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THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND APPLIED HUMAN SCIENCES

Calling all innovators, high-achievers and scholars—change the game when it comes to your college education. The College of Education and Applied Human Sciences offers an upgraded Eastern Experience, with innovative and creative coursework, a tight-knit community and one-of-a-kind opportunities.

PROGRAMS OFFERED

• American Sign Language and Interpreter Education

• Child and Family Studies

• Family and Consumer Sciences Education

• Food and Nutrition

• Communication Sciences and Disorders

• Elementary Education

• Middle Grades Education

• Special Education

• Career and Technical Education

• Secondary Education*

FACTS ABOUT CEAHS

1. At EKU, future teachers get experiences in local schools from their first Education class through their final semester of student teaching. With a full K-12 school on campus, Model Laboratory School, students don’t even have to leave campus to learn alongside seasoned teachers.

2. Our ITP program is one of the 15 Bachelor’s degrees for ASL-English interpreting in the United States that is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Interpreter Education (CCIE).

3. Our ASLIE department offers Study Abroad as well as a Living & Learning Community, where students can live in Walters Hall on the ASL LLC floor in an ASL environment.

4. Students in the dietetics program get hands on experience in clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment of nutrition-related diseases while working closely with students in other health-related majors.

5. The Child and Family Studies Degree includes a concentration in Child Development with hands-on learning in the Burrier Child Development Center on campus.

6. CEAHS focuses on ensuring our students are fully prepared for state licensure exams with an average pass rate of 88% for Speech-Language Pathology graduates and an average pass rate of 86% for teacher licensure exams.

7. Students in Speech Pathology provide services to community members through the on-campus Speech and Hearing Clinic.

Teaching, Learning, and Educational Leadership

* Secondary Education offers Music, Art and Spanish as concentrations under their respective academic college. Students will still apply for the Teacher Education program and take courses in CEAHS.

CHANGING THE GAME

EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY

PREPARING

CRAFTING EXCELLENCE

PRACTICAL EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE

At Eastern Kentucky University (EKU), practical learning thrives across diverse initiatives. Café Burrier, managed by food and nutrition students under Chef Sangwook Kang, offers food highlighting local ingredients, embodying EKU’s commitment to hands-on education. Simultaneously, the Burrier Child Development Center, an accredited lab school, shapes experiences for preschoolers and serves as a training ground for Child and Family Studies students. Additionally, the Apparel Design minor offers a professional fashion studio with sewing machines for learning techniques, covering apparel production, alteration and embroidery using a Brother 10-Needle Embroidery Machine in the construction lab.

EDUCATORS

WITH ADVANCED LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

The Department of Teaching, Learning, and Educational Leadership at Eastern Kentucky University is home to a nationally accredited educator preparation program with a long tradition of preparing outstanding teachers for the Commonwealth and beyond. We prepare teachers for early childhood, elementary, middle and high school classrooms. Throughout our programs, students learn from experienced and caring faculty while participating in clinical placements in various P-12 classroom settings. Our small class sizes help students develop close relationships with professors and classmates, and individually assigned academic advisors ensure students are successful on their path to graduation.