24 Bachelor's degrees offered by the university

The Exceptional Needs - Early Childhood Special Education program at Ball State University prepares you for a fulfilling career working with infants and toddlers with special needs.

An elementary school teacher not only helps children learn, but prepares tomorrow's leaders. Our bachelor's degree in Elementary Education at Ball State University prepares you to teach kindergarten through sixth grade.

The Family and Child - Early Intervention program at Ball State University has a strong emphasis on working with infants and toddlers in their home environment and prepares you to evaluate children's developmental needs and progress, develop and implement Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSP's), and monitor the results of intervention. 

With a bachelor’s degree in special education (teaching major in Exceptional Needs: Mild Interventions) from Ball State University, you will be well prepared to teach students with mild disabilities, including specific learning disabilities, mild developmental disorders, and mild behavior disorders.

Ball State University's teaching major in Exceptional Needs - Deaf Education—the only one in Indiana—is designed to train you to work with students who are deaf/hard of hearing.

Ball State has one of the nation’s leading music education programs. The faculty of the Music Education program of Ball State University are national leaders in the profession, and all have extensive experience teaching in K-12 schools.

Help children and teens have happy, productive lives into adulthood by introducing and building upon one of the most important fundamentals—their health. The Health and Physical Education Teaching program of Ball State University prepares you to teach physical education from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 and health from grades 5 through 12.

Ball State has a rich and long tradition of being a teachers’ college. The Chemistry Education program of Ball State University will prepare you to meet Indiana state licensing requirements for teaching chemistry in grades 9-12.

The Early Childhood Education-Teaching Major is offered by Ball State University. Are you passionate about teaching children during their most formative years from birth to 3rd grade? Do you envision yourself as a teacher committed to training the next generation? Then Ball State's licensure in early childhood education is right for you.

Dual majoring in Elementary and Special Education-Mild Disabilities at Ball State University will make you a highly skilled  and teacher licensed to work with both general education students and student who require mild interventions to be successful.

Journalism is vital to democracy, and as a journalism educator, you’ll get to be the one to instill those values and skillsets in future generations with this program in Journalism Education Teaching at Ball State University.

Passionate about sharing your love of science to younger generations? Our Life Science Teaching program prepares you to teach grades 5-12. Graduates specialize in Life Science Education at Ball State University but are qualified to teach middle school science, as well.

The Art Education program of Ball State University provides dynamic and comprehensive training and licensure in the teaching of art at all levels. Our success rate with job placement is close to 100 percent every year.

Passionate about sharing your love of science to younger generations? The Life Science Education licensure program from Ball State University prepares you to teach all biology courses as a science specialist at the high school level. It also prepares you to teach a variety of subjects at the middle school level as a science generalist. 

Early childhood is when many children are identified as having exceptional needs. The Early Childhood and Early Childhood Special Education Dual Major at Ball State University will give you the skills to work with all children and can also lead to opportunities to work as a resource for others in the field.

At the core of the Theatre Education program of Ball State University is the belief that theatre has the power to change lives. We will challenge you to continually develop your own artistic voice while gaining the knowledge and skill set to teach, inspire, and foster the growth of the next generation of young theatre artists.

The English-Language Arts Education Major is offered by Ball State University. Are you interested in becoming not just a teacher, but an English teacher? Are you interested in revolutionizing what it means to be a teacher?

If you want to share your passion for mathematics and teach this critical subject to middle school and high school students, our major in Mathematics Teaching at Ball State University teaching is an excellent pathway to this career.

The Japanese Language Teaching Major is offered by Ball State University. In an increasingly diverse and international global system, the ability to communicate in multiple languages is a valuable and necessary attribute. 

Ball State University’s bachelor’s degree in Exceptional Needs: Intense Interventions is a K-12 licensing program that prepares you to teach students with moderate to profound cognitive impairment, autism, multiple disabilities, other health impairment, orthopedic impairment, and traumatic brain injury.