Dr. Michael H. Shirley - Department of History - Eastern Illinois University

Official advising appointments for spring 2010 have begun.
Please come sign up for an appointment. preferably before the earliest date you are able to register for classes.
If you have any questions, please e-mail me.

**Please remember to pick up your folder at the History Department Office before you come for your advising appointment**

 

General Advising Links

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Academic Advising Center at Ninth Street Hall
• Class Schedule by Semester
• Undergraduate Catalog
• Grade Information
• Electronic Writing Portfolio
• Financial Aid
• Off-Campus Courses
• International Studies
• Community Colleges Transfer Equivalency List (If you are going to take a summer school class at a community college, make sure you take the right one.)
• Online Courses
• Commencement Information
• Applying to Graduate

Links for the History Major not seeking Teacher Certification

• Checklist for the History Major (Effective Fall Semester, 2004. Requires Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.)
• Career Opportunities for History Majors
• Interested in Working in Museums?
• Paid Internships in History

Links for the History with International Studies Major

• Checklist for the History with International Studies Major (Effective Fall Semester, 2005. Requires Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.)
• International Studies Office

 

Teacher Certification Links

• Checklist for the History Major with Teacher Certification in Social Science (Effective Fall Semester, 2009. Requires Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader.)
• Checklists for Social Science Concentrations: Geography; Political Science; Psychology; Sociology/Anthropology (Effective Fall Semester, 2009. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
• Secondary Education Listserv (Sign up for this e-mail list if you want official announcements, meeting times, and so on delivered to you via e-mail.)
• Illinois State Board of Education
• Basic Skills Test Information (If you intend to seek teaching certification, you need to take this test. If you are transferring to EIU, take it before you begin classes here. It is required for admission to the Teacher Education program, so if you delay taking it you will delay your graduation.)
• Student Teaching (If you are interested in student teaching abroad, go here for further information.)
• Content Area Test Information (You must pass this test before you will be approved to student teach.)
• Content Area Test Study Guides (These are downloadable as .pdf files with Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader)
• EIU Teacher Education Information (Test dates, meeting dates, et cetera.)
• Buff Form
• Departmental Approval Portfolio (DAP) (Document is in MS-Word)
• DAP Faculty Recommendation Form
• SOS 3400 Links (a work in progress)
• How to Obtain Additional Endorsements (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

The History Department is implementing a program of curricular self-assessment. This means that we want to ascertain if we are really accomplishing our objectives in our curriculum. To this end, we are creating a portfolio for each student. We are asking students to assist us by providing the following 3 items:

1. a source analysis paper from HIS 2560
2. a book review from HIS 3555
3. a research paper from either HIS 2500 or any upper division elective

As students complete these assignments in their classes, they should send a revised copy as an e-mail attachment to:

Dr. Michael Shirley (mshirley@eiu.edu)

Include your name (first and last), the class, the instructor, and the semester for which it was written. Please put "History Assessment Submission" in the subject header.

Eventually, a random selection of these papers will be passed on (without their authors' names) to a committee of faculty in the department who will review them according to departmental rubrics, in order to assess how nearly we are approaching our stated objectives in teaching these classes. We are not assessing individual students in this exercise. We are also not assessing individual faculty. We are attempting to assess our curriculum in order to determine if and how we might improve. We truly appreciate your cooperation in this matter.

WARNINGS

Don't miss your own graduation.

Please be aware that there is a deadline for applying to graduate each semester. Miss it, and you'll delay your graduation. You'll find that date, and other requirements of which you should be aware, by clicking on this link . If you are not sure how to apply for graduation, e-mail me. For information about commencement, go here.

Ignore your EIU E-mail account at your own peril.

If you do not use your EIU e-mail account, you will miss out on an increasing number of important announcements from various university offices. Overdue notices, registration announcements, and others will increasingly be sent out only via e-mail, and only to EIU addresses. If you use another e-mail account as your primary account, and only rarely check your EIU e-mail, set your EIU account to forward mail to you. It will save you lot of trouble.