Illinois State University

Click to send E-mail to: cawinch@ilstu.edu

Phone: 1-309-438-3664
Fax: 1-309-438-3722

Description:
This program prepares students for careers in teaching and research in academic, industrial, and governmental positions. Students have the opportunity to combine broad training in the biological sciences with a specialization in any of the major subdisciplines of biology.

Accreditation Description:
Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Degree(s):
M.S. - Biological Sciences,Sequences available in Biotechnology, Biomathematics, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Conservation Biology and Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics (BEES)

Research Areas:
Behavior; biochemistry; cell biology; conservation biology; developmental biology; ecology; entomology; evolution; genetics; immunology; microbiology; molecular biology; neurobiology; parasitology; physiology; systematics; zoology

Click to send E-mail to: chemistry@ilstu.edu

Phone: 1-309-438-7661
Fax: 1-309-438-5538

Description:
This program provides students with a comprehensive background in the various subfields of chemistry. In addition to providing students with a detailed understanding of chemical principles, the extensive research component of this thesis-based program helps to develop problem-solving and laboratory skills.

Accreditation Description:
Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Degree(s):
M.S. - Chemistry

Research Areas:
Organic Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Physical Chemistry; Analytical Chemistry; Biochemistry; Chemical Education

Click to send E-mail to: csd@ilstu.edu

Phone: 1-309-438-8643
Fax: 1-309-438-5221

Description:
The primary objective of this program is to prepare students for professional careers in speech-language pathology and audiology. Classroom and clinical experiences are designed to enable students to function competently and independently in a variety of professional settings.

Accreditation Description:
NCATE; American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
Degree(s):
M.S. - Speech-Language Pathology
Au.D. - Clinical Doctorate in Audiology

Research Areas:
Dysphagia, fluency, language, phonology, phonological awareness, aphasia and other neurogenic disorders, voice and resonance

Click to send E-mail to: hmohamma@ilstu.edu

Phone: 1-309-438-8625
Fax: 1-309-438-5228

Description:
This program offers a master's degree in applied economics. The program is suitable for students who intend to pursue careers as professional economists, or management careers in the private and public sectors. The program offers sequences in Applied Community and Economic Development, and Electricity, Natural Gas, and Telecommunications Economics.

Accreditation Description:
Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Degree(s):
M.A. - Applied Economics;
M.S. - Applied Economics

Research Areas:
Applied Economics; Industrial Economics; General Economics

Click to send E-mail to: english_graduate@ilstu.edu

Phone: 1-309-438-3651
Fax: 1-309-438-7366

Description:
The graduate faculty in English includes nationally recognized professors in a wide range of fields. Master's degree students are placed in doctoral programs throughout the nation. Sequences available: Teaching of Writing and Professional Writing.

Accreditation Description:
Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Degree(s):
M.A.-English; M.S.-English; M.A.-Writing; M.S.-Writing

Research Areas:
Children's Literature; Creative Writing; Literary Studies; English as a Second Language; Secondary Teaching; Community College Teaching; General Professional Writing; Technical Writing

Click to send E-mail to: english_graduate@ilstu.edu

Phone: 1-309-438-3651
Fax: 1-309-438-5414

Description:
The graduate faculty in English includes nationally recognized professors in a wide range of fields. A strong commitment to and aptitude for college teaching is expected from doctoral degree applicants.

Accreditation Description:
Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Degree(s):
Ph.D. - English Studies

Research Areas:
Composition and Rhetoric; English as a Second Language; Technical Writing; Literature; Preparation of Secondary Teachers

Click to send E-mail to: english_graduate@ilstu.edu

Phone: 1-309-438-3651
Fax: 1-309-438-5414

Description:
The graduate faculty in English includes nationally recognized professors in a wide range of fields. Master's degree students are placed in doctoral programs throughout the nation.

Accreditation Description:
Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Degree(s):
Certificate in Teaching of Writing in High School/Middle School
M.A.-Writing; M.S.-Writing

Research Areas:
Creative Writing, General Professional Writing; Technical Writing

Click to send E-mail to: geo@ilstu.edu

Phone: 1-309-438-7649
Fax: 1-309-438-5310

Description:
This program is designed to provide graduates with expertise in the protection, remediation, and management of groundwater resources. The program provides a strong theoretical foundation for physical and chemical groundwater flow, practical field experience in collection of hydrogeologic data, and use of software tools (including groundwater and geochemical modeling) relevant to professional employment or further graduate study.

Accreditation Description:
Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Degree(s):
M.S. - Hydrogeology

Research Areas:
Groundwater resources; environmental protection of resources; environmental problems of a hydrogeologic nature

Click to send E-mail to: history@IllinoisState.edu

Phone: 1-309-438-5641
Fax: 1-309-438-5607

Description:
Graduate work in history is designed to give the student a perspective of change in human societies through time, develop skills in research and analysis in primary and secondary resources, and develop effective writing from historical perspectives.

Accreditation Description:
Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Degree(s):
M.A.- History;
M.S.- History

Research Areas:
U.S., European, Global, Social, Cultural, Public History

Click to send E-mail to: slalbri@ilstu.edu

Phone: 1-309-438-3604
Fax: 1-309-438-8038

Description:
This flexible program in French, German, or Spanish allows students to select areas of interest among cultural studies, language and linguistics, pedagogy, and literature; dual-language and simultaneous teacher certification options are also available. Graduate teaching and research assistantships, including a monthly stipend and full tuition waiver, are widely offered to qualified students.

Accreditation Description:
Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Degree(s):
M.A. - Languages, Literatures, and Cultures

Research Areas:
Foreign-language pedagogy; literary and cultural studies of all periods in French, German, and Spanish; linguistics.