C OLLEGE OF E DUCATION
The College of Education (COE), the university’s oldest college, granted the first Bachelor of Science degree
in Elementary Education in 1944. The first Secondary Education Teachers graduated in 1953. The college
seeks to produce Knowledgeable, Skilled and Compassionate Educators and Other School Professionals
“Where Everybody is Somebody.” Upon program completion, these Educators and Educational Leaders are
Masters of Subject Matter Content; Facilitators of Learning, Enhancers and Nurturers of Affective Behaviors
and Catalysts for Change.
Faculty members in the college endeavor to ensure that candidates acquire the knowledge, skills and
dispositions that reflect best practice in teaching, leadership, research, and service.
The College of Education is composed of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, the Department of
Educational Leadership, and the Department of Kinesiology, Sport and Leisure Studies. The service units of
the college are the Educational Resource Center (ERC), the Office of Professional Laboratory Experiences,
and the Centralized Advisement, Referral, and Evaluation Center (CARE).
The degree programs offered by the college are listed below.
Bachelor of Science (BS) Degrees
Elementary Education, Grades 1-5
Elementary Education and Special Education Mild/Moderate, Grades 1-5
Kinesiology
Leisure Studies
Secondary Education and Teaching
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Degrees
Elementary Education and Special Education Mild/Moderate, Grades 1-5
Secondary Education and Special Education Mild/Moderate, Grades 6-12
Master of Science (MS) Degrees
Developmental Education
Sports Administration
Master of Education (M.Ed.) Degrees
Curriculum and Instruction
Educational Leadership
Special Education
Post-Masters Certificate (PMC)
Developmental Education
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
Developmental Education
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