Education degrees:

Allied Professions degrees:

EAP offers undergraduate degrees and minors in the following areas:

Bachelor of Science in Education
Athletic Training
Early Childhood
Earth Science
Earth Science/Chemistry
Earth Science/Life Science
Earth Science/Physics
French
German
Health Education
Integrated English Language Arts
Integrated Mathematics
Integrated Social Studies
Latin
Life Science
Life Science/Physics
Middle Childhood Education: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies
Physical Education
Physical Science
Spanish
Special Education: Early Childhood, Mild/Moderate, Moderate/Intensive, Gifted

Bachelor of Science in Health & Sport Studies
Dietetics
Exercise Science
Health Studies
Sport Studies

Bachelor of Science in Social Work
Social Work

Bachelor of Science in Family Studies
Family Studies

Minors Offered
Child Studies, Coaching, Critical Family Issues, Family Relationships, Nutrition,
& Special Education

For Art and Music Education, see the School of Fine Arts

For Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology, see the College of Arts & Science

Education degrees:

Early Childhood Education: Prepares students for licensure in grades PreK-3. Includes courses in teaching reading, language arts, science, mathematics, and social studies as well as background courses in music, health, art, physical education, and working with families and communities. In addition, students take a concentration of courses in literacy. All coursework focuses on education and the child.

Middle Childhood Education: Prepares students for licensure in 2 of 4 areas (language arts, science, mathematics, social studies) in grades 4 through 9. Includes coursework specific to the two areas chosen and methods coursework.

Adolescent to Young Adult Education: Prepares students for licensure in junior and high schools (grades 7 through 12) in the following areas:

Integrated English Language Arts Education: Prepares students to teach writing, literature, grammar, usage, speech, media, and journalism by studying literature, linguistics, writing, and education methodology/pedagogy.

Integrated Mathematics Education: Prepares students to teach all areas of mathematics by studying calculus, linear algebra, geometry, abstract algebra, computers and math software, statistics, and education methodology/pedagogy.

Integrated Social Studies Education: Prepares students to teach social studies by studying history, geography, economics, anthropology, sociology, political science, and education methodology/pedagogy.

Earth Science Education*: Prepares students to teach earth science by studying geology, chemistry, physics, statistics, botany, zoology, science and society, educational technology, psychology, school organization and the fundamental principles, techniques, and materials of science teaching.

Life Science Education*: Prepares students to teach life science by studying botany, zoology, microbiology, geology, chemistry, statistics, science and society, educational technology, psychology, and school organization as well as the fundamental principles, techniques, and materials of science teaching.

Physical Science: Prepares students to teach physical science by studying chemistry, physics, calculus, botany or zoology, geology, science and society, educational technology, psychology, school organization and the fundamental principles, techniques, and materials of science teaching.
Foreign Language: Prepares students for teaching French, German, Latin, and/or Spanish.

Health Education: Prepares students to specialize in child and adolescent health through a carefully planned program that emphasizes knowledge about healthy living that promotes healthy social behavior.

Physical Education: Prepares students for teaching physical education through skilled teaching performance and reflection/analysis of students’ teaching abilities that emphasizes the intellectual meanings of performance and physical experiences.

Special Education: Prepares students to teach special education in 2 of 4 possible areas: Early Childhood, Mild/Moderate, Moderate/Intensive, and Gifted. The Early Childhood Intervention Specialist can teach children from preschool to grade 3. The Mild/Moderate, Moderate/Intensive, and Gifted Intervention Specialist can teach children in grades K-12.

Allied Profession degrees:

Athletic Training: Prepares students for a career as a certified athletic trainer in a variety of settings including universities, professional sports, high schools, sports medicine clinics, and industry. Students should have an interest in an allied medical health career and helping people.

Dietetics: Prepares students to perform nutritional work in health care facilities, community health programs, food service operations, government programs, or business. Students who choose this major will pursue an interdisciplinary curriculum with courses in nutrition, food science, exercise, and health with supporting courses in science, social science, and management.

Exercise Science: Prepares students for exercise related work in universities, hospitals and corporate fitness programs, movement therapy, and physical fitness assessment and enhancement. Students who choose this major should have a strong interest in chemistry; physics, physiology, and anatomy for these subjects are foundational for the scientific analysis of exercise and sport performance.

Health Studies: Prepares students to be health educators in community, worksite, school, and/or clinical settings. Students who choose this major will be able to facilitate individual health behavior maintenance and/or change and will also have an understanding of how individual, social, and environmental forces interact in shaping health practices.

Sport Studies: Prepares students to seek employment in the fields of sport marketing, management, communications, or coaching at either the professional, school or recreational level.

Family Studies: Prepares students for employment in child care and family life education through exploration of relationships across the life cycle.

Social Work: Prepares students for social work practice by integrating the knowledge, values, and skills of the social work profession.