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Academic Staff Handbook |
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Chapter 2 Campus Colleges, Institutes,
and Resource Services |
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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL,
CONSUMER AND The College of ACES is home to
diverse academic, research, and outreach programs in food, agriculture,
natural resources, and human sciences. The college's academic programs offer
undergraduate students 12 majors, with 42 different options, in the
Departments of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Agricultural Engineering,
Animal Sciences, Crop Sciences, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Human and
Community Development, and Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences. ACES
graduate students can choose from 15 program areas and are training to become
the next generation of scientists. Through the Illinois Agricultural
Experiment Station, ACES faculty are engaged in world-class research that is
helping solve the problems of today and creating the knowledge of tomorrow.
This research is the foundation for great teaching and outreach programs.
Through University of Illinois Extension, the college reaches out across the
state to share knowledge and helps address real-world issues for the people
of Illinois. In all, the College of ACES is unique on the University of
Illinois campus and an invaluable resource that positively impacts
individuals, families, farms, businesses and communities in Illinois. COLLEGE OF APPLIED
HEALTH STUDIES The departments of Community
Health, Kinesiology, Leisure Studies, Speech and Hearing Science, and the
Division of Rehabilitation Education Services, are united by their common
mission to improve the health and quality of life and well being of all
people. The College of Applied Health Studies (AHS) includes research
initiatives in the areas of aging and disability. Programs within AHS combine
a broad general education with theory-based professional preparation and
possible internship experiences, offering excellent opportunities for
employment. The College of Applied Health Studies offers degree programs that
prepare graduates for rewarding careers as health educators, epidemiologists,
or health consultants; fitness instructors, coaches, or exercise
physiologists; park superintendents, sports management professionals, or
recreation directors; interpersonal-communication experts, speech-language
pathology assistants, bilingual speech assistants, and rehabilitation aides.
In addition, undergraduate degrees from the College of Applied Health Studies
provide excellent preparation for graduate work in a wide range of fields,
including speech-language pathology, physical therapy, medicine, law, and
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The educational goal of the
Institute of Aviation is to prepare students for careers in aviation by
providing them with the opportunity to gain aviation knowledge and flying
skills combined with a broad-based education. Students completing the
Aviation Human Factors curriculum receive a B.S. degree in Aviation Human
Factors. This curriculum includes two core components: the professional pilot
component leading to the FAA commercial pilot certificate with multi-engine,
instrument, and flight instructor certificates and ratings; and the human
factors component including cockpit resource management, aviation psychology,
and aviation accident investigation and analysis. Students graduating from the
Professional Pilot curriculum complete a professional pilot instructional
sequence similar to the component listed above, and may then transfer to any
degree-granting division of the University to complete requirements for a
baccalaureate degree in that division. This may require from four to six
additional semesters. A University student outside the Institute of Aviation
may elect flight courses with the permission of his or her department and the
permission of the Institute of Aviation. BECKMAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED
SCIENCE AND The Beckman Institute is a broadly based multidisciplinary research institute founded at the University of Illinois in the late 1980s on the premise that reducing the barriers between traditional scientific and technological disciplines can yield research advances that more conventional approaches cannot. Funding for the building was provided by a generous gift from alumnus Arnold O. Beckman and his wife Mabel M. Beckman and a supplement from the state of Illinois. Faculty members and other research personnel from nearly two dozen University departments participate in research in three main areas: human-computer intelligent interaction, biological intelligence, and molecular and electronic nanostructures. The Beckman Institute maintains state-of-the-art facilities for neuromagnetic recording, magnetic resonance imaging, laser research, visual processing, and electron, confocal, and atomic force microscopy.
