Mission Statement

The Center for Science and math Education represents a cooperative effort between Loyola's School of Education and College of Arts and Sciences. Dedicated to improving the quality of science and math education in area schools, the Center and its faculty have developed a number of programs to achieve this goal.

The need for qualified science and math teachers is great and will grow over the next ten years. Loyola's Center for Science and Math Education has developed a series of courses designed for middle school science and math teachers seeking endorsement in these areas. Because of the generosity of a number of agnecies that are supporting our work, we can offer tuition subsidies for selected teachers taking these courses. Please contact us about this. Loyola also works closely with the Office of Math and Science of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), serving as the implementation site for SEPUP, (Science Education for Public Understanding Program) a research based curriculum chosen by CPS for 7th and 8th grade science classes. In addition to working with inservice teachers, the Center is working with faculty in the School of Education and the College's Natural Science Department to develop a new undergraduate major in Science Education. We are in the processing of developing and offering the first courses in this new major.

If you have any questions about our work or would like to participate in our programs, please contact us at 773-508-3513 or email us at science@luc.edu