Your potential. Our purpose.
Western Illinois University’s School of Education has a long-standing reputation of preparing students to be self-reflective lifelong learners, transformational leaders, and socially conscious teachers in an evolving global society.
Education majors start working with students as early as freshman year and have opportunities to teach between 180–280 hours as teaching assistants, classroom aides, and tutors prior to their semester-long student teaching experience. WIU’s professors and education centers provide students with courses that emphasize exploratory, experiential, student-focused teaching and learning experiences.
The WIU Curriculum Library offers educational teaching aids and tests that WIU students can use in their classrooms. It houses collections of approximately 37,000 volumes of books for children and young adults as well as a K–12 textbook series. Education students also use the WIU Infant and Preschool Center for observation and hands-on learning experiences with children.
Western Illinois University’s undergraduate Education programs prepare students to thrive in the field and inside the classroom. Bachelor’s degree programs offer training in diverse skill sets with flexible options for diversification and specialization, including:
● Bilingual/ESL Education
● Early Childhood Education
● Educational Studies
● Elementary Education
● Middle Level Education
● Special Education
● Special Education/Elementary Education (dual major)
Additional Education majors at WIU include:
● Agriculture Education
● Art Education
● Biology Education
● Chemistry Education
● English Education
● French Education
● History Education
● Mathematics Education
● Music Education
● Physical Education
● Physics Education
● Spanish Education
Through the academic and lived experiences of faculty and staff, WIU creates and connects students with unique learning opportunities, enabling them to map their own futures. Our students leave not only with a degree but with the confidence to take on the world.