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The College of Business, a leader in business education, is nationally
and internationally recognized for the quality of its programs, the
scholarship and teaching excellence of its faculty, and the high quality of
its undergraduate students. The college offers undergraduate degrees in
accountancy, business administration, economics, and finance. At the graduate
level, the college offers doctoral programs and an international master's in
each of the four departments, an M.B.A. program, an Executive M.B.A. program,
and two accounting master's degrees. The Executive Development Center offers
a variety of certificate programs and special courses to a variety of
audiences. The College of Business's study abroad office coordinates activities for students who
are interested in educational opportunities in other countries. The interface
between technology and the teaching and research functions is coordinated by
the Office for Information Management. Twelve research and learning centers
in the Office of Research enhance the college's instructional
programs in addition to coordinating research initiatives. The college has
internationalized its curriculum to reflect the globalization of business,
and the technology revolution is demonstrated in both what and how faculty
teach and conduct research. In addition to the traditional analytical and
theoretical subjects, the college has many programs that incorporate
practical business experience in the curriculum. Business professionals
frequently visit the college to share their expertise with students and
faculty. Commerce Career Services offers a comprehensive array of services to
help students choose a career plan, develop job-search and interview skills,
and arrange on-campus interviewsusing a web-based interfacewith company
recruiters. The commerce undergraduate program is consistently ranked in the
top ten nationally as are many of the college's academic programs. The College
of Business is
accredited by AACSB InternationalThe Association to Advance Collegiate
Schools of Businessas is the Department of Accountancy. The College of Communications,
established in 1927, offers a full program of education, research, and public
service concerned with the mass media and related communications professions
and practices. It offers undergraduate degree in journalism, broadcast
journalism, advertising, and media studies and master's degrees in journalism
and advertising. Its Institute of Communications Research offers an
interdisciplinary Ph.D. degree in communications. The college's principal
public service program is through the public radio and television stations,
WILL-AM 580/90.1 FM and WILL-TV Channel 12. The College also offers seminars,
workshops, and short courses for academic and professional groups on myriad
communication topics. The College of Education is
recognized worldwide for the excellence and leadership of its faculty,
graduate programs, and alumni. The college has been consistently rated among
the top ten colleges of education in the nation during the last decade.
Programs are offered in six departments: the Departments of Educational
Organization and Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction, Educational
Psychology, Educational Policy Studies, Special Education, and Human Resource
Education. The college also supports the Bureau of Educational Research to
promote faculty scholarship and interdisciplinary research within the
college. |
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The College of Engineering was one of the original units established when the University opened in 1868 and today is one of the largest and most respected colleges of engineering in the United States. Over the past thirty years, the college has administered one of the largest research budgets in engineering education. From the faculty have come benchmark innovations and discoveries, such as sound on film, the common rooftop television antenna of the 1960s, the theory of superconductivity, and compound semiconductors. The college's creative educational and student programs, such as those designed to encourage math and science study among high school students and minorities, have served as models for national programs. The Environmental Council was
established on the Urbana-Champaign campus to promote environmental
education, research, and outreach at the University of Illinois. The Council
consists of 12 faculty members and a director appointed by the provost. The
Environmental Council offers an interdisciplinary undergraduate minor (called
the Environmental Fellows Program), sponsors several interdepartmental
graduate workshops, organizes conferences and seminars featuring
environmental scholarship, supports undergraduate research projects, and
encourages the development of courses and programs to create more
comprehensive coverage of environmental issues. The Council offers research
support through the Illinois Water Resources Center and the Research Office
of the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program. COLLEGE OF FINE AND APPLIED
ARTS The College of Fine and Applied
Arts includes the Schools of Architecture, Art and Design, and Music; the
Departments of Theatre, Dance, Landscape Architecture, and Urban and Regional
Planning; Japan House; the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts; the
Krannert Art Museum; the I space Gallery; and the East St. Louis Action
Research Project. About 400 faculty and staff members serve 1,800
undergraduate and 700 graduate students; more than 600 courses are offered by
the College and attended by students from across campus. The college offers
exhibitions, concerts, performances, lectures, master classes, and
conferences in all areas of the performing and visual arts and the designed
and built environment. Outstanding visiting artists, scholars, and
practitioners are brought to the campus each year. |
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The Graduate College is the
administrative unit responsible for all academic programs leading to advanced
degrees and for establishing and safeguarding standards of graduate admissions
and studies. The departments and other academic units initiate, develop, and
administer graduate degree programs with the approval of the Graduate
College. The Graduate College promotes and facilitates research by faculty
members and graduate students in all fields. In addition to the Executive
Committee of the Graduate College, the Graduate College includes a number of
committees that review new and revised graduate programs and courses,
allocate fellowships and dissertation research grants, and adjudicate student
grievances. The Graduate College provides
support services to graduate students through its Fellowship Office, Thesis
Office, and Office of Minority Affairs. The college also publishes a
newsletter for graduate students and provides staff assistance to the
Graduate Student Advisory Council. INSTITUTE OF LABOR AND
INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS The Institute of Labor and
Industrial Relations offers graduate instruction leading to the master's and
doctoral degrees in human resource management and industrial relations. The
Master's in Human Resources and Industrial Relations (M.H.R.I.R.) degree
program leads to careers with business, labor unions, government, and
nonprofit organizations. The doctoral degree program prepares students for
research and teaching positions at colleges and universities. A joint degree
program leads to the J.D. degree in law and the M.H.R.I.R. degree in labor
and industrial relations. The institute also provides noncredit educational
services to both labor and management leaders through its two extension programs:
the Labor Education Program and the Center for Human Resource Management. The College of Law offers the
J.D. and LL.M. degrees. Currently there are approximately 600 J.D. candidates
and about 25 graduate students enrolled in the college. The law library is
one of the largest law libraries in the country, and admission standards for
the college are rigorous. The graduate program enrolls students from all over
the world, including South America, Europe, and the Far East. COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS AND
SCIENCES The College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences has four missions: promoting scholarly inquiry and the generation of
knowledge, preparing individuals for an array of careers and professions,
rendering service to the public, and serving as the intellectual core of the
University. Fulfilling the last mission creates a diversified college that
contributes to the development of broadly educated individuals committed to
open inquiry, critical thinking, effective communication, and responsiveness to
the needs of society. With a faculty of 600, the college offers more than 70
undergraduate and 90 graduate degree-granting programs and enrolls nearly
half of the undergraduates on the campus. |
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GRADUATE SCHOOL OF LIBRARY AND
INFORMATION SCIENCE The Graduate School of Library
and Information Science educates students to work as information
professionals and carry out research on problems in information transfer. In
the 1999 peer evaluation in U.S. News & World Report, the school
tied for first place among library and information science programs. The
school offers an undergraduate minor in information technology studies as
well as the Master of Science (including the LEEP online enrollment option),
Certificate of Advanced Study, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in library
and information science. Research units within the School include the Library
Research Center and the Information Systems Research Laboratory. Other units
affiliated with the School include the Center for Children's Books, the
Publications Office, CNI/Prairienet, and Information Researchers. The University of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana-Champaign offers a complete four-year medical education program leading to an M.D. degree. The first-year basic medical science program at Urbana-Champaign also serves those students who will complete their last three years of medical school at Peoria or Rockford. At the end of the first year of study, 100 students transfer to Rockford or Peoria for their clinical training, and the rest remain in Urbana-Champaign. The College includes the
Departments of Biochemistry, Cell and Structural Biology, Microbiology, and
Molecular and Integrative Physiology, which are shared with the College of
Liberal Arts and Sciences. Also included within the College of Medicine are
the Departments of Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Medical Information
Sciences, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology,
Psychiatry, and Surgery, as well as the Medical Humanities and Social
Sciences Program. The mission of the college is to attract and train the
finest among future physicians, helping them acquire the fundamental
knowledge and skills necessary for patient care so that they can practice
medicine in an exemplary manner. Complementary to this overriding mission is
the intent to advance knowledge through research, to provide service to the
community, and to train leaders and scholars for the future. Clinical
education and patient care are conducted through affiliations with community
clinics and hospitals including Carle Clinic, Christie Clinic, Carle
Foundation Hospital, Provena Covenant Medical Center, and the Department of
Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Danville. The Urbana-Champaign campus,
with its tradition of scholarly excellence and its strong graduate and professional
program, is the setting for the College of Medicine's Medical Scholars
Program (MSP). The MSP is a unique joint-degree program with the Graduate
College in which students may combine doctoral study in another field with
the study of medicine. Unlike joint M.D./Ph.D. programs in other medical
schools, graduate study for students in MSP is not restricted to the
traditional cognate fields of medicine. Thus, students in the program may
elect graduate or professional study in areas such as law, business,
sociology, or engineering, in addition to areas within the life sciences and
chemical sciences. The program is designed to provide skilled and
knowledgeable leaders for a society in which the health care delivery system
is rapidly increasing in complexity. |
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The School of Social Work
offers two major degree programs: the Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) and the
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). The school also offers two dual degrees: the
M.S.-M.S.W. in marriage and family services in collaboration with the
Department of Human and Community Development (College of ACES) and the
M.D.-Ph.D. in collaboration with the College of Medicine. The M.S.W. program
prepares graduates for advanced social work practice in four fields: child
welfare, health, mental health, and schools. This program is fully accredited
by the Council on Social Work Education. The Ph.D. program prepares graduates
to be scholars, researchers, and policy-makers through an interdisciplinary
curriculum that draws upon the resources of the entire University. COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE One of only 27 professional
veterinary degree programs in the United States, the College of Veterinary
Medicine provides programs in professional and graduate education, public and
clinical service, and comparative biomedical research. Comprehensive programs
in the Departments of Veterinary Biosciences, Veterinary Pathobiology, and
Veterinary Clinical Medicine in conjunction with the Small and Large Animal
Clinics of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, the Veterinary Diagnostic
Laboratory, and the Continuing Education-Public Service/Extension office.
