The University offers educator licensure programs approved by the Illinois State Board of Education in the following areas: Elementary Education, English Language Arts, Mathematics, Music, Science-Biology, Science-Physics, Social Science-History, Spanish, and Special Education (Learning Behavior Specialist 1).

In addition, pre-professional education is available in Chiropractic, Dentistry, Engineering, Law, Medicine, Occupational Therapy, Optometry, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Podiatry, and Veterinary Medicine. 

Major and Minor Plan Combinations

Due to some redundant courses in many plans of study, several double major or major + minor/concentration combinations are not permitted. Students cannot major and minor in the same subject for any program. Students cannot major and earn a concentration in the same subject for any program. Students cannot minor and earn a concentration in the same subject for any program. For any double major or major + minor/concentration combinations it is up to the discretion of each program if they are willing to allow any courses to count towards both plans of study. Programs may list in the catalog any disallowed plan of study combinations. The following is a list of combinations that are not allowed in addition to majors and minors in the same subject.

Major Minor Plan Combinations

Major	Double Majors Not Allowed	Minors/Concentrations Not Allowed
Bachelor of Arts
Biology	Biology (BS), Health Science, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology	Biology
Chemistry	Chemistry (BS), Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
Communication Arts		Public Relations
Criminology	Criminal Justice	Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice	Criminology	Criminology
Engineering Science	Physics	Physics
English Language and Literature major and minor		English and Writing
Food and Nutrition Management	Nutrition and Dietetics
Graphic Arts and Design		Art Minor
Management		Business, Management and Organizational Behavior, Business Analytics
Writing and Publishing		English and Writing
Bachelor of Business Administration
Accounting		Business
Business Analytics		Business
Business and Economics		Business
Entrepreneurship		Business, Entrepreneurship concentrations with same minor
Finance		Business
Management and Organizational Behavior		Business, Operations Management, Entrepreneurship concentrations with same minor
Marketing		Business
Bachelor of Science
Biochemistry/Molecular Biology	Biology (BA/BS), Chemistry (BA/BS), Health Science	Chemistry, Biology
Biology	Biology (BA), Health Science, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology	Biology
Chemistry	Chemistry (BA), Biochemistry/Molecular Biology
Computer Information Systems	Computer Science	Computer Information Systems, Computer Science
Computer Science	Computer Information Systems, Data Science	Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science
Data Science	Computer Science, Mathematics	Computer Science, Mathematics
Health Science	Biology (BA/BS), Biochemistry/Molecular Biology	Biology
Mathematics	Data Science
Nutrition and Dietetics	Food and Nutrition Management	Nutrition and Food Sciences
Physics	Engineering Science
Sport and Exercise Science		Coaching Minor

Bachelors

Minor

Certificate

• Applied Artificial Intelligence, Certificate
• Pre-Health, Certificate
• Renewable Energy, Certificate

Emphasis

Honors

Pre-Professional

Partnership