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Southern University
Illinois
Carbondale
2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale (USPS 506-080)
Volume 51, Number 2 September 2010
Periodicals postage paid at Carbondale, Illiniois 62901. Published by Southern Illinois
University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illiniois 62901, four times per year, in August,
September, October and November. Subscription price: $4 per issue.
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Registrar's Office,
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL 62901-4701.
This Affirmative
Catalog Action Policy
This publication provides information about the University. It is the policy of Southern Illinois University Carbondale to
Primary attention is given to its academic programs, rules, provide equal employment and educational opportunities for
regulations, and procedures. Students starting their collegiate all qualified persons without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
training (first graded course from an accredited institution) national origin, age, disability, status as a disabled veteran or a
during the period oftime covered by this catalog (summer 2010 veteran ofthe Vietnam era, sexual orientation, or marital sta-
through spring 2011) are subject to the curricular requirements tus. The University is committed to the principles ofequal em-
as specified herein. The requirements herein will extend for ployment opportunity and affirmative action and will continue
a seven calendar year period from the date of entry for bac- to conduct all personnel actions in accordance with the letter
calaureate programs and three years for associate programs. and spirit of applicable state and federal statutes and regula-
If the students have not met their undergraduate educational tions, including Executive Order 11246 as amended. Personnel
objectives by that time, they will then become subject to cur- actions include, but are not limited to, recruitment, hiring, po-
rent curricular requirements. Should the University change the sition assignments, compensation, training, promotion, tenure
course requirements contained herein subsequently, students consideration and award, retention, lay-off, termination, and
are assured that necessary adjustments will be made so that benefits.
no additional time is required ofthem. Where programs include
The University recognizes that the barriers of race, color, reli-
requirements established by agencies external to the Universi-
gion, sex, national origin, age, disability, status as a disabled
ty, every effort will be made to follow this same principle so far
veteran or a veteran ofthe Vietnam era, sexual orientation, or
as possible. Should subsequent curricular requirement changes
marital status ofsome individuals have resulted in their denial
work to the students' advantage, they may elect to meet the
of full participation in all societal functions and is, therefore,
new requirements rather than those contained herein. Should
commit-ted to taking affirmative steps aimed at overcoming
the University find it necessary to discontinue an academic pro- such historical patterns of discrimination in our society. The
gram, the effective date, unless otherwise dictated, will be such
University's affirmative action program identifies special ac-
that the last regularly admitted class would be able to com-
tions intended to bring such groups into full participation in
plete the program in regular time sequence. This means four
all aspects of University life. Through its affirmative action
years for baccalaureate and two years for associate programs.
A student who has withdrawn from the University may not be program. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is commit-
ted to: (1) increased numbers of minorities and females in all
readmitted to a discontinued program. aspects of SIUC employment practices with special procedures
The University reserves the right to change information con- applicable to those positions determined to be underutilized for
tained herein on matters other than curricular requirements minorities and fe-males; (2) cultural and educational diversity
without notice when circumstances warrant such action. in the curricula and environment ofthe University; (3) removal
The Undergraduate Catalog covers in detail questions concern- of barriers to the disabled; and (4) encouraged support of the
principles ofequal opportunity and affirmative action in an ef-
ing the undergraduate program ofSouthern Illinois University
fort to redress the consequences ofpast societal discrimination
Carbondale for the period from summer 2010 through spring
and to maintain a positive non-discriminatory educational en-
2011. It supersedes Volume 50, Number 2.
vironment.
The responsibility for coordinating and monitoring compliance
with the University's Equal Employment Opportunity/Affir-
mative Action policies is assigned to the Associate Chancellor
(Diversity). Implementing and assuring compliance with this
policy is the responsibility of all academic and administrative
units.
