Business, School of; Opportunities to study abroad:
Programs range from one week to a full semester. Locations include England, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Hungary, China, and Mexico. For details, please contact Cyndi Peterson at extension 2922, email: cypeter@siue.edu.
Civil Engineering New Combined Program (B.S. and M.S.)
offers a new five-year program leading to Bachelor of Science (B.S.) and the Master of Science (M.S.) degrees. Students with senior level status (at least 90 semester hours) and an overall grade point average of 3.25 (A=4.0) in engineering, mathematics, and physical science courses may be admitted to the combined program. This program allows them to earn 30 hours of graduate level credit (400- and 500-level courses primarily in the area of structural or environmental engineering) during their combined fourth and fifth years.
Cooperative Education Program (Co-op ) at SIUE is a centralized work experience program for all majors which is a service of the Career Development Center (CDC). You are offered an opportunity to work in your major or career-related field of study for a salary in either parallel or alternating assignments. The Co-op program is a major component of the career development process in assisting you to gain career related work experiences in paid paraprofessional positions while attending SIUE.
For enrollment certification purposes, university-sponsored Cooperative Education participation is considered equivalent to full-time enrollment. This requires formal enrollment in an approved Co-op course through the CDC. You do not pay to enroll for the Co-op course nor receive credit/hours for the course, but do receive transcript recognition.
Distance Learning Courses
SIUE, through a consortial arrangement with community colleges and other universities in southern Illinois, hosts courses delivered to SIUE via technology-mediated instruction. For more information about these courses call the Office of Educational Outreach at (618)650-3210.
Foreign Language
Majors planning to seek certification to teach must successfully complete an interview in order to student teach. Applications for the interview to student teach in the Spring must be filled out and in Dr. K. Bueno’s possession no later than the first Friday of the Fall Semester by 5:00 p.m.
Interdisciplinary Graduate Sequence in Gerontology
SIUE offers a Graduate Certificate of Completion in Gerontology for those students who finish the 12 semester-hour Interdisciplinary Graduate Sequence in Gerontology. Classes include PSYC 487 (Psychology of Aging), GRN 587 (Interdisciplinary Seminar in Gerontology), GRN 588 (Programs, Services and Resources in Aging) and GRN 598 (Practicum in Gerontology). The Gerontology Certificate Program may be taken either in conjunction with a graduate degree program or independently. For more information, check out our website at http://www.siue.edu/education/gerontology, call (618) 650-3454, or e-mail Dr. Bryce Sullivan at bsulliv@siue.edu.
Nursing
The School uses a variety of clinical sites in Central and Southern Illinois and in the Metro East area for clinical experiences. Some courses have attached fees. Information about the approximate costs for special items or fees can be obtained through the School of Nursing.
Off-Campus Courses and Programs
A number of courses listed in this timetable meet at Southwestern Illinois College and other off-campus locations. Information concerning courses, tuition and fees, registration, or other questions can be obtained by contacting the offices listed below.
Speech, Language, and Hearing Center
Located in Founders Hall, Room 1300, provides diagnostic services in the areas of speech, language, and hearing. Therapy is also provided, including intervention for students for whom English is a second language. For more information, call 650-5423.
EDUCARD
EDUCARD is a special community program designed to permit people of all ages and backgrounds to sit in on a selected regular academic class.
EDUCARD is open to anyone over the age of 16 not enrolled for credit at SIUE. EDUCARD participants do not receive grades. No grade reports, transcripts, etc. are maintained. EDUCARD participants are also able to borrow textbooks at no cost from Textbook Service. The cost is $35.00 per course. Applications and additional information about policies and restrictions are available from the Office of Educational Outreach, Box 1084, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL 62026-1084. For information call (618) 650-3210.
For a list of classes approved for EDUCARD, go to http://www.siue.edu/CE/EDUCARD/index.html .
GENERAL INFORMATION
Personal Data Changes
When you register, be sure to review your personal data. It is your responsibility to report changes to your permanent address and other personal data to the Service Center. Forms may be obtained here and submitted to the Service Center. Local address changes must be submitted on the web at http://www.siue.edu/COUGARNET. Once you log in, select Personal Profile, then Address. If this information is not maintained, critical University information will not reach you. (Note: Changing your permanent address may change your residency and tuition rate.)
Student employees must report address changes to the Office of Student Employment to keep their tax cards up to date. Address and name changes for loan recipients should be reported to the Office of the Bursar.
Directory Information
Under Public Law 93-380 as amended, specific types of student directory information are made available to the general public. The information listed below will be available to any person inquiring as to such data for each student enrolled at SIUE unless the student has filed a written objection to the release of this information with the Office of the Registrar. Students who have not filed an objection to the release of directory information by the end of the first week of Fall semester classes also will be included in the annually published student directory. Students should note that the University also publishes a web directory that is updated once each fall and spring semester. Students who have not filed an objection to the release of directory information by the end of the first week of Fall or Spring semester will be included in the web directory as well. This objection will remain in effect until the student files a cancellation with the Office of the Registrar. The form may be obtained here and submitted to the Service Center.
Directory Information includes
Declaring or Changing Major
Undeclared undergraduate students apply for a major through Academic Counseling and Advising. Changes of major for undergraduates should be processed through the new, or intended, major department. Graduate students apply for a change of major by completing an application for admission to the new program.
Senior Assignment
The Senior Assignment represents the culmination of the undergraduate experience at SIUE and should integrate the best aspects of your baccalaureate education. Each academic major has its own version of the Senior Assignment and all seniors are required to complete one. For more information, contact your academic adviser.
Change in Undergraduate Degree Requirements
You are required to complete the catalog degree requirements in force when you first enter the University. However, with the approval of your academic adviser, you may choose requirements published in a subsequent catalog. You may not follow degree requirements published in a catalog that is more than seven years old without the written permission of the Dean of the school of your major. For further explanation, contact your academic adviser.
Graduation
Applications for graduation for undergraduate and graduate students are due no later than the first day of the term in which you expect to complete degree requirements.
Both undergraduate and graduate graduation applications are processed in the Office of the Registrar, with a non-refundable fee of $35 (subject to change). Applications may be obtained and submitted with payment to the Service Center. Students who are unable to satisfy degree requirements during the initial application term will be considered for the following two consecutive terms without reapplying or paying an additional fee. However, students who fail to meet graduation requirements within three consecutive terms beginning with the initial application term, will be required to re-apply and pay an additional $35 fee by the first day of the term in which requirements will be completed. Applications for graduation are available in the Service Center and on the web at www.siue.edu/registar/.
Engineering Graduation News
Graduate civil engineering students planning to complete their M.S. programs during the current academic year are reminded that the final draft of their research papers or M.S. theses should be submitted to their Graduate Advisory Committees at least two weeks prior to the date of their oral final examinations.
Commencement
Due to renovations at the Vadalabene Center during Summer 2008, summer commencement exercises originally scheduled for August 2008 have been cancelled. Students graduating in Summer 2008 will be invited to participate in commencement exercises during Fall 2008, which will be held on December 20, 2008, in the newly-remodeled gymnasium. Degrees will still be conferred upon students at the completion of summer term.
Transcript Fee
The transcript fee is $5.00 per copy. Transcripts should be requested in the Service Center or you may obtain the form here. Faxed requests, submitted to (618) 650-3332, are acceptable with your signature, although request forms are available on the web. Be sure to send payment for the transcript fee along with your request. Telephone and e-mail requests cannot be honored. Transcripts may not be issued for students with outstanding financial obligations to the University.