Degrees Available
Program Highlights
The Urban Education program with Elementary Education Concentration is committed to developing a generation of teachers who use their own diverse cultural, linguistic and economic backgrounds to improve urban schools and empower children and youth. Our students, as teacher candidates, benefit from working with some of the best education faculty in the world. Student fieldwork — over 1,000 hours — is based in predominantly African American and Latino classrooms to cultivate unique skill sets for success in urban school classrooms.
Program Options and Endorsements
- Five Year Option in Special Education
- Bilingual and English as a Second Language (ESL) Endorsement
- Middle School Endorsement
Qualifying applicants
Some programs are open to certain applicants. Prospective students in the following groups can apply for admission to this program:
- First-year
- Transfer
- International
- Readmission
GPPA Information
The GPPA program allows a limited number of first-year students per year to be admitted to UIC with guaranteed admission to the Master's degree program in education. Students follow a specific curriculum and meet established performance criteria to maintain guaranteed admission.