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Undergraduate Programs

Undergraduate Admissions

Masters and Doctoral Programs

Graduate School Admissions

Intensive English Programs

Intensive English Programs Admissions

high achievers tuition award

International Students are eligible for a tuition award worth $12,000 a year for all 4 years if they are:

• Admitted as a first-time freshman

• Receive a 26 or higher ACT or

• SAT 1170 or higher combined score

in reading and mathematics

• Admitted as a first-time transfer student with 26 transferable hours

• Receive a 3.0 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale on all previous college coursework

LEGACY TUITION SCHOLARSHIP:

Students who are children of SIU Alumni

may be eligible for a scholarship worth

over $4,000 for all 4 years of study

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Estimated International Student Budget for one Academic Year(Fall and Spring Semesters)

Undergraduate Student Cost Tuition Fees Room & Books & Living Total Board Supplies Expenses Standard Cost $21,038 $3,678 $9,527 $1,100 $2,689 $37,800High Achievers Cost $8,415 $3,678 $9,527 $1,100 $2,689 $25,300Graduate Student Cost Tuition Fees Room & Books & Living Total Board Supplies Expenses Standard Cost $29,510 $3,520 $12,712 $1,100 $2,689 $40,500Financial Aid The graduate school offers many forms of financial assistance. Assistantships, fellowships, and some scholarships include a partial or full waiver of tuition costs, but fees cannot be waived.Center for English as a Second Language Tuition Fees Room & Books & Living Total Board Supplies Expenses Standard Cost Per 8 Week Session $2,000 $550 $2,000 $100 $400 $5,050

MAJORSACADEMIC PROGRAMSSPECIALIZATION/OPTION LISTING

• Accounting• Africana Studies• Agribusiness Economics• Agricultural Systems & Education

Agricultural CommunicationsAgricultural EducationAgricultural ProductionManagementAgricultural SystemsTechnology ManagementFood & Process EngineeringTechnologyGeneral Agriculture

• Animal ScienceEquine ScienceProductionScience & Pre-Veterinary

• Animal ScienceEquine ScienceProductionScience & Pre-Veterinary

• Animal Science• Anthropology• Architectural Studies• Art v

Art HistoryCeramicsCommunication DesignDrawingGeneral StudioGlassIndustrial DesignMetalsmithingPaintingPrintmakingSculpture

• Automotive Technology• Aviation Flight z• Aviation Management• Aviation Technologies

Aircraft MaintenanceAviation ElectronicsHelicopter Maintenance

• Biological Sciences vBiomedical ScienceEcology

• Business and Administration• Business Economics• Chemistry

BiochemistryBusinessComprehensive ChemistryEnvironmentalForensicAmerican Chemical SocietyCertification

• Cinema & PhotographyCinemaPhotography

Key

v Teacher certification program available.

z Associate degree program; can lead toward Bachelor’s degree or third year specialization beyond Associate.

n O�ered o�-campus only.

• Civil EngineeringEnvironmental Engineering

• Classics• Communication Disorders &• Sciences v• Computer Engineering• Computer and Electrical Engineering

(dual degree)• Computer Science• Criminology and Criminal Justice• Crop, Soil, Environmental• Management

Crop Production and ManagementSoil Science

• Dental Hygiene• Design

General Design• Early Childhood v

Child and Family ServicesPreschool/Primary

• EconomicsFinancial EconomicsGeneral EconomicsInternational EconomicsLaw and Economics

• Electrical Engineering• Electronic Systems Technologies

Electronics Management• Elementary Education v• Engineering Technology

Electrical• English v

Creative WritingLiteraturePreprofessional

• Exercise Science• Fashion Design & Merchandising

Fashion DesignFashion MerchandisingFashion Stylist

• FinanceFinancial InstitutionsFinancial ManagementInvestments

• Fire Service Management n• Foreign Language & International• TradeChineseFrenchGermanJapaneseSpanish

• ForestryForest HydrologyForest Recreation & ParkManagementForest Resources ManagementUrban Forest ManagementWildlife Habitat Management& Conservation

• French vInternational Public Service

• Geography & Environmental• Resources

Climate and Water ResourcesEnvironmental SustainabilityGeographic InformationScience(GIS)

• GeologyEnvironmental GeologyGeophysicsResource GeologyGeographic Information

Science(GIS)• Geology

Environmental GeologyGeophysicsResource Geology

• German Studies vInternational Public Service

• Health Care Management• Health Education v

Community Health Education• History v• Horticulture

Production HorticultureLandscape HorticultureTurfgrass Management

• Hospitality & Tourism AdministrationEvent Planning andManagementFood Service ManagementHospitality and TourismLodging ManagementTourism Management

• Human Nutrition & Dietetics• Industrial Technology

Manufacturing Technology• Information Systems Technologies• Interior Design• International Studies

Africa and the Middle EastAsia and the South PacificEuropeLatin America and the Caribbean

• JournalismAdvertising/IntegratedMarketing CommunicationsNew Media News ProductionNews-EditorialPhotojournalismSports Media

