Graduate Catalog
Table of Contents

Campus and Facilities - 2007/2008


The University

Western Illinois University was established April 24, 1899, and began operation September 23, 1902. The University offers 59 undergraduate degree programs and 36 graduate degree programs to approximately
13,600 students. Western Illinois University offers graduate work in 14 postbaccalaureate certificates. The University serves 2,268 graduate students from Illinois as well as 36 other states and 50 nations.

Fifty-four buildings are situated on more than 1,000 acres in Macomb. In addition, the University operates the Alice L. Kibbe Life Sciences Station on the Mississippi River, the Frank J. Horn Field Campus, and the University Farm, which provide nearby facilities for students enrolled in agriculture; biology; and recreation, park and tourism administration courses. Western Illinois University-Quad Cities campus in Moline provides baccalaureate degree, graduate degree and post-baccalaureate certificate programs in various disciplines.

The University is located in Macomb, the McDonough County seat, 40 miles east of the Mississippi River. The city has a population of approximately 20,000. Two U.S. highways, 136 and 67, intersect at Macomb and provide direct access to Interstates 74, 80, and 55. Rail passenger service is available from Quincy and Chicago to Macomb.


Housing

Graduate and Family Apartment Housing: There are several one and two-bedroom
apartments on campus for students with children, spouses or domestic partners; and graduate students. The University offers both furnished and unfurnished apartments on a first-come, first-served basis. It is recommended that applications for on-campus apartments be made at least one full year in advance due to the long waiting list. All apartments have a stove, refrigerator, basic cable television outlet, and air conditioning. Furnished apartments are provided with living room, dining room, and bedroom furniture. All utilities and local telephone calls are included in the rental payment. Laundry facilities are also available in the apartment complexes. Further information and an application for graduate and family apartment housing may be obtained from the Office of Graduate and Family Housing in the Office of University Housing and Dining Services in Seal Hall, 309/298-3331 or www.student.services.wiu.edu.

Residence Halls: Competitively priced living accommodations that provide an
atmosphere conducive to graduate studies are available on campus. Caroline Grote Hall is a suite-style residence hall with private bathrooms which offers single and double rooms for juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Higgins Hall is located on the northwest corner of campus. It is an air-conditioned, co-ed living environment providing double rooms and a limited number of single rooms. Tanner Hall, located on the northeast corner of campus, and Lincoln/Washington halls, located on the southeast corner, offer unique living arrangements for returning, transfer, and graduate students. All accommodations are single rooms with all the amenities of residence hall facilities, plus extra closet space, an end table, easy chair, and carpeting. Corbin Hall provides suite-style living arrangements for two, three, or four occupants and is located on the southwest corner of campus. Each floor has two lounges, two bathrooms, and laundry facilities.

All rooms are furnished with airconditioning, beds, dressers, study desks, chairs, closets, Internet access, and privateline telephones. Laundry facilities, television lounges, vending areas, computer labs, and limited cooking facilities are available in each hall.

Residents of University housing sign a contract for a full academic year and pay room and board by the semester.

Students enrolling for the first time will receive a housing application/contract form upon acceptance to the University. Students should apply for housing as early as possible, since hall and room assignments are made based on the date of the student’s room application.

Off-Campus Housing: Listings of off-campus facilities are available in the Student Tenant Union Office located in the University Union.


University Libraries

Western Illinois University Libraries is an integral part of student and lifelong learning
experiences—where student-centered learning takes priority and communities of learners can be created.

Computing power and the Internet have transformed the way information is gathered, organized and distributed; and have dramatically changed WIU Libraries and library services. The libraries create a welcoming environment to support collaborative student learning and demonstrate the integration of print and internet resources. The libraries include several computer classrooms and are equipped with wireless network connections to the University’s high speed network.

Current library hours may be obtained by calling 309/298-2411. Answers to other
inquiries may be obtained by calling 309/298-2705, or at www.wiu.edu/library.


