UW-Washington County's education curriculum provides you with the professional skills and knowledge you need to successfully complete a bachelor’s degree program and succeed in a teaching profession. This curriculum includes core skills courses leading to a fundamental understanding of teaching functions and to analytic ability for solving school and educational problems. The course of study provides you with teaching technology, concepts, principles, and skills leading to a clear, introductory understanding of the foundation of contemporary education.

UW- Education Majors Available:

The University of Wisconsin System currently lists 33 majors. You can begin your study for any of these education majors at UW-Washington County:

Field Experiences and Internships

Education course work at UWWC offers you field experiences in education for academic credit. Field experience, available in EDU 201-"Concepts, Issues and Field Experience in Education," provides you with opportunities for observations and participation not ordinarily available in the classroom. In the course, you can expect to spend 2 hours per week on in-class discussion and 4 hours per week actively participating at an educational institution off campus. Your field work is supervised by faculty members and professionals who evaluate the importance and significance of your experience. For more information about EDU 201 field work, contact appropriate education faculty at the University or Student Services.

Scholarship Opportunities

Faculty, administration and staff at UW-Washington County believe that outstanding students deserve recognition and should be given support and the opportunity to develop their interests, skills and talents. To this end, UWWC, through generous benefactor donations, is able to award over $125,000 in scholarships annually to qualified new, continuing and transferring students on the basis of academic excellence, leadership, community service, and financial need. In the area of education, for example, UWWC annually bestows the $6,000, Phyllis R. Malzahn Scholarship to a transferring student planning to major in education. For more specific information about UWWC's scholarship program, contact Student Services.

Suggested Courses for Education Majors

The four semester program guide listed here is a sample of a program planning guide if you plan to be an education major. You can use these suggestions to help plan your freshmen and sophomore years at UWWC. Additional information and transfer planning sheets for specific majors and universities are available from the Student Services Office.

For more information:

Contact:
University of Wisconsin-Washington County
Student Services Office
400 Unversity Drive
West Bend, WI 53095

(262) 335-5201
(262) 335-5220 FAX
E-mail: uwwcss@uwc.edu