Academics

Find out about faculty, degrees, and accreditations at Wheaton College.

Faculty

  • Full time: 207, Part time: 151
  • 95% of full-time faculty hold earned doctorates or other terminal degree
  • 23 endowed faculty chairs, allowing +9% of permanent faculty to hold endowed professorships
  • 11:1 Student Faculty Ratio
  • 47 ethnic minority faculty

Click here to browse through a listing of Wheaton College faculty.

Arts & Sciences | B.A., B.S.

*signifies most enrolled majors

  • Anthropology
  • Art (with 4 concentrations)
  • Biblical Archaeology
  • Biblical and Theological Studies
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Biology*
  • Business and Economics *
  • Chemistry (with 3 concentrations)
  • Chinese Language and Culture
  • Christian Formation & Ministry
  • Classical Languages
  • Classical Languages (with 9 integrations)
  • Communication (with 4 concentrations)*
  • Computer Science
  • Conservation and Ecological Health
  • Economics
  • Elementary Education (grades 1-6)
  • Engineering (General and Dual Degree)
  • English (with 3 concentrations: Literature, Teaching, Writing)*
  • Environmental Science
  • French
  • Geology (B.A. or B.S.)
  • Health Science
  • History
  • History/Social Science
  • Interdisciplinary Studies
  • International Relations
  • Latin American and Latino/a Studies
  • Mathematics (with 4 concentrations)
  • Music (B.A.)
  • Neuroscience
  • Nursing (Liberal Arts)
  • Philosophy (with 18 integrations)
  • Philosophy and Africana Studies
  • Philosophy and Art History
  • Physics (B.A. or B.S.)
  • Political Science
  • Psychology *
  • Secondary Education (for content areas, see Education department)
  • Sociology
  • Spanish
  • Teaching (Elementary or Secondary)
  • Urban Studies

 

Conservatory of Music | B.Mus., B.Mus.Ed.

  • Music Composition
  • Music Education
  • Music History and Literature
  • Music with Elective Studies in Specific Outside Fields
  • Music Pedagogy
  • Music Performance

 

Undergraduate Certificates

  • Asian Studies
  • Discipleship
  • Early Christian Studies
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Gender Studies
  • Global Studies
  • HNGR - Human Needs and Global Resources
  • Journalism 
  • Latin for Classical Christian Education
  • Leadership
  • Military Science
  • Missions Studies
  • Neuroscience
  • Peace and Conflict Studies
  • Politics, Philosophy, and Economics
  • Pre-Health Professions Certificate
  • Pre-Law
  • Pre-Licensure Elementary Education Certificate
  • Pre-Licensure Secondary Education Certificate
  • Religions of the World
  • Worship Arts

 

Master of Arts Degrees | M.A., M.A.T.

  • Biblical and Theological Studies
  • Biblical Exegesis
  • Clinical Mental Health Counseling
  • Evangelism and Leadership
  • Higher Education and Student Development
  • History of Christianity
  • Humanitarian and Disaster Leadership
  • Leadership
  • Marriage and Family Therapy
  • Ministry and Leadership
  • Missional Church Movements 
  • Old Testament Archaeology
  • Outdoor and Adventure Leadership
  • Teaching (Elementary or Secondary)
  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and Intercultural Studies
  • Theology

 

Graduate Certificates

  • Cross-Cultural Studies
  • Missional Church
  • Organizational Leadership
  • Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
  • Trauma

 

Doctoral Degrees | Ph.D., Psy. D.

  • Doctor of Ministry
  • Ph.D. in Biblical and Theological Studies
  • Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology

 

Special Programs

  • Arts in London
  • European Theatre Studies
  • FPE Abroad | International Study Program
  • HoneyRock
  • HNGR - Human Needs and Global Resources
  • International internship opportunities
  • Pilgrimage to Santiago
  • ROTC
  • Sankofa Heritage Reclamation Project
  • Semester in Jerusalem
  • Sports Ministry Trips Abroad
  • Study Abroad
  • Tel Shimron - Excavation in Israel
  • Transformative Education in its European Context
  • Wheaton in the Black Hills
  • Wheaton in Chicago
  • Wheaton in China
  • Wheaton in England
  • Wheaton in Germany
  • Wheaton in the Holy Lands
  • Wheaton in Korea
  • Wheaton in Mesoamérica
  • Wheaton in Mexico
  • Wheaton in Quebec
  • Wheaton in Spain
  • Wheaton in Washington

 

Calendar System

  • Two 16-week semesters
  • Multiple summer sessions of varying lengths