Curriculum and Instruction

The Department of Curriculum and Instruction offers course work in elementary education; middle level teaching and learning; and literacy, intercultural, and language education; including work in reading, the language arts, children’s literature, bilingual education, English as a second language, social studies education, science education, teacher education, and multicultural education in addition to course work in curriculum and instruction.

The department offers the B.S.Ed. degree with either a major in elementary education, to prepare candidates to obtain professional educator licensure in grades 1-6; or a major in middle level teaching and learning, to prepare candidates to obtain professional educator licensure in grades 5-8, which meet State of Illinois approval. Candidates who successfully complete one of these programs and pass the state mandated Teacher Performance Assessment will have completed all required ISBE and CAEP standards for receiving university recommendation for licensure. Successful completion of one of these programs without receipt of a passing score on the state mandated Teacher Performance Assessment may result in the candidate receiving a degree without university recommendation for licensure in grades 1-6(elementary education) or 5-8 (middle level grades).