Northwestern’s kinesiology department prepares students to follow Christ and pursue God’s redeeming work in the world through vocational callings in health, fitness, exercise and sport by promoting discipline-specific knowledge, skills and perspectives within a Christ-centered and biblically based worldview.

As an education major at Northwestern, you won’t have to wait until your senior year to begin work in the classroom. Nearly every education class includes a field experience with students in area K–12 schools, so by the time you’re given a student-teaching assignment, you’ll have spent more than 100 hours working with students.

Here’s what your student-teaching experience might look like:

• Stick close to campus and teach at a school within 60 miles of NWC.
• Teach in an inner-city school environment through Chicago Semester or Denver Urban Semester.
• Venture abroad for a semester and teach overseas—NWC students have taught in places like Paraguay, Dominican Republic and Germany. 

The Compass Center for Career & Calling will equip you to showcase your gifts and experience in the classroom. Available resources include help writing resumes and cover letters, practice interview sessions, job shadowing and more.

With 22 varsity sports and 15+ intramural options, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to be active as a Raider—whether you’re playing on the field or cheering from the sidelines! Northwestern students also have free access to the DeWitt Physical Fitness Center, which includes cardio and resistance machines, a four-court gymnasium, and three racquetball courts.

Spend a semester in Chicago or Denver, or venture abroad with our study abroad programs in Oman, Romania and dozens of other countries around the globe.