Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 67% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 18% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 20% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 17% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.39 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• education
• industrial technology
• aviation management

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 2.00
• Sophomore: 2.00
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

Summer Sessions:

• 1 summer session(s) that consist of 8 weeks.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in August, January, and June.

• 33% continue immediately.
• 33% continue within one year.

• Ernst and Younge, KPMG Peat Marwick, McDonnell Douglas, State Farm Insurance, Union Pacific Technologies.

• Donald McHenry, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Kenneth Pontikes, chairman and president, Comdisco, Inc.; Walter Rodgers, "ABC Nightly News" correspondent; Dave Stieb, Toronto Blue Jays pitcher; Robert Lewis Taylor, Pulitzer Prize-winning author; James Belushi, actor; Dick Gregory, author, comedian.