School of Continuing Education

The School of Continuing Education creates and delivers student/consumer sensitive programs through diverse educational delivery systems. These programs greatly enhance the cultural, educational and professional development opportunities for individuals seeking continuing education. Recognizing rapidly changing educational needs of society, the unit extends the academic resources of the University in a cost-efficient manner to provide access to on and off campus programs.

We offer a nontraditional degree program for adult students, the Board of Trustees Bachelor of Arts in General Studies degree program. Credit classes are offered at area centers, including Danville Area Community College in Danville, the Salem Education Center in Salem, Olney Central College in Olney, Richland Community College in Decatur, Lake Land Community College in Mattoon and Kluthe Center in Effingham, and Parkland Community College in Champaign/Urbana. We provide a large number of contract-credit classes to a wide variety of constituents, both of a credit and non-credit nature, throughout the state of Illinois. Any requests for information should be forwarded to the Office of Off-Campus and Contract Credit Programs.

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(See Section IV., Admission, Readmission, Enrollment, and Advisement.)

Students must meet the same criteria for admission to continuing education courses as is required for admission to on-campus courses.

Pre-enrollment in continuing education courses using the PAWS system is highly recommended. However, in a few cases, students may enroll up to the second class meeting, if space is available and approved by the appropriate academic department and the Director of Off-Campus and Contract Credit Programs. See the off-campus continuing education web site at www.eiu.edu/~adulted for complete details.

All tuition and fees are based upon student classification and must be paid at the time of registration. Student costs are based upon the following:

(Students should calculate tuition costs, textbook and continuing education fees.)

NOTE: Students who are incorrectly assessed a lower fee for course work at the time of registration will receive a supplementary billing later in the semester.

Scholarships and fee waivers must be validated by the appropriate office prior to use in off-campus courses. Contact the Office of Continuing Education for information regarding waivers.

Military personnel should process their tuition assistance forms through their respective agency in advance of the registration date. No registration can be accepted without completed assistance forms.

Undergraduate students are classified as follows:

Freshmen - 0-29 semester hours
Sophomores - 30-59 semester hours
Juniors - 60-89 semester hours
Seniors - 90 and above semester hours

Graduate students are those students who have completed a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution.

The schedule of continuing education credit classes available on our web site at www.eiu.edu/~adulted/schedule. The summer schedule is also located in the university on campus class schedule.

Please address inquiries:
School of Continuing Education
Consolidated Communications Building
700 West Lincoln
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL 61920
or telephone (217)581-5114/fax (217)581-6697.
Web site: www.eiu.edu/~adulted

Degree programs of particular interest to the adult nontraditional learner are Career and Organizational Studies and the Board of Trustees .

Conducting workshops, conferences and special programs of a non-credit and credit nature is part of the mission of the School of Continuing Education at EIU. Each year, the school plans, implements, and evaluates a wide variety of special courses, institutes, etc. Adult and Continuing Education Programs have professional staff members who will provide program-planning services and administrative and logistical support to offer seminars, special courses, conferences, and meetings of all sizes. If you are interested in non-credit programs, you should contact the Center for Continuing Professional Development, and if you are interested in credit programs, you should contact the Office of Off-Campus and Contract Credit Programs.

To facilitate offering workshops and courses for credit, the following numbers have been established for use by school or department:

Note: A maximum of six semester hours may be earned in 4997, 4998, 4999 in any Specialist in Education program.

The School of Continuing Education can develop special credit courses and workshops with educational and governmental agencies on a contractual basis. These special courses can be offered at locations convenient for the students involved. Please contact the Office of Off-Campus and Contract Credit Programs for details.

Credit will be given upon successful completion of continuing education courses subject to approved university policies. Students may audit courses with permission of the instructor and with payment of the appropriate fees. Credit received in EIU courses taught by EIU faculty, either on- or off-campus, will be counted as credit in residence.

The School of Continuing Education is offering a growing number of classes/workshops via technology delivered modalities. For further information, please contact the Office of Off-Campus and Contract Credit Programs at (217) 581-5114 or www.eiu.edu/~adulted/schedule.

The Learning Center for Non-Profit Organizations at EIU is ready to work with nonprofit organizations, such as associations, governmental agencies, school districts, and churches, to meet your educational needs. We will work in cooperation with you and your committee to plan and execute your program. For further information please contact the Center for Continuing Professional Development at (217) 581-5116.