Academics
We're proud to be one of the largest teacher prep colleges in the nation. With more than 40 programs, you can choose the path that best fits your goals. We'll make sure you have all the tools and support you need to succeed.
- Majors
- Graduate
- Licensure, Endorsements, and Approvals
- Early Childhood Education
- Elementary Education
- Elementary Education: Bilingual/Bicultural
- Middle Level Education
- Special Education: Specialist in D/deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Special Education: Specialist in Learning and Behavior
- Special Education: Specialist in Low Vision and Blindness
- K-12 and Secondary Education Programs
Master's Programs
- College Student Personnel Administration
- Principal Prep (P-12 Educational Administration)
- Reading
- Special Education
- Teaching and Learning
Doctoral Programs
- Higher Education Administration
- Leadership, Equity, & Inquiry
- P-12 Administration
- Special Education
- Teaching and Learning
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The College of Education is proud of those who have recently completed their doctorates by defending their dissertations. Click on the below link to see 2021-2022 authors, dissertation titles and abstracts, their committees, and links to the dissertations.
Certificates
These programs are ISBE approved for a license or an endorsement on a Professional Educator License.
Initial Teaching Preparation Licensure Programs
- Art
- Agriculture
- Blind or Visually Impaired
- Biological Sciences
- Business
- Chemistry
- Dance
- Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- Early Childhood Education
- Earth and Space Science
- Elementary Education
- English
- Family & Consumer Sciences
- French
- Geography
- German
- History Social Sciences
- LBS I
- Mathematics
- Music Education
- Physical Education
- Physics
- School Health
- Spanish
- Technology and Engineering
- Theatre
School Service Personnel Licensure Programs
Additional Endorsement Opportunities
- Bilingual
- Teaching English To Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
- Middle Level Endorsements
- National Board Certification
- Reading Teacher
- Secondary Endorsements
Approvals
Departments
Department of Educational Administration and Foundations
Educational Administration and Foundations prepares educators for leadership roles in education through graduate programs taking place on and off campus.
Department of Special Education
The Department of Special Education is the first choice for special education in Illinois. It offers specialized undergraduate and graduate programs in D/deaf and hard of hearing, low vision and blindness, and learning and behavior.
School of Teaching and Learning
The School of Teaching and Learning prepares teaching candidates for initial positions in early childhood, elementary, middle level and bilingual education. It also offers nationally acclaimed graduate programs.