SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE
GRADUATE CATALOG 2008-2009
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
The Graduate School is the central agency for organizing and supervising all graduate programs of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), as well as for facilitating and administering the University's research activities.
U.S. News & World Report lists SIUE among the top ten public master’s level universities in the Midwest region. Beautifully situated on 2,660 acres, SIUE is a public institution offering a broad choice of degrees and programs ranging from liberal arts to professional studies. Nearly 13,500 students choose SIUE for the enlightening programs, engaging faculty, and convenient location just 25 minutes from St. Louis.
Graduate degree programs are offered in 40 fields. Courses are offered evenings as well as days and weekends in order to accommodate those students who are actively engaged in the community as professional workers. As part of the University's commitment to make educational opportunities available to students in a variety of environments, some degree programs are offered at off-campus locations in the region. Excellent library services are available on the main campus and in the St. Louis metropolitan area; the resources of major libraries in Illinois are available through Lovejoy Library.
SIUE
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville/2008-2009.
Graduate School 618-650-3010, gradsch@siue.edu
Graduate Admissions - 618-650-3770
Graduate Records - 618-650-3167
Service Center - 618-650-2080
Visit the Graduate School on the web at www.siue.edu/graduate.
THIS ISSUE
of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate Catalog covers in detail questions concerning the Graduate School and applies to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. It supersedes Volume 37, Number 4, the 2007-2008 issue of the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Graduate Catalog.
The following publications can be obtained from the online at www.siue.edu: Schedule of Classes; the Undergraduate Catalog; the Graduate Catalog.
This publication is not a contract or offer to contract. The Board of Trustees, University executive officers, and their agents reserve the right to change information contained herein without notice when circumstances warrant such action.
CONTENTS
The University System
Chapter 1. Graduate School Admissions
Chapter 2. Graduate Degree Program Descriptions
Chapter 3. Course Descriptions
Chapter 4. Graduate Faculty
ACCREDITATION
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The University has joined the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP), a new and innovative method for maintaining regional accreditation. Detailed information is available at www.siue.edu/AQIP.
For more information, contact the HLC at www.ncahlc.org or 800-621-7440.
Many of the University's graduate programs, departments, and schools are accredited by professional agencies, including the following:
AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of business-International (MBA & Accountancy)
Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
American Art Therapy Association
Council on Social Work Education
National Association of Schools of Music
National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration
St. John’s Hospital, Springfield, Illinois (Department of Biological Sciences)
Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education
Council on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs
Council of Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
National Association of School Psychologists
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Illinois State Board of Education (All Teacher Education Programs)
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
For the most up-to-date academic calendar, go to the appropriate semester at www.siue.edu/registrar/schedules.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Name, Home Town, Term Expires
Roger Tedrick, Chair, Mt. Vernon, 2009
Ed Hightower, Vice-Chair, Edwardsville, 2007
Keith Sanders, Spring Grove, 2007
John Simmons, Secretary, East Alton, 2007
Stephen Wigginton, Troy, 2011
Marquita Wiley, Belleville, 2009
Amber Suggs, Student Trustee, Edwardsville,2008-2009
Demetrous White, Student Trustee, Carbondale, 2008-2009
Jerry Blakemore, General Counsel
Misty Whittington, Executive Secretary of the Board of Trustees
Duane Stucky, Senior Vice President for Financial and Administrative Affairs and Board Treasurer
Officers of Administration
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Glenn Poshard, President
John S. Haller, Jr., Vice President for Academic Affairs
Duane Stucky, Senior Vice President for Financial and Administrative Affairs
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE
Vaughn Vandegrift, Chancellor
Paul Ferguson, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Narbeth Emmanuel, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Kenneth Neher, Vice Chancellor for Administration
Gary Giamartino, Interim Vice Chancellor for University Relations
COLLEGE, SCHOOLS, AND ACADEMIC DEANS
College of Arts and Sciences, John Danley, Acting Dean
School of Business, Timothy S. Schoenecker, Acting Dean
School of Dental Medicine, Ann M. Boyle, Dean
School of Education, Bette S. Bergeron, Dean
School of Engineering, Hasan Sevim, Dean
Lovejoy Library, Regina McBride, Acting Dean
Nursing, Marcia Maurer, Dean
School of Pharmacy, Philip J.Medon, Dean
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Stephen L. Hansen, Associate Provost for Research and Dean
Christa Johnson, Associate Dean
Ronald Schaefer, Associate Dean
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Southern Illinois University is a multi-campus university comprising two institutions, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC), with a School of Medicine at Springfield, and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), with a School of Dental Medicine at Alton and a center in East St. Louis. The University, with an annual operating budget of more than $748 million, enrolls more than 34,000 students in programs from two-year technical curricula to Ph.D. programs in 32 fields along with law, medicine, pharmacy, and dental medicine. SIU was chartered in 1869 as Southern Illinois Normal University, a teachers' college. In 1947, the name was changed to Southern Illinois University, reflecting the institution's academic expansion. The University also expanded geographically. In 1949, SIU began offering off-campus academic courses in the metropolitan East St. Louis area, which led to the eventual development of a separate institution in Edwardsville.
A modern and comprehensive post-secondary educational institution, Southern Illinois University offers a broad range of academic programs that lead to associate, baccalaureate, master's, specialist's, post-baccalaureate and post-masters, cooperative doctoral, and professional degrees.
