Courses of Study in Education
“Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it.”
—Marion Wright Edelman
The Department of Education offers three teacher certification fields-Elementary/Collaborative, Secondary Education, and Arts Education. The Educational Services and Religion-Education Interdisciplinary majors are available for students not seeking certification. All three courses of study are four-year undergraduate degrees.
Certification areas include elementary/collaborative education for students who wish to teach grades kindergarten through 6.This major offers certification in both elementary education and collaborative teacher K-6 (special education). Certification programs are also offered for students to teach secondary education grades 6-12 and for students to teach in arts education (visual art, dance, or music) in preschool through 12. Within these disciples, students receive degrees in their academic areas and are certified to teach.
Education Courses of Study:
Elementary/Collaborative Education Bachelor of Science grades K-6
Secondary Education grades 6-12
Biology
Chemistry
English
Language Arts
French
General Social Science
German
History
Math
Physics
SpanishArts Education grades P-12
Visual Arts
Dance
MusicEducational Services (non-certification)
Religion-Education (non-certification)