Want to shape the future of education? As an educational studies major, you’ll prepare for exactly that. Explore how learning happens across various environments — not just in traditional classrooms. This major is perfect if you're curious about diving into community engagement, education policy or school counseling.
You'll learn from passionate instructors who integrate real-world problems into lessons, providing you with a unique perspective on challenges and solutions in today's educational landscape. Engage directly with your community through service-learning projects, internships at local schools and research opportunities that allow you to apply classroom theories to tangible scenarios.
Because everything you’ll do and learn will be grounded in values and emphasize care for the whole person, you’ll graduate ready to improve education locally and globally and make significant, positive societal change.
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Here, you'll join a close-knit, student-focused community of peers and teacher-scholars devoted to caring for others and the world. The majority (95%) of our students start participating in student teaching and fieldwork their first year. This experience will help you learn to think critically, innovate with heart and soul, and lead vigorously and collaboratively toward a more just society.
About half of our graduates go on to graduate school, while the rest go directly into the workforce. Here’s where some of our recent graduates landed.
While you’re here at Marquette, preparing you for what’s next will be one of our top priorities. So, expect lots of learning by doing, connecting with others who share your passions, and reflecting on how you can Be The Difference.
Improve your teaching skills while you tutor Milwaukee-area schoolchildren at the Hartman Literacy and Learning Center. It’s a teaching, research and service site housed within the College of Education that actively works to improve the quality of literacy instruction provided by teachers and the literacy acquisition of children who struggle with learning to read.
From your first semester, you’ll participate in service learning, extensive fieldwork and student teaching, or community-engaged internships. Through these experiences, you’ll not only build the skills to expertly manage a classroom and engage learners, you’ll also build mutually beneficial relationships with schools, families and community organizations in the greater Milwaukee area.
If you're interested in the research behind what makes a successful teacher, you'll be able to see it firsthand by working with one of our research centers and clinics, including:
Become a people-centered leader guided by our Jesuit tradition. Join our E-Lead program sophomore year and you’ll complete a combination of leadership courses and experiences that prepare you to be the driver of innovation for the common good.
You’ll develop the skill set to generate innovative solutions and the mindset to reflect on the impact your work has on the world. Bonus: You’ll graduate with a concentration in leadership, too.
Expand your education with a semester abroad. Study program course work at prestigious universities around the world while you take advantage of potential teaching and observational opportunities or get involved with local students. Other international opportunities are available for education students through core courses, summer study, language study, faculty-led programs or research.
A Marquette education equips students to thrive professionally and personally through overall student support, career preparation and an extended family that can't wait to meet you. But don't just take our word for it.
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