The University's ADA, §504, Title IX and Sexual Harassment
coordinator is Linda MeCabe Smith, Associate Chancellor (Di-
versity), 110 Anthony Hall, Mail Code 4341, Southern Illinois
University Carbondale, 1265 Lincoln Drive, Carbondale, IL
62901 Phone: (618) 453-1186.
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Table of
Contents
Catalog and Catalog Year ii 4/College and Academic Programs 71
Affirmative Action Policy ii
Agricultural Sciences 73
University Calendar 2010-2011 iv
Applied Sciences and Arts 74
Board of Trustees and Officers of Administration iv
Business 75
Chapter Reference Guide v Education and Human Services 76
1/General Information 7 Engineering 77
Liberal Arts 80
The University 8
Mass Communication and Media Arts 82
Campus Living 16
Science 82
Parking on Campus 16
Graduate School 83
Financial Aid 17
Library Affairs 83
2/ Admission, Tuition and Academic School of Law 84
Information 21 School of Medicine 85
Academic Programs 85
Admission Policies 22
Advisement, Registration 28 5/Undergraduate Curricula and Faculty 89
Tuition and Fees 30
6/ Student Services 457
Grading and Scholastic Regulations 34
Program Flexibility 37 Enrollment Management 459
Degrees Offered 42 Student Affairs 459
Degree Requirements 42 Campus Services 466
Recognition of High Scholastic Achievement 43
7/University Policies 469
Graduation Procedures 44
Issuance ofTranscripts 44 Residency Status 471
Release ofStudent Information 472
3/University Core Curriculum 47
Religious Observances 476
University Core Goals 49
8/Index 479
University Core Curriculum Requirements 49
University Core Courses 52
Multicultural Applied Option 60
Capstone Option 61
University Core Transfer Students 63
Illinois Articulation Initiative 63
in
Board of Trustees and Approved 2010 - 2011
Officers of Administration University Calendar
Board ofTrustees of Summer Session 2010
Southern Illinois University Term Expires
Eight-Week Session Begins Monday, June 14, 7:30 A.M
Independence Day Holiday Friday, July 3
Roger Tedrick, Chair, Mt. Vernon 2009
Final Examinations Thursday, August 5 and
Ed Hightower, Vice Chair, Edwardsville 2013
Friday, August 6
John Simmons, Secretary, East Alton 2013
Commencement TBA
Keith R. Sanders, Spring Grove 2013
Stephen Wigginton, Belleville 2011
Fall Semester 2010
Marquita Wiley, Belleville 2009
Amber Suggs (Student Trustee), Edwardsville 2009 Semester Classes Begin Monday, August 23
Nate Brown (Student Trustee), Carbondale 2009 Labor Day Holiday Monday, September 6
Misty Whittington, Executive Secretary Veterans Day Holiday Thursday, November 11
ofthe Board ofTrustees Thanksgiving Vacation Saturday, November 20,
Jerry Blakemore, General Counsel 12:00 Noon through
Duane Stucky, Board Treasurer Sunday, November 28
Final Examinations Monday, December 13
Officers ofAdministration, Southern Illinois University
through Friday,
Glenn W. Poshard, President December 17
Paul Sarvela, Vice President forAcademic Affairs Commencement 2010 Saturday, December 18,
Duane Stucky, Senior Vice President for Financial
andAdministrative Affairs Spring Semester 2011
David Gross, Executive Directorfor Governmental
Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Monday, January 17
and PublicAffairs
Semester Classes Begin Tuesday, January 18
Officers ofAdministration, Southern Illinois University Spring Vacation Saturday, March 12,
Carbondale 12:00 Noon through
Sunday, March 20
Samuel Goldman, Chancellor
Honors Day Sunday, April 17
Don S. Rice, Interim Provost and Vice Chancellor
Final Examinations Monday, May 9 through
Larry Dietz, Vice Chancellorfor StudentAffairs
Friday, May 13
Ricky McCurry, Vice-Chancellorfor Institutional Advancement
Commencement 2011 Friday, May 13 and
Saturday, May 14,
All breaks begin officially at 10:00 p.m. the night before and end
at 7:30 a.m. the morning after the respective beginning and end-
ing dates listed, unless otherwise noted.
Accommodating Religious Observances ofStudents
Southern Illinois University Carbondale will make reasonable
accommodation for individual student religious observances.
The Policy Accommodating Religious Observances of Students
appears in its entirety in Chapter 7.
IV
Chapter
Chapter 1
General
Reference Guide Information
Chapter 2
Admission, Tuition and
Academic Information
Chapter 3
University Core
Curriculum
Chapter 4
Colleges and
Academic Programs
Chapter 5
Undergraduate
Curricula and Faculty
Chapter 6
Student Services
Chapter
7
General
Information
For information or concerns pertaining to this catalog, contact the
Registrar's Office, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Car-
bondale, IL 62901. For access to the Undergraduate Catalog on the
World Wide Web, visit: <http://www.registrar.siu.edu>. Published
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Photography: University Photo Communications General
Information
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General
Information
8 / Undergraduate Catalog 2010-2011 Chapter 1
The University Morris Library, a major resource for students and faculty,
contains more than 2,600,000 volumes, more than 3,600,000
Southern Illinois University units ofmicroform, and more than 36,000 current serials. These
Southern Illinois University is a multi-campus university com- materials are in open stacks, available to every student. There
prisingtwoinstitutions,SouthernIllinoisUniversityCarbondale are also important collections of original research materials,
(SIUC) with a School ofMedicine at Springfield, and Southern as well as support services such as a map library, records and
Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) with a School ofDental tapes, and a self-instruction center. Many disciplines require
Medicine at Alton and a center in East St. Louis. Southern Illi- laboratories; some are the traditional variety and some are
nois University, with an annual operating budget ofmore than in orchards, barns, hangars, machine shops, sound chambers
$560 million, en-rolls more than 33,000 students in programs computer labs, archaeological digs, sewing rooms, kindergar-
from two-year technical curriculums to doctoral programs in 29 tens, and clinics.
