Curriculum

The Education Department, working with the other Academic Departments of the College of Saint Benedict / Saint John’s University, builds upon the Core Curriculum of a dynamic liberal arts program to prepare undergraduate students to become strong and effective teachers according to our “Teacher as Decision Maker” conceptual framework.

Programs offered include a major in Elementary Education, as well as minors in various Secondary and K-12 education programs. Click here for a list and descriptions of all Education Department courses.

Elementary Education  

A major in elementary education leads to general teacher licensure for grades K-6, and requires a supportive content specialty leading to middle level licensure for grades 5-8.  Content specialties offered by the College of Saint Benedict / Saint John’s University include: Communication Arts/Literature, Mathematics, Science, Social Science, and World Languages (French, German, and Spanish).

Secondary and K-12 Teacher Education Programs

A minor in secondary education leads to teacher licensure for grades 5-12. It supports a content/teaching major in Communication Arts/Literature, Mathematics, Science, or Social Science.  A minor in secondary education can also support a non-licensed content/teaching major for teaching Theology in grades 5-12.

K-12 teacher licensure programs are available for content teaching majors in Art, Music, and World Languages (French, German, and Spanish).