Research strengths of the college lie in the areas of
environmental toxicology, imaging, infectious disease, oncology, production
animal medicine, and reproductive medicine. Unique aspects of the college
include the Zoological Pathology Program, serving the Brookfield and Lincoln
Park Zoos and the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago; the Executive Veterinary
Programs in Swine and Small Animal Health Management; and the Wildlife Medical
Clinic. The Veterinary Research Farm at Urbana and the Dixon Springs
Agricultural Center in the Shawnee National Forest, which features an
innovative outdoor intensive year-round swine production unit, also support
the college's teaching, research, and outreach missions. EXTENSION OF UNIVERSITY
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Office of Continuing
Education Through cooperative partnerships with faculty, the Office of Continuing Education (OCE) provides undergraduate, graduate, and professional development programs that link more than 75,000 citizens of Illinois and beyond to the University. Another 100,000 people participate in personal enrichment programs, visit Allerton Park, and attend music events and special interest speakers offered by OCE. The Office of Continuing Education is comprised of six divisions: Academic Outreach, Chicago Programs, Conferences and Institutes, Environmental Education, Robert Allerton Park and Conference Center, and Summer Session and Special Programs. These divisions work collaboratively to extend the teaching, research, and public service missions of the University by providing campus leadership for lifelong learning and distance education. Academic Outreach extends the
resources of the University beyond the boundaries of campus by connecting
campus faculty to students across the state using a variety of instructional
formats. Academic Outreach programs include off-campus credit courses
(including graduate degree programs), community credit programs, and
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Office of Continuing Education - continued Academic Outreach staff assist
faculty in program development and marketing, provide registration support
and other support services, and serve as a liaison for off-campus students.
The Distance Education Support staff in Academic Outreach offers technical
training and support for faculty interested in delivering courses using
distance education technologies. In addition, Academic Outreach builds
partnerships with academic units and external constituents to identify
continuing education needs across the state and to establish programs to
address those needs. Chicago Programs offers
professional development and campus outreach programs in DuPage and Lake
counties as well as in downtown Chicago. Bringing Urbana faculty to the
Chicago metropolitan area or using various distance education technologies,
Chicago Programs bridges the distance between the Urbana campus and our
Chicago constituents through a variety of credit and non-credit programs. The Conferences and Institutes division of OCE exists to support faculty in the exchange and dissemination of information through conferences, institutes, symposia, and other scholarly and professional development activities. Conferences and Institutes staff members have expertise in assisting faculty members and departments in the development, planning, and management of conferences on a variety of topics. The goal of the Environmental
Education division is to offer opportunities for industry, environmental
professionals, teachers, school children, and lifelong learners to learn more
about environmental topics. Based in the Chicago office, Environmental Education
programs provide a link between the citizens of Illinois and the
environmental expertise of University faculty. Located approximately 25 miles
southwest of Urbana-Champaign near Monticello, Illinois, Robert Allerton Park
and Conference Center's 1500 acres serve as a resource for educational
programs and research; a forest, plant, and wildlife reserve; an example of
landscape gardening; and as a public park for the University and the state.
The Allerton House hosts meetings, seminars, workshops, and conferences and
is available for faculty and departmental use as a conference center with
meeting space, lodging, and food service available. The natural qualities of
Allerton Park make it an ideal setting for environmental educational programs
and faculty interested in research in forestry and the biological sciences.
In addition, tremendous research potential exists in the gardens, the
woodlands, the river and grasslands. The division of Summer Session
and Special Programs coordinates with departments across campus to administer
the 12-week summer term and oversees a campus risk management program for
summer pre-college youth and academic camps held on campus throughout the
summer. This division also sponsors Personal and Professional Enrichment
Programs, a group of noncredit programs, including programs for older adults,
offered for community members in collaboration with campus faculty and with
outside organizations. In addition to the Office of
Continuing Education, several specialized units exist on campus to administer
continuing education and public service activities. Many of these units are
affiliate units to OCE or offer programs in conjunction with a specific
college. For more information about collaborative opportunities in lifelong
learning and distance education, contact the Office of Continuing Education,
at 333-1462. |
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