Laboratories, Clinics, and Special Facilities

The Alice L. Kibbe Life Science Station is a biological reserve of more than 1,600 acres
of islands, bluffs, and upland areas in the Mississippi River Valley near Warsaw, Illinois. Its aquatic habitats, forests, and prairies serve as an outdoor classroom for field studies and are used in environmental research. The Cedar Glen Eagle Roost, which is adjacent to the field station, is considered one of the Midwest’s most outstanding natural areas and is nationally known as a major winter roosting area for bald eagles. The field station maintains research sites and equipment for sampling on the Mississippi River.

Students interested in freshwater and marine organisms also are able to enroll in
WIU courses and conduct research at the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. These facilities and programs are available through the Department of Biological Sciences.

Horn Field Campus is a 92-acre outdoor, educational and research facility located
south of Macomb and managed by the Department of Recreation, Park and
Tourism Administration. Within these 92 acres lies an 8-acre prairie restoration
project; woodlands; challenge course; climbing tower; and several historical
buildings, which include a lodge and cabins, that contribute to the educational
and research opportunities available to the University community.

The University Greenhouse and W. M. Walter Natural Area were developed and
are maintained by the Department of Biological Sciences. The greenhouse has rooms designed for growing aquatic, xeric, and tropical plants. Space is also available for propagation and research. The W. M. Walter Natural Area has a pond, wetland, prairie, and forest that are used in teaching classes. These facilities are adjacent to
Waggoner Hall.

The Department of Biological Sciences herbaria (MWI, WARK) contain collections
of more than 42,000 vascular plants, nonvascular plants, algae, and fungi. The animal collections include both invertebrate and vertebrate animal specimens. The plant, fungal, and animal collections serve as depositories of distribution records and for research on the biodiversity of western Illinois. They are available for student and faculty research projects.

Facilities for cell and molecular research are also available in the Department of
Biological Sciences. Equipment available includes a scanning electron microscope, transmission electron microscope, ultracentrifuges, high-performance liquid chromatograph, PCR machines, a DNA sequencer, microbiological equipment, and other supporting equipment used in student and faculty research.

The Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic provides diagnostic and therapy services for University students and area residents. The clinic has a Computerized Speech Laboratory (CSL), Laryngograph, and other instruments used in the assessment and
treatment of vocal disorders and other speech disorders. The recent acquisition of
low technology and high technology for an Augmentative and Alternative Communication Lab serves those who cannot speak, helping them to communicate by using computerized technology. Deep Pharyngeal Nerve Stimulation and Vital Stim therapies are used with persons who have swallowing disorders. In addition, the Audiology Clinic has diagnostic testing equipment for the adult and pediatric population. Instrumentation for full audiological evaluations, middle ear testing, real-ear measurement, video otoscopy, Auditory Brainstem Response, Otoacoustic emissions, and a full range of hearing aid technology. The clinic offers advanced audiological clinic training and research options.

The Department of Engineering Technology laboratories include facilities for computer
aided design/manufacturing, robotics, metrology, material testing, programmable logic controlling, Auto-ID, and CNC machining. The University is a member of the Central Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center. This membership provides opportunities for applied research, professional work projects, and graduate internships with its industrial partners.

The Department of Kinesiology has a modern complex of three electronic
classrooms; wireless network; physical education teacher education laboratory with wireless microphones for audio and video recordings, B.E.S.T. software, and Palm
Pilots for hand-held assessments; biomechanics laboratory with Peak Motus 8.2 two-dimensional video analysis system, AMTI force platform, and 8-channel Myo
Pac Junior EMG; perceptual and motor behavior laboratory with a bio-pac system
that records ECG, EMG, and EEG; a computer laboratory that features the
A.D.A.M. software; and a human performance laboratory that includes a Biodex isokinetic measurement system, environmental chamber, Bod Pod, hydrostatic weighing tank, metabolic and 12-lead ECG systems, and Cholestech lipid and blood glucose analysis equipment.

The Department of Psychology houses a psychological clinic and a psychoeducational clinic to provide psychological services to students and area residents. These services include psychotherapy, family therapy, psychological and intellectual testing, consultations, and referrals. Many psychology faculty members have laboratories that contain equipment that enable them and their students to investigate topics from eyewitness memory to neuroscience.