The instructional, research, and service missions of the two constituent institutions reflect the needs of the geographic areas in which they are located. The University also is committed to serving statewide, national, and international needs. This commitment is reflected in educational activities located off the main campuses in communities throughout the state. It is realized also through research and training exchanges and through world-wide student exchange programs.
A nine-member Board of Trustees governs Southern Illinois University and sets policy that enables the University to carry out established missions and goals. The President of Southern Illinois University is its chief executive officer and reports to the Board of Trustees. The University Chancellors report to the President and are responsible for the internal operation of SIUE and SIUC, respectively.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE
UNIVERSITY MISSION
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a public comprehensive university dedicated to the communication, expansion and integration of knowledge through excellent undergraduate education as its first priority and complementary excellent graduate and professional academic programs; through the scholarly, creative and research activity of its faculty, staff and students; and through public service and cultural and arts programming in its region.
UNIVERSITY VISION
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, as a premier Metropolitan University, will be recognized nationally for the excellence of its programs and development of professional and community leaders.
UNIVERSITY VALUES
Recognizing public education as the cornerstone of a democracy, SIUE carries out its mission based on certain fundamental, shared values. We value:
Citizenship
• Social, civic and political responsibility, globally, nationally, locally, and within the University
•Active partnerships and a climate of collaboration and cooperation among faculty, staff, students and the larger community
• Environmental stewardship
Excellence
• High quality student learning
• Continuous improvement and innovation
• Outstanding scholarship and public service
• Standards consonant with the premier status to which we aspire
Integrity
• Accountability to those we serve and from whom we receive support
• Honesty in our communications and in our actions
Openness
• Inclusion of the rich diversity of humankind in all aspects of university life
• Respect for individual differences
• Intellectual freedom and diversity of thought
• Access for all who can benefit from our programs
Wisdom
• Creation, preservation, and sharing of knowledge
• Application of knowledge in a manner that promotes the common good
• Life-long learning
Statement on Diversity
All societies and peoples have contributed to the rich mix of contemporary humanity. In order to achieve domestic and international peace, social justice, and the development of full human potential, we must build on this diversity. SIUE nurtures an open, harmonious, and hospitable climate that facilitates learning and work. Each member of the University is responsible for contributing to such a campus environment.
SIUE is committed to education that explores the historic significance of diversity in order to understand the present and to better enable our community to engage the future. Integral to this commitment, SIUE strives for a student body and a workforce that manifests diversity.
Achieving the Vision: SIUE’s Long-Term Goals
The primary focus of SIUE’s long-term goals is student learning. Achieving the following goals will help students become lifelong learners and effective leaders in their professions and communities:
Engaged students and Capable Graduates—Attract a diverse student body, including traditional, non-traditional, commuter, and residential scholars, and nurture, educate, and graduate students who achieve the objectives for baccalaureate, graduate, and professional degrees.
Innovative High Quality Programs—Develop, deliver, and continually improve high quality academic programs appropriate for a metropolitan university.
Committed Faculty and Staff—Recruit and support a diverse faculty and staff known for providing the highest quality educational opportunity, scholarship, and service.
Harmonious Campus Climate—Foster a harmonious student-centered campus characterized by integrity, cooperation, open dialogue, and mutual respect among individuals with different backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives.
Active Community Engagement—Achieve an integral and indispensable relationship with Illinois and the St. Louis metropolitan area; work cooperatively within SIU to make the whole greater than the sum of its parts.
Sound Physical and Financial Assets—Develop, maintain, and protect the university’s assets in a financially, aesthetically, and environmentally responsible manner.
Excellent Reputation—Participate and excel in actions that earn national recognition for quality.
GRADUATE SCHOOL MISSION STATEMENT
The Graduate School of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is committed to promoting graduate education and research of the highest quality. The mission is to provide excellent programs, foster intellectual development, and facilitate excellence in research and scholarly and creative activities.
Goals of Graduate Student Learning
The purpose of graduate education at SIUE is to provide students with the intellectual ability to understand, create, integrate, and apply sophisticated discipline specific knowledge. Because knowledge is dynamic, students are additionally expected to learn the intellectual system of the discipline, that is the discipline's system of thinking, knowing, and acting, in order to acquire and evaluate future knowledge. Toward those ends, the Graduate Council adopts the following goals for graduate student learning.
Demonstrate breadth and depth of knowledge in the discipline
Graduate students should understand the current and historical theories, concepts, and models of the discipline. They should possess the ability to access and evaluate the literature of the discipline and understand the major issues in the current state of knowledge. In addition to knowing the specific content of the discipline, students should be able to understand and appropriately use the methods and techniques of advancing and/or applying knowledge in the field of study.
Effectively communicate knowledge in the discipline
Graduate students should possess the ability to write and speak about the current issues of the discipline to peers, practitioners, and the public. They should be able to articulate and demonstrate knowledge of the discipline and write and present scholarship to professionals.
Demonstrate an ability for analytical thinking in the discipline
Graduate students should be able to identify and understand critical issues in the discipline. They should posses the ability to challenge and evaluate information, as well as to synthesize and integrate knowledge in the discipline.
Exhibit the best practices, values, and ethics of the profession
Graduate students should understand and exhibit the professional standards for responsible conduct of research in the discipline and understand the values and ethics of practicing the profession in society.
Apply knowledge of the discipline
Graduate students should possess the ability to apply knowledge in the discipline to solve sophisticated problems and to interpret technical issues.