Wheaton College

Welcome to Wheaton College—a community of grace. As an academically rigorous, four-year Christian liberal arts college and graduate school, we seek to honor Jesus Christ with mind, soul, body, and strength. We praise God for your interest and pray that in some way your contact with Wheaton College will serve the sacred purpose expressed in our historic motto: “For Christ and His Kingdom.”

Since the college’s founding in 1860, seven presidents have helped the College remain true to its motto, For Christ and His Kingdom.

With his experience as the former president of Knox College in Galesburg, IL, followed by several years in the pastorate, Jonathan Blanchard arrived in 1859 to lead the struggling Illinois Institute, founded in Wheaton, Illinois by the Wesleyans in 1853. This able administrator was known widely as a staunch abolitionist and crusader for social reform.

Charles Albert Blanchard succeeded his father as president and served in this position for 43 years, from 1882 to 1925. A graduate of the Class of 1870, Charles continued to uphold his alma mater’s commitment to liberal arts education undergirded with classical studies and a distinctively Christian emphasis. He commended to his students hard work, frugality, and compassion and the virtues of patience, self-denial, and courage.

Mission
Wheaton’s mission statement expresses the stable and enduring identity of the College – our reason for existence and our role in society and the church. All the purposes, goals, and activities of the College are guided by this mission.

Courses Offered
Undergraduate Programs

• Arts and Sciences
• Applied Health Science
• Ancient Languages
• Anthropology
• Biblical Archaeology
• Art
• Biblical and Theological Studies
• Biology
• Business/Economics
• Chemistry
• Christian Education and Ministry
• Communication
• Computer Science
• Economics
• Elementary Education
• English
• Environmental Studies
• French
• Geology
• German
• History
• History/Social Science
• Interdisciplinary Studies
• International Relations
• Liberal Arts-Engineering
• Liberal Arts-Nursing
• Mathematics
• Music (six majors)
• Philosophy
• Physics
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Secondary Education (2nd major only)
• Sociology
• Spanish
• The Conservatory of Music
• Certificates
• Earn a specialized certificate while completing your baccalaureate degree.
• Gender Studies
• Human Needs and Global Resources
• Military Science
• Pre-Law
• Youth Ministry
• Urban Studies

Graduate Programs

• Doctoral Degrees
• Biblical and Theological Studies
• Clinical Psychology
• Master of Arts Degrees
• Biblical Archaeology
• Biblical Exegesis
• Christian Formation and Ministry
• Clinical Psychology
• Counseling Ministries
• Evangelism and Leadership
• Theology
• History of Christianity
• Intercultural Studies
• Intercultural Studies TESOL
• Missions
• Master of Arts in Teaching
• Elementary
• Secondary
• Certificates

Contact Details
Wheaton College
501 College Avenue,
Wheaton, Illinois 60187-5593
(630) 752-5000
Official Website: http://www.wheaton.edu/