Future student resources
The Department of Curriculum and Instruction offers high-quality courses taught by an exceedingly talented faculty who have achieved national and international recognition for their teaching and research. Equally important are the relationships our students establish with faculty and other students as they work collaboratively to explore some of the most important issues in education. The department benefits from a history of faculty involvement in major advances in the field of education in Minnesota, the U.S., and internationally, and has prepared many researchers, teacher educators, administrators, and teachers both in the U.S. and abroad who have contributed to their respective fields in significant ways.
Interest areas
Degrees and programs are offered in a number of academic tracks and fields of study. Search for the right program by area of interest.
- Art education
- Community and learning
- Culture and Teaching
- Early childhood education
- Elementary education
- English education
- Environmental education
- Family education
- Family, youth, and community
- Learning technologies
- Interdisciplinary focus
- Literacy education
- Math education
- Science education
- Second languages and cultures (ESL, foreign language education and immersion education)
- Social studies education
- Youth development leadership (YDL)
Degrees, certificates, and licensure
- Doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Master of arts (M.A.)
- Master of education (M.Ed.)
- Initial licensure
- Professional studies
- Bachelor of science
(B.S.)
- Certificates
- Additional licensure
Financial aid
Numerous resources for financial aid exist within the University, college, and elsewhere.
Diversity programs for students interested in teaching
- Common Ground Consortium (CGC), a collaborative effort between the College and participating Historically Black Colleges and Universities
- Homegrown Teacher Partnership Project (HTPP), a program to recruit and prepare students of culturally diverse backgrounds as teachers
- Multicultural Teacher Development Project (MTDP), a program to recruit and prepare students of culturally diverse backgrounds for teacher development programs
- Rodney S. Wallace Endowed Scholarship supports native American students who have enrolled in the College
- Isabel Graham Giddings Scholarship is awarded to female students entering M.Ed./initial licensure programs. Upon the donor's request, one scholarship will be awarded to an African-American female student, and one will be awarded to a female student (preferably from an underrepresented population).
Revised September 2009
