Education Sciences and Professional Programs

The College of Education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis is comprised of two departments: the Department of Educator Preparation and Leadership (EPL) and the Department of Education Sciences and Professional Programs (ESPP). Teacher educator and educational administrator preparation and certification occur in EPL, whereas ESPP supports these efforts via educational foundations, psychological development, counseling, educational technology, and research methods and evaluation courses and offers assorted undergraduate and professional graduate degrees that include Sport Management, Adult and Higher Education, Educational Psychology, three Counseling (CACREP-accredited) programs, Educational Studies, and a National Association of School Psychologists-approved (NASP) School Psychology Program.

The following degrees and programs are available through the Department of Education Sciences and Professional Programs:

Bachelor of Educational Studies

Bachelor of Science in Sport Management

• Career Counseling

Minors:

• Counseling and Human Development
• Sport Management

Master of Education:

• Higher Education
• Clinical Mental Health Counseling (CACREP-accredited)
• Educational Psychology
• School Counseling (CACREP-accredited)

Educational Specialist:

• School Psychology (NASP-approved)

Doctor of Education

• Assorted Learning Communities

Doctor of Philosophy in Education with an Emphasis in:

• Counseling (CACREP-accredited)
• Educational Psychology

Graduate Certificates:

• Career Counseling
• Character and Citizenship Education
• Couple, Marriage and Family Counseling
• College Access, Student Success and Student Services Leadership
• Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling
• School Counseling (Post-Master's) 
• Program Evaluation in Education
• Social Justice in Education

Degrees

Educational Studies BES

• Early Childhood Emphasis
• Exercise Science and Wellness Emphasis
• Park and Museum Programs Emphasis
• Social Entrepreneurship Emphasis
• Youth and Adult Development Emphasis

Sport Management BS

Counseling MEd

• Clinical Mental Health Emphasis
• School Counseling Emphasis

Educational Psychology MEd

Higher Education MEd

School Psychology EdS

Education Ph.D.

• Counseling Emphasis

Minors

Counseling and Human Development
Sport Management

Certificates

Career Counseling Graduate Certificate
Character and Citizenship Education Graduate Certificate
Couple, Marriage and Family Counseling
College Access, Student Success and Student Services Leadership Graduate Certificate
Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling
School Counseling (Post-Master's) Graduate Certificate
Program Evaluation in Education Graduate Certificate
Social Justice in Education Graduate Certificate
Student Affairs Administration and Leadership Graduate Certificate

Courses 

Courses offered by the department can be found at the links below:

Adult Education (ADULT ED) 

Counselor Education (CNS ED)

Education (EDUC)

Educational Foundations (ED FND)

Educational Psychology (ED PSY)

Educational Research and Evaluation Methods (ED REM)

Higher Education (HIGHERED) 

Sport Management (SPMGT)

Phillip Waalkes
Chair and Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Theresa G. Coble
E. Desmond Lee Endowed Prof. Experiential & Family Education
Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Keith Miller
Orthwein Endowed Professor for Life Long Learning in the Sciences and Professor
Ph.D., University of Iowa

Cody S. Ding
Curators' Distinguished Professor
Ph.D., University of Michigan

E. Paulette Isaac-Savage
Professor
Ed.D., University of Georgia

Emily Brown
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of Tennesee - Knoxville

Mary Edwin
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Shawn Woodhouse
Associate Professor and Associate Dean
Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia

Kristy Brann
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Missouri - Columbia

Agata Freedle
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Missouri - St. Louis

So Rin Kim
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Katya Sussman-Dawson
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Missouri - Columbia

Karen Boleska
Assistant Teaching Professor
Ph.D., University of the Incarnate Word

Thomasina Hassler
Assistant Teaching Professor
Ph.D., University of Missouri - St. Louis

Yuima Mizutani
Assistant Teaching Professor
Ph.D., University of Missouri - St. Louis

Meredith Moore
Assistant Teaching Professor
Ph.D., University of Arkansas

Emily Oliveira
Associate Clinical Professor
Ph.D., University of Missouri - St. Louis

Lowe S. MacLean
Vice Chancellor Emeritus
Ed.D., Indiana University-Bloomington

Wolfgang Althof
Professor Emeritus
Dr. Phil. , University of Friboourg

R. Rocco Cottone
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., St. Louis University

Carl Hoagland
Professor Emeritus
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts

Susan Kasubeck-West
Professor Emeritus
Ph.D,, The Ohio State University

Carole A. Murphy
Professor Emeritus
Ed.D., Texas A&M University

Joy E. Whitener
Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus
Ed.D., Washington University

Wendell L. Smith
Assistant Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus
Ph.D., Ohio State University

Michael W. Bahr
Associate Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Indiana University

Margaret W. Cohen
Associate Professor Emeritus
Ph.D., Washington University

Therese S. Cristiani
Associate Professor Emeritus
Ed.D., Indiana University

Thomas Schnell
Associate Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Donald A. Gouwens
Associate Clinical Professor Emeritus
Psy.D., Central Michigan University

Clark J. Hickman
Associate Dean Emeritus
Ed.D., University of Missouri-St. Louis