• LinguisticsEnglish as a New Language

• ManagementEntrepreneurshipGlobal E-BusinessManagement of Health CareEnterprisesPersonnel ManagementSupply Chain Management

• Marketing• Mathematics v• Mechanical Engineering• Microbiology• Mining Engineering

Geological EngineeringMortuary Science & FuneralServicesMusic vLiberal Arts-MusicMusic BusinessMusic Theory-CompositionPerformance-GuitarPerformance-InstrumentalPerformance-KeyboardPerformance-VoicePiano PedagogyStudio Jazz Performance

• Musical Theater• Paralegal Studies

Pre-Law• Physical Education v• Physical Therapist Assistant z• Physics

Computational Physics

Biomedical PhysicsMaterials and Nanophysics

• Physiology• Plant Biology

EcologyMolecular & BiochemicalPhysiologySystematics & Biodiversity

• Political ScienceInternational A�airsPre-LawPublic Service

• Psychology• Radio, Television and Digital Media

Digital Media Arts andAnimationElectronic JournalismElectronic Sports MediaMedia IndustriesProduction-Radio/Audio,TV/Video

• Radiologic SciencesDiagnostic Medical UltrasoundMagnetic Resonance Imaging/Computed TomographyRadiation Therapy Technology

• RecreationLeisure Service ManagementOutdoor Recreation Leadership& ManagementTherapeutic Recreation

• Rehabilitation Services• Social Science v• Social Work• Sociology• Spanish v

International Public Service• Special Education v

Special Education/ElementaryEducation

• Speech CommunicationIntercultural CommunicationInterpersonal CommunicationOrganizational CommunicationPerformance StudiesPersuasive CommunicationPublic Relations

• Sport Administration• Technical Resource Management

Health and Safety ManagementProfessional ConstructionManagement

• Theater• University Studies• Workforce Education & Development

Business, Marketing, ComputerEducation vCareer & Technical Education vFamily & Consumer Sciences vHealth Careers vTechnology Education vEducation, Training &Development

• ZoologyAnimal BiologyEnvironmental BiologyFisheries BiologyPre-Veterinary MedicineWildlife Biology

• PRE-PROFESSIONAL• NON-DEGREE PROGRAMS• Pre-Chiropractic• Pre-Dentistry

• Pre-Law• Pre-Medicine• Pre-Nursing• Pre-Occupational Therapy• Pre-Optometry• Pre-Pharmacy• Pre-Physical Therapy• Pre-Physician Assistant• Pre-Podiatry• Pre-Veterinary Medicine

• Accountancy ..................... M.Acc.Information SystemsTaxation

• Advanced Energy and• Fuels Management ........ P.S.M.• Agribusiness Economics .........M.S.

Agribusiness EconomicsAgricultural Services

• Animal Science......................M.S.• Anthropology ........................ M.A.• Applied Linguistics................ M.A.• Architecture.................... M.ARCH.• Art History and Visual Culture ... M.A.• Behavior Analysis and Therapy ...M.S.• Biological Sciences ................M.S.• Biomedical Engineering . M.S., M.E.• Business Administration ..... M.B.A.

Change ManagementFinanceInternational BusinessManagement InformationSystemsMarketing

• Chemistry .............................M.S.• Civil Engineering ....................M.S.• Civil and EnvironmentalEngineering ......................M.E.• Communication Disorders andSciences ..........................M.S.• Community Health Education ...M.P.H.• Computer Science ..................M.S.• Criminology and CriminalJustice ............................ M.A.• Curriculum and Instruction .. M.S. Ed.

Learning Systems Design andTechnologyCurriculum and Instruction

• Secondary Education..... M.A.T.• Economics ....................M.A., M.S.• Educational Administration M.S.Ed.• Educational Psychology ..... M.S.Ed.

Counselor EducationEducational PsychologyElectrical and Computer

• Engineering ......................M.S.• English ................................. M.A.

Literature• Rhetoric and CompositionFire Service and HomelandSecurity Management .......M.S.• Food and Nutrition .................M.S.• Foreign Languages andLiteratures ...................... M.A.

FrenchSpanish

• Forestry .................................M.S.Forest Resource ManagementOutdoor Recreation ResourceManagementWood Science and Technology

• Geography and EnvironmentalResources ........................M.S.

Environmental SustainabilityGeographic Information Science(GIS)Climate and Water Resources

• Geology........................M.A., M.S.• Health Education ............... M.S.Ed.• Higher Education .............. M.S.Ed.

College Student PersonnelCommunity College Teaching

• History.............. M.A.AmericanEuropeanLatin American

• Kinesiology ...................... M.S.Ed.• Legal Studies .....................M.L.S.• Manufacturing Systems..........M.S.• Mass Communication and MediaArts• Media Theory and• Research ................... M.A.• Professional Media & MediaManagement ..............M.S.• Mathematics ................M.A., M.S.• Mathematics and ScienceEducation .........................M.S.• Mechanical Engineering and EnergyProcesses ........................M.S.• Medical Dosimetry .................M.S.• Mining Engineering ................M.S.• Molecular Biology, Microbiologyand Biochemistry ..............M.S.• Molecular, Cellular, and SystemicPhysiology .......................M.S.• Music M.M.

