After your first semester at SLU, you can apply to major in education without pursuing teaching certification. An education degree is a valuable asset for a number of careers related to education, and complements many other degrees as a second major.

Saint Louis University's undergraduate degree in education without certification instills leadership qualities including risk-taking, civic responsibility and ethical character.

Students are required to take 15 credit hours in education as determined by the department of education. In addition, students have a choice of 17 credit hours of electives in education and are also required to take 12-18 related credit hours as determined by the department of education. Courses recommended as education electives have limited hours of fieldwork.