Departments
Curriculum and Instruction (CI)
The Department is dedicated to the preparation of educators who practice their profession throughout a variety of human service institutions, schools, colleges, universities; as well as through governmental agencies, businesses and industries. Learn More
Educational Administration and Higher Education (EAHE)
The mission of the Department is to prepare leaders for administrative and teaching careers in schools, colleges, universities, public and private agencies. Such leaders should be thoroughly grounded in the knowledge base, theoretical models, research paradigms, practical applications, and ethical implications of their respective career paths. Learn More
Educational Psychology and Special Education (EPSE)
The mission of the Department is to prepare leaders for administrative and teaching careers in schools, colleges, universities, public and private agencies. Learn More
Health Education and Recreation (HER)
The Health Education program strives constantly to improve instructional programs, increase scholarly productivity, and expand the service involvement of faculty members. We will provide you with a foundation of skills and experience that will enable you to teach health and safety education or to serve as a professional in business or in private and voluntary agencies. We can help you prepare for a useful and rewarding career.
We help people live safe, healthy, happy lives. We help communities maintain safe and healthy environments for their citizens. We train health advocates for schools and communities. We help people live well, approach aging with intelligence, and die with dignity. Learn More
Kinesiology (KIN)
Our department offers programs which qualify graduates for positions as teachers in elementary and secondary schools or for alternative careers in private, industrial, and public settings. Whatever the student's career aims may be, the programs provide a full range of intriguing and challenging professional opportunities in a diversified curricula. Learn More
Rehabilitation Institute (RI)
Is dedicated to improving the lives of people with disability. The mission is pursued through the teaching, research, and service activities of the Institute's faculty and staff. To date there are over 3,300 graduates of our academic programs. Learn More
School of Social Work (SSW) We prepare professional social workers who can deliver social services to meet the human needs within the southern Illinois area, the state, and the Lower Mississippi River Delta region ---especially the needs of the poor and the oppressed. Learn More
Workforce Education and Development (WED)
This Department is committed to linking education, work, and training to improve competitiveness within the workforce. Learn More |