Mar 28, 2024  
2022-2023 Edgewood College Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Edgewood College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Degree Programs, Majors, Minors and Certificates


Edgewood College offers a number of degrees and development opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. 

Bachelor’s Degree Programs

Edgewood College’s undergraduate degree programs are taught by high-quality faculty with a commitment to the College’s mission, identity and Liberal Arts foundation. Courses build disciplinary knowledge, skills, and habits of mind rooted in the Dominican tradition. The College offers degrees in the liberal arts disciplines, Education, Business, Health Sciences, and Nursing. There are opportunities for students to create an Individualized Major or Minor plan as well. The undergraduate curriculum focuses on deep learning in both methods and content of disciplines, integration of knowledge and personal and professional development.

Graduate Degree Programs

Philosophy Supporting Edgewood College Graduate Programs

Inspired by the Sinsinawa Dominican Catholic values of truth, justice, community, partnership, and compassion and guided by a commitment to intellectual excellence and reflective judgment, graduate education at Edgewood College recognizes that:

  • Professional development requires intellectual excellence through mastery of theory and practice.
  • Personal development of ethically responsible individuals is facilitated by opportunities for advanced reflective study, dialogue, and mentoring in a collaborative education context.
  • The vitality of just and peace-loving communities requires the contributions of a diversity of well-educated professionals.

Vision of the Edgewood College Graduate Programs

To be recognized regionally as graduate programs that anticipate and serve the professional development needs of the community, providing individuals with opportunities to develop the knowledge and skills necessary for successful leadership in a rapidly changing, multicultural world.

Graduates of Edgewood College’s graduate programs will be known by their peers, colleagues, employers and employees as:

  • Leaders who promote ethical and humane work relationships.
  • Persons whose actions and decisions integrate theoretical knowledge and best practices.
  • Innovators who command global perspectives and an appreciation for cultural diversity.
  • Decision makers who critically integrate multiple perspectives in their work activities.

Institutional Certificates

Edgewood College offers a variety of Institutional Certificates (Certificates). A Certificate is similar to a degree granted by an institution, but is not as comprehensive as a degree. Courses leading to a Certificate are of the same academic quality and integrity as courses leading to a degree. The only difference is the number of areas covered by a Certificate is fewer and the focus is much more limited than a degree.

Professional Development

The ongoing professional development needs of educators, business persons and other professionals are long recognized by Edgewood College. We are devoted to supporting collaborative efforts that aim to meet lifelong learning requirements and personal goals.

Over the years, local school districts and other educational entities, organizations and community associations have established partnerships with Edgewood College to provide graduate-level credit opportunities for professional development courses. The College’s professional development specialists work in coordination with educators to develop quality PD courses that are offered for Edgewood College graduate-level credits.