• This program is ideal for students interested in teaching secondary education, a career in education, or interested in pursuing a second major. Course content includes leadership in teaching, examination of social identities, reflection on direct classroom experience, factors that influence educational practices, and more
  • Like pre-law or pre-med, the Bachelor of Arts in Humanities for Teaching is a pre-education degree. Students have time to hone their reading and writing skills, focus their studies in an endorsement area, and reflect on what it means to be a teacher.  
  • The Bachelor of Arts with a major in Humanities for Teaching shares with the other Humanities degrees the emphases on forming humane persons and promoting justice. It prepares students for a Masters in Teaching program. In addition, this major applies Humanistic and Jesuit thought to the specific topic of education. Taking learning as a uniquely human activity, this degree questions the links between conceptions of the human and prescriptions for pedagogy. It debates the highest purposes of education and considers, in particular, Jesuit responses to that inquiry. It balances these theoretical pursuits with practical, guided experience in the classroom.
  • Students with a degree in Humanities for Teaching are excellent candidates for the Master in Teaching program. A Master in Teaching enables graduates to earn an average of $7,000 per year more than their counterparts with only a Bachelor degree. 
  • Graduating students are able to:
    • Analyze the social factors—with a focus on class, race, or other salient identities—that impact schools, children, and their families.
    • Create and execute lesson plans or other educational experiences grounded in effective pedagogy in diverse learning environments.