fields along with law and medicine. SIU was chartered in 1869 The University offers a great variety of services to students.
as Southern Illinois Normal University, a teachers' college. In The Registrar's Office audits students' progress and maintains
1947, the name was changed to Southern Illinois University, re- records from entrance to graduation. Financial experts, wise
flecting the institution's academic expansion. Southern Illinois in the field of money for education, work tirelessly to find the
University also expanded geographically. As early as 1949, SIU right combination of loans, grants, and on- and off-campus em-
began offering off-campus academic courses in the metropoli- ployment to keep each student in school. Residence halls are
tan East St. Louis area, which led to the eventual development available on campus as are furnished and unfurnished apart-
ofa separate institution in Edwardsville. ments for families. The counseling services are ready to help
A modern and comprehensive post-secondary educational in- students deal with scholastic, family, emotional, medical, legal,
stitution, Southern Illinois University offers a broad range of or financial problems.
academic programs that lead to associate, baccalaureate, mas- The University provides an aggressive placement program on
ters, specialists, doctoral, and professional degrees. a number oflevels. University Career Services presents career
The instructional, research, and service missions of the two fairs and regular visits by recruiters from large employers. Ca-
institutions reflect the needs of the geographic areas in which reer counselors are ready to work with students from the time
they are located. Southern Illinois University also is committed of their enrollment. Seminars and workshops are conducted
to serving statewide, national, and international needs. This regularly and a career library is maintained. Some schools and
commitment is reflected in the educational activities located off departments have highly successful recruitment programs of
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the main campuses in communities throughout the state and their own. Placement services do not stop at graduation the
in the 38 programs offered on 30 military bases in 16 states. It University keeps a current placement file for every interested
is also realized through research and training exchanges, and graduate, and Alumni Services offers referral assistance.
worldwide student exchange programs. Carbondale, an economic centerofsouthern Illinois, has been
A nine-member Board of Trustees governs Southern Illinois cited in a recent study as one of the 50 most desirable places
University and sets policy that enables it to carry out its estab- to live in the United States. Only a few hours from Chicago,
lished missions and goals. The president of Southern Illinois St. Louis, and Memphis, the University sits amid rolling hills,
University is its chiefexecutive officer and reports to the Board farmlands, and orchards just 60 miles above the confluence of
ofTrustees. The chancellors report directly to the president and the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. Glacial deposits of rock have
are responsible for the internal operations ofSIUE and SIUC. left the area from Carbondale south ruggedly scenic and popu-
Southern Illinois University Carbondale lar among students and area residents alike for a wide range
Southern Illinois University Carbondale has taken pride in the of outdoor activities. Four large recreational lakes are within
quality ofits services since its doors were first opened in 1869. minutes of the campus; the two great rivers, the spectacular
Outstanding departments, distinguished faculty, thorough and 240,000-acre Shawnee National Forest, and a large number of
inspired teaching, and a thoughtful approach to the blending smaller lakes, state parks, and recreational areas are within
ofold wisdom with new knowledge, as well as student services easy driving distance. The Mid-South climate is ideal for year-
from admission to placement, combine with the University's en- around outdoor activities - even a little cross-country skiing.
viable location to provide a rewarding educational experience. The campus itself is a marvel of landscaping, planted with na-
Every member of the University faculty is a student as well tive trees, shrubs and blooming flora.
as a teacher bringing the products of research and scholarship Activities on campus are equall—y inviting. There are more
into the classroom. The University has many distinguished than 400 student organ—izations special interest, political,
scholars on its faculty honored by their peers for important Greek, religious, service intramurals from baseball to ulti-
contributions to the fields they study. Contact with these hard- mate frisbee, a recreational lake on campus, nine intercolle-
working educators offers students the best possible entry into giate sports programs for women and nine for men, and great
the world of today where ideas and technology mesh. As stu- varieties of diverting entertainment. A large indoor recreation
dents progress in their studies they will work along with faculty center contains an Olympic-sized pool, weight rooms, game
members and may eventually be able to participate in ongoing courts ofall kinds, diet and exercise programs, instruction, and
re-search projects or set up projects oftheir own. Other courses equipment that can be checked out for outdoor recreation.
may lead to intern-ships or practicum work on campus or in the At this modern university in a rural setting, one can ben-
area around the University. efit from the best ofboth worlds -the scenic wonders, the small-
town friendliness, the easy access to all the area has to offer.
