Registration Information
I. Applying to Western Illinois University
Fill out an application to graduate school
• on-line www.wiu.edu/grad/
(No advance PIN is needed, use the Create Account button)
•
or call Graduate Office 309/298-1806.
If you are pursuing a graduate degree, you will need to have your official transcripts
mailed to the Graduate School.
If you are not pursuing a graduate degree, you only need to
provide proof of your highest degree (by having the registrar mail a letter).
You will get a letter of confirmation from the Graduate School (which will
also indicate the first day you may register).
(If you have recently received a degree from Western, you will need
to re-apply. If you are not sure if you are eligible to apply, you may a) just
try to register--the computer will tell you if you can't; b) call the Graduate
Office; c) call me.)
II. Registering For Classes
To register for this course
1. E-mail (jr-olsen@wiu.edu)*
me with your WIU ID number (or social security number) and tell me a little bit
about yourself and briefly describe why you want to take the course, so that I
can "load the permission." The prerequisite for the course is "permission
of instructor" (permission is easy to obtain!). Our department assistant
chairperson will attempt to register you. That should take
care of it.
2. Check on the STARS (www.student.services.wiu.edu/STARS)
system after about a week to verify that you are registered.
If you run into any snags,
- check to make sure you are accepted as a WIU student,
- call me at (309)298-2317,
- Call Graduate Office 309/298-1806 (you'll need star
number)
- or Call W.I.U. Registration Center 309/298-3115
After you have registered, stay in e-mail contact with me (watch your e-mail
for new information about the course and startup).
*Please be sure that you've done step I first. Make sure
you've applied to WIU and been accepted before you ask permission to get into
the class. Our department assistant chairperson cannot load the permission into
the computer and enroll you unless you are accepted as a WIU student. This can
reduce problems. Feel free to e-mail me anytime with questions or to express
interest, but make sure you are accepted as a WIU student before formally asking
for permission into the course.
III. To Get the Textbook for the Course
To get the textbook,
• Call the WIU Bookstore
toll-free, 800-338-6369.
• or, fax the WIU Bookstore: 309-298-2931.
IV. Gaining On-Line Access
I will be using a program called WebCT to put up the course. This is where most
of our work (on-line discussions, homework submissions, exams, etc.) will take
place (in a password protected environment). Once you have registered for the
course you use your WIU ECOM username and password (same password for all WebCT
courses) to get into the course web site. Click
here to find out about your WIU ECOM username and password and activating your
account (it's not hard). To gain access to WebCT, it is
best to return
to
Jim Olsen's Homepage (http://www.wiu.edu/users/mfjro1/wiu/index.htm), because
the version of WebCT that is in use is frequently
update.
Thank you to Connie Dodson for supplying this information.
W.I.U. Graduate Office 309/298-1806
W.I.U. Registration Center 309/298-3115
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James R. Olsen, Western Illinois University
(309)298-2317
E-mail: jr-olsen@wiu.edu
updated:
January 31, 2006