Collaborative PianoMusic EducationMusic History and LiteratureMusic Theory and CompositionOpera-Music TheaterPerformancePiano Pedagogy

• Pharmacology andNeuroscience .................. M.S.• Philosophy ........................... M.A.• Physician Assistant .......... M.S.P.A.• Physics .................................M.S.• Plant Biology .........................M.S.• Plant Soil and AgriculturalSystems...........................M.S.

Crop ScienceHorticultural ScienceSoil Science

• Political Science ................... M.A.Aviation Administration

• Psychology ...................M.A., M.S.AppliedBrain and Cognitive SciencesClinicalCounseling

• Public Administration ......... M.P.A.Aviation Administration

• Recreation ........................ M.S.Ed.• Rehabilitation Administrationand Services ...................M.S.• Rehabilitation Counseling .......M.S.• Social Work .......................M.S.W.• Sociology ............................. M.A.• Special Education .............. M.S.Ed.• Speech Communication ......... M.A.• Teaching English to Speakersof Other Languages.......... M.A.

• Workforce Education andDevelopment ............... M.S.Ed.• Zoology .................................M.S.

• Art• Creative Writing• Mass Communication and MediaArts• Theater

• Agricultural Sciences• Anthropology• Applied Physics• Business Administration• Chemistry• Computer Science• Criminology and Criminal Justice• Economics

. Education

. Curriculum and Instruction

. Educational Administration

. Educational Psychology

. Health Education

. Workforce Education and

. Development• Electrical and Computer Engineering• Engineering Science• English• Environmental Resources and Policy

. Climatology

. Earth and Environmental

. Processes

. Ecology

. Energy and Mineral Resources

. Environmental Policy and Administration. Forestry, Agricultural, and Rural Land Resources. Geographic Information. Systems, Remote Sensing and Environmental Modeling. Water Resources

• Geosciences. Biogeochemistry. Earth Surface Processes. Energy and Mineral Resources. Geophysics. Tectonics and Paleobiology

• Historical Studies• Mass Communication and Media Arts• Mathematics• Molecular Biology, Microbiology, and Biochemistry• Molecular, Cellular, and Systemic Physiology• Pharmacology and Neuroscience• Philosophy• Plant Biology• Political Science• Psychology

. Clinical

. Counseling

. Experimental• Rehabilitation• Sociology• Speech Communication• Zoology

MASTERS DOCTORATES

MASTER OF FINE ARTS DEGREE(M.F.A.)

undergraduate admissions

1) Fill out the application ONLINE2) Send in required documents:

• Transcripts from high school OR• Transcripts from college• Financial Statement • Photocopy of first two pages of

passport• Proof of English proficiency (not

required if applying for conditional admission)

MINIMUM UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

• 2.0 GPA from high school if a freshman applicant

• 2.0 GPA from all university work if a transfer applicant

• Financial statement – $37,800 USD• Score of 68 on TOEFL or 6.0 on IELTS

(for direct admission)

• SIU does offer conditional admission to students who have not yet taken or passed the English language requirement. This allows you to study English before beginning your regular course of study at SIU.

• No application deadline (for most undergraduate majors)

• No SAT or ACT for admission required (however we do require it for the High Achievers Scholarship – Page 3)

• No letters of recommendation or personal essays

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intensive english programLanguage is not a barrierOur Center for English as a Second Language (CESL) ensures that language will not stop you from succeeding.

All of our instructors have a Master’s Degree or beyond.

Improve your English communication and research skills

Advance within your field of study

CESL teaches:• four 8-week terms during

fall and spring• one summer term• all levels of English from

beginner to graduate• a full curriculum to help

improve reading, writing, speaking, listening and grammar skills

• cultural and academic skills

• special courses for graduate students and graduate teaching assistants

graduate school admissions

Application deadline is set by each department

Admission requirements are set by department

GRE and other test scores are set by each department

but the minimum requirements for SIU are: • a $50 application fee • online application

MINIMUM ADMISSIONS TO A MASTER’S PROGRAM:2.7 (on a grading scale with 4.0=A; approximately a B- average)3.0 on all previous graduate work (approximately a “B” average)

MINIMUM ADMISSIONS TO A PH.D. PROGRAM:3.25 on all previous graduate level course work (approximately a “B+” average) (some exceptions apply)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT:80 on the internet-based TOEFL6.5 on the IELTS Please visit the departments’ website for further admissions requirements.

CESLADMISSIONSMINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: • 18 Years old or • completed secondary schooling,

and • can submit proof of financial

support

APPLICANTS MUST:1. Fill out an application.2. Complete a financial statement.3. Pay a $50.00 application fee.4. Send transcripts of academic

records.

You can also contact CESL to inquire about special language programs individually designed for outside groups.

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