If you have a passion for teaching a broad age range of students with diverse learning needs and want to study in a Christian environment, this major may be for you.

The special education certification is best for those who want to teach special education in low incidence populations, high schools, early intervention or postsecondary programs, or who want to pursue careers in speech and language pathology, behavior or special education policy.

As a student in the early childhood education program, you’ll take classes in areas including special education, language development, child development and children’s literature.

Messiah University’s education minor is designed to give those students who are not seeking teacher certification the opportunity to explore a variety of topics relevant to the field of education.

Courses in the socio-cultural perspectives on education minor will also allow you to explore social and theoretical perspectives along with curricular and instructional perspectives.

As a student in the special education minor, you’ll take classes covering topics such as characteristics of disabilities, behavioral and academic interventions, and behavioral studies and others while enhancing your major with disability-related expertise.

The speech and language pathology minor is a pre-professional course of study designed to prepare you to pursue graduate degrees in speech and language pathology or audiology.

With a TESOL minor, you’ll study theoretical and applied linguistics as you prepare to learn, teach and analyze language using methods and tools from contemporary linguistic theory.

The TESOL certificate will successfully equip you to engage in service or vocation with English learners.