Reflecting DePaul’s Vincentian values, the Department of Teacher Education, Kinesiology & Educational Studies prepares educators and professionals to meet the challenges and opportunities of the communities in which they live and work, and to contribute meaningfully to democratic public life. Our graduates enter their careers with the sensibilities and abilities to teach, lead, and serve.
By the end of our programs, our graduates are grounded in Vincentian values and ethics; prepared and purposeful; creative, adaptive and innovative; critically reflective and action-oriented; self-aware and emotionally skilled; and socially just and transformative.
Undergraduate Degree Programs
- Early Childhood Education (BS)
- Elementary Education (BS)
- Exercise Science (BS)
- Physical Education (BS)
- Secondary Education (BA)
- Concentrations in: English, History, Math, Social Sciences
- Secondary Education (BS)
- Concentrations in: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Math, Physics
- Visual Art Education (BA)
- World Language Education (BA)
- Concentrations in: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish
Undergraduate Minors
- Education and Social Justice Minor
- Coaching Minor
- Early Childhood Education Minor
- Physical Education Minor
- Health Minor
Graduate Degree Programs
- Early Childhood Education (MA/MEd)
- Education, Culture, and Society (MA/MEd)
- Elementary Education (MA/MEd)
- Physical Education (MEd)
- Secondary Education (MA/MEd)
- Concentrations in: Biology, Chemistry, English, Environmental Science, History, Math, Physics, Social Sciences
- Sport, Fitness and Recreation Leadership (MS)
- Visual Art Education (MA/MEd)
- World Language Education (MA/MEd)
- Concentrations in: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Russian, Spanish
Graduate Initial Licensure and Endorsement Programs
For aspiring teachers looking to get their initial teaching license (PEL) with an endorsement:
- PEL with Early Childhood Endorsement
- PEL with Elementary Endorsement
- PEL with Secondary Education Endorsement
- PEL with World Language Education Endorsement
Graduate Endorsement Programs
For currently licensed teachers looking to add endorsements to their PEL:
- Early Childhood Bilingual Endorsement
- Early Childhood Bilingual Education (BE) and English as a Second Language (ESL) Endorsement
- Early Childhood English as a Second Language (ESL) Endorsement
- Subsequent Teaching Endorsement
- School Nurse