Undergraduate Programs in Professional Studies in Education

Undergraduate Programs

Top-notch education program for pre-service and in-service educators and administrators. Graduates have found employment with school districts throughout the United States.

Early Childhood Education, BSEd
Middle Level Ed/Social Studies
Graduate Programs in Education

Graduate Programs

The master's and doctoral programs are designed to help busy teachers and principals upgrade their credential and pay scale.

Instructional Design and Learning Technologies
Administration and Leadership Studies, DEd
Education, MEd
Principal Certification
Literacy, MEd
Curriculum and Instruction, DEd

 

Literacy Center

TheBill and Judy Scheeren Literacy Center provides assessment and instruction for children and adolescents who need assistance with reading and writing. Our services are open to the public.

News

Machado and Fu present on Use of AI for Learning and Teaching

Crystal Machado from the Department of Professional Studies in Education and Yao Fu from the University of Wisconsin presented a paper titled “AI and Bloom’s Taxonomy: Scaffolding Pre-service and Inservice Teachers’ Use of Artificial Intelligence for Learning and Teaching” at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, on March 20, 2025.

Musiime and Machado Present on Faculty Well-being Online

Emmanuella Musiime, a Curriculum and Instruction doctoral candidate, and Crystal Machado from the Department of Professional Studies in Education presented a paper titled “Teaching Online: A Qualitative Exploration of Faculty Wellbeing and the Injustices They Experience in Synchronous, Asynchronous, and Hybrid Courses“ at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education on March 19, 2025.

Fostering Cross-Cultural Dialogue Through Facebook: A Collaborative Study

Two professors published a study on using a Facebook group to connect college students from the US and Israel. The group helped students have cross-cultural conversations, learn from each other, and grow professionally. The study shows that social media can be a useful tool for learning beyond the classroom.

Exploring TPACK in Higher Education: Huang Presents at EERA 2025

At the 2025 Eastern Educational Research Association Conference, Chin-Yi Huang, a doctoral student in the Curriculum and Instruction program at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, presented their research on “A Bibliometric Analysis of TPACK Research in Higher Education: Mapping Trends, Themes, and Applications (2014–2024).” 

Mahmoud Wins Dean’s Award for Top-Ranked Graduate Project at Scholars Forum

Ammar Mahmoud, a doctoral candidate in the Curriculum and Instruction program, won the Dean’s Award for his project “Developing a Plan to Handle Any College-level Writing Assignment’ at the 2024 IUP Scholars Forum.