The College of Education, Human Performance, and Health is a nationally accredited professional school with the chief responsibility of preparing teachers for public schools, grades PK through 12. The College of Education, Human Performance, and Health exercises responsibility for decisions directly affecting the teacher education curriculum and each major aspect of the teacher education process. The College of Education, Human Performance, and Health offers programs in child development and family studies, community health, early childhood education, elementary education and middle level education leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree, in exercise and sport science, physical education and special education leading to a Bachelor of Science degree, and in secondary education leading to either the Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. The unit offers Master's of Education degrees in applied learning and instruction and special education with a concentration in visual impairment. In addition to teaching professional coursework, the faculty of the school undertake research projects that contribute to improvement in the theory and practice of their professional fields. <br> The program in middle level education prepares students to teach in grades 5-8. The program emphasizes the particular physical, emotional, attitudinal, and intellectual needs of adolescents as well as the organizational, curricular, and pedagogical practices of the middle school. This is achieved through a core of general liberal arts coursework, professional education coursework (which includes field-based clinical experiences in middle schools), student teaching in middle school settings, and intensive coursework in an academic concentration.