B.S.E Education Studies

Park offers a wide range of degree options in the School for Education for aspiring teachers, administrators, and educational advocates.

Our education degree plan is offered at our Kansas City campus and leads to certification in Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School or Secondary Education, or K-12 Education. Or, those not interested in certification should consider the innovative Education Studies degree with specialization available in the Young Child, Youth, Early Childhood and Leadership, and Early Childhood Teaching Young Children.

In our online Education degree program, you can prepare for job opportunities in all school environments through diverse placements in rural, suburban, urban and international settings.

Whatever path you choose, Park University will help you become the kind of educational professional who can address the needs, challenges, and possibilities of the 21st Century.

Teaching Certification Programs

The Park University Education Program is approved by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Upon completion of the undergrad program, passing the appropriate PRAXIS test, recommendation by Park University, and application by the student, a Missouri Teaching Certificate is issued by the state of Missouri. If students wish to seek job opportunities and become certified in any state other than Missouri, students are responsible for their course of study to reflect that state's requirements. Teaching Certification requires passing an FBI background check, which includes fingerprinting.

Park, a four-year, private, nonprofit, liberal arts institution has helped students break barriers to education since 1875. Our motto, fides et labour (Latin for “faith and work”) is as relevant today as it was in the 19th century. A Park University education is an opportunity to find faith in yourself — by discovering your potential and working to realize it.

Park University’s core values are academic excellence, inclusivity and social responsibility. Diversity is in our DNA — Park’s first graduating class included four women. Today, we welcome more than 260 international students from 60 countries.