotel-style living replete with maid service and aconvenient shuttle transport to and from campus.

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et ampa andtampa baySurrounding the UT campus is Tampa, a vibrant,ethnically and culturally diverse, modern city offinance and commerce. Once a sleepy southerntown, Tampa’s boom began in the 1950s and contin-ues unabated in the 2000s. An imposing skylinecontinues to burst into bloom over a cityscape thatwas almost entirely flat just two decades ago.

More than 1.1 million residents inhabit the cityand surrounding Hillsborough County, with 2.6million in the four-county Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater metroplex (commonly referred to simplyas “Tampa Bay”), and 5 million in the 11-county

West Central Floridaregion. Tampa is thecultural, economic,business, shipping,educational, medical,legal and entertainmentcenter of it all, and thecommunity is involvedwith its premier privateUniversity: More than700 Tampa Bay commu-nity leaders serve onUniversity boards andadvisory groups.

A City of ChampionsFittingly, professional sports thrive here.Tampa’s Raymond James Stadiumwas the site of Super Bowl XXXV, thefirst to be played in the 21st centuryand third millennium, in January2001. It was Tampa’s third hostingof the world’s most-watchedsingle sporting event, and

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Aquarium photo courtesy of Tampa BayConvention and Visitors Bureau.

the area was chosen in 2005 for Super Bowl XLIIIon Feb. 1, 2009.

“Ray-Jay” also is the permanent home of theNational Football League’s 2002 Super Bowl Cham-pion Tampa Bay Buccaneers and South Florida

Bulls college football.Downtown, the St.Pete Times Forum ishome to the NationalHockey League’s 2004Stanley Cup ChampionTampa Bay Lightningand the five-timeArena Football LeagueChampion Tampa BayStorm, who hold theAFL record for champi-onships. The TampaBay Devil Rays playMajor League Baseballat Tropicana Field,across the bay in St.Petersburg, and theperennial World SeriesChampion New YorkYankees hold spring

training yearly at Legends Field, across fromRaymond James Stadium.

Musicals, Museumsand a World of ArtThe arts, too, thrive in Tampa and TampaBay, and support one of the University’sgoals for students: aesthetic awarenessthrough creation, appreciation, or criticalresponse to the arts.

Downtown Tampa offers the Tampa BayPerforming Arts Center, where professionalperformers of every variety appear in Broad-

way musicals, playsand concerts year-round. The St. PeteTimes Forum, in addi-tion to its frequentsporting events, alsohosts numerous con-certs and trade shows,as well as perfor-mances by world-renowned figure skaters. TheTampa Museum of Art presents traveling exhibitsfrom some of the world’s most recognized names inpainting, sculpture, drawing and photography.Numerous smaller galleries also can be found indowntown Tampa, Hyde Park and elsewhere inthe city.

Also in Tampa are the Florida Aquarium, LowryPark Zoo, Busch Gardens and the Museum ofScience and Industry, which includes the MOSIMAXTheater, the first IMAX dome theater in Florida.

Across the bay in downtown St. Petersburg, theFlorida International Museum houses touringexhibits of historic significance. Recent exhibitionshave included the Mysteries of Ancient Egypt,Titanic and the John F. Kennedy exhibit. TheHolocaust Museum is another place of greathistorical and cultural significance, and the Salva-dor Dali Museum nearby is the permanent home ofmany of the world-famous surrealist painter’sgreatest works.

Together, these institutions add to the richness ofcommunity and learning at The University of

Tampa. The Tampa Bay community’sarts, sports and recreation offeringsprovide both the fullness of recreationaldiversion that active minds enjoy, and,along with its vast and varied globalbusiness offerings, the larger community

context that helps deliver the University’sgoals for all its students.

Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Conventionand Visitors Bureau.

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The University does not discriminate on the basisof sex, race, age, color, disability, sexual orienta-tion or national or ethnic origin in the recruitment,admission and advancement of students, or in therecruitment, employment and advancement offaculty and staff, or in the design and operation ofany of its programs and activities.

The designated coordinator for University compli-ance with federal laws and regulations concerningnon-discrimination is the Office of the Director ofHuman Resources, Room 202, Riverside Center;telephone (813) 253-6237.

The University assumes that its students willconduct themselves as responsible citizens andwill comply with the regulations set forth in theapplication, the re-admissions information sent orhanded to students, and the current student hand-

Statements set forth in this catalog outline thecurrent rules, regulations and institutional policiesof the University and are for informational purposesonly. They should not be construed as the basis ofa contract between a student and this institution.

The University certifies that this catalog is true andcorrect in both content and policy. It is the respon-sibility of each student to read and understand theprovisions of The University of Tampa catalogunder which he or she is registered.

The University is easily reached by car, air,train or bus. Tampa is served by Tampa Inter-national Airport and the St. Petersburg/Clearwater International Airport, with flightson most major airlines to and from citiesacross the country.It is also servedby Amtrak, bybus line andby two inter-state high-ways.

book. The University reserves the right to takeaction with any student whose conduct on or offcampus is unbecoming a University of Tampastudent or reflects discredit on the institution.

Additional information regarding The University ofTampa may be obtained by contacting the FloridaDepartment of Education, Division of Colleges andUniversities, 325 W. Gaines St., Tallahassee, FL32399, (850) 245-0505.

The University of Tampa is accredited by theCommission on Colleges of the SouthernAssociation of Colleges and Schools to awardassociate, baccalaureate and master’s degrees.Questions regarding this accreditation status maybe directed to Commission on Colleges, 1866Decatur Lane, Decatur, GA 30025, (404) 679-4500.

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