The Department of Geography has facilities for research in cartography; geographical
information systems (GIS); remote sensing; climatology, meteorology and micrometeorology; and earth materials analysis, as well as a fully equipped color
radar weather station.

The Center for the Application of Information Technologies (CAIT) is an on-campus center located in Horrabin Hall. CAIT is a nationally recognized leader in distance learning using Internet technologies. The CAIT staff develops innovative online instruction and training solutions with WIU faculty and also serve clients outside of the University such as the Illinois Board of Higher Education, Illinois Century Network, Illinois Community College Board, Department of Children and Family Services, Attorney General’s office and McDonald’s Corporation.

The College of Education and Human Services maintains 30 electronic classrooms in Brophy, Currens, Horrabin, Knoblauch, and Stipes Halls, permitting students and instructors to access the latest instructional technologies (e.g., computers, CDs, DVDs, SMART Board technologies, videotapes, the Internet and distance learning). These classrooms are used by instructors and students to explore and model the use of high-tech teaching tools. The most recent electronic classroom is a 40 seat instructional lab that allows one-to-one computing with hardware capable of running the most current software programs.

The College of Education and Human Services also maintains the GTE
Electronic Classroom and the GTE Teleconferencing Center. Both are among the most advanced facilities of their kind. The GTE Electronic Classroom seats 88 students and incorporates touch screen technology, projection television, audience response, and distance education capability with both digital satellite uplinking and compressed two-way video. The GTE Teleconferencing Center is an administrative conferencing facility that also has satellite and compressed video conferencing capabilities in addition to advanced computer conferencing capability. The facility has flexible seating in an executive atmosphere. International teleconferences are common in this facility with recent conferences involving France, England, Mexico and Canada.

The Office for Partnerships, Professional Development, and Technology is the primary technology support and training center for students and faculty in the College of Education and Human Services. This office consists of the Interactive
Multimedia (IMM) Lab, the Office of Teacher Education Partnerships, and STAROnline. The IMM lab has been designed for work with one-on-one and small group instruction for both support and course activities. This lab has the advanced
software and peripherals necessary to develop multimedia projects, scan
documents for use as digital artifacts, and convert analog video to digital media. The
Teacher Education Technology Center works closely with this office and has software and peripherals similar to those in the IMM lab. This facility works specifically
with teacher education students and is intended for large-group instruction, teacher
education technology assessment activities and support for electronic portfolios for the teacher education program.


Student Union

The University Union is more than a building; it is an organization and a program that serves the University community—students, faculty, administration, alumni, and guests.

Union facilities include guest rooms; a table-service dining facility; catering services; a convenience store; and food court featuring Burger King, Stacks, Sbarros, and Starbucks. The Union also contains offices for student organizations, student assistance, student activities and student legal services; conference and event scheduling; transit service; art galleries; a ballroom; conference and meeting rooms; student service center; box office; ATM machines; computer stations; a bookstore with a wide selection of educational and recreational supplies; lounges; bowling lanes; billiards room; and a theatre.

Programs open to all University students are arranged, sponsored, and advised by the Office of Student Activities and University Union staff. The University Union serves as the campus community center for all members of the University community.

Through its various organizations, committees, and staff, the Union provides a cultural, social, and recreational program that makes leisure time activity a cooperative factor with education. Its goal is the development of people as well as intellects.


Western Illinois University -Quad Cities Campus

Western Illinois University offers several degree graduate programs at the WIU-QC
campus in Moline, Illinois, which is approximately 70 miles north of the residential campus in Macomb. Graduate degrees are offered in the following disciplines at WIU-QC:

Graduate Degree Programs

Biology
Business Administration
Counseling
Educational and Interdisciplinary Studies
Educational Leadership (includes specialist and doctoral degrees)
Elementary Education
English
Health Education
Instructional Design and Technology
Law Enforcement and Justice Administration
Reading
Special Education

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Programs

Health Services Administration
Instructional Design and Technology: Distance Learning
Instructional Design and Technology: Graphics Applications
Instructional Design and Technology: Multimedia
Instructional Design and Technology: Technology Integration in Education
Instructional Design and Technology: Training Development
Police Executive Administration
Zoo and Aquarium Studies