Educational Studies Major

Educational Studies is an interdisciplinary field that draws upon the tools of the humanities and social sciences to study the array of cultural, economic, historical, political, and social ideas and contexts that inform educational structures, policies, and practices, and shape the educational experiences of individuals and social groups, including along lines of race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, language and culture, social class, religion, and (dis)ability. The department is committed to fostering a politically and socially conscious stance towards education that enables students to act as informed and vociferous advocates for just social relations and to engage in teaching and learning that is culturally relevant and culturally sustainable. The department does not offer a teacher preparation program but does prepare students to enter graduate teacher preparation programs as well as a range of other areas of professional practice and academic study.

Requirements to fulfill the Educational Studies major

Students completing the major in Educational Studies must take at least nine courses or the equivalent of 36 credits. This includes four core courses and at least five approved elective courses or the equivalent of 20 credits of approved coursework.

Core Courses

All majors in Educational Studies must take four core courses.

EDU 223	INTRO TO EDUCATIONAL STUDIES	4
EDU 270	TEACHING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE	4
EDU 310	HISTORY OF EDUCATION IN THE US	4
EDU 312	CRITICAL EDUCATIONAL THEORY	4

Elective Courses

All majors in Educational Studies must take at least five approved elective courses or the equivalent of 20 credits of approved coursework.

EDU 104	POWER & POLITICS IN EDUCATION	4
EDU 214/GRK 214/LAT 214/LIN 214/SLA 214	SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION	4
EDU 224/THE 224	THEATER FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES	4
EDU 250	CITIES AND SCHOOLS	4
EDU 283/AHI 283	MUSEUM EDUCATION	4
EDU 305	CURRICULUM STUDIES	4
EDU 306/CRE 305	CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN EDU	4
EDU 313	READING FOR JOY AND JUSTICE	4
EDU 325	EDUCATIONAL POLICY	4
EDU 330	DIVERSITY & EQUITY - HIGHER ED	4
EDU 340/HMD 340	EDUCATIONAL PSY HUMAN DEVELOP	4
EDU 361	HISTORY OF STUDENT ACTIVISM	4
EDU 391	INDIVIDUAL STUDY	2 - 4
EDU 491	INDIVIDUAL STUDY	2 - 4
HIS 207/GIS 201	YOUTH/POLITICS IN MIDDLE EAST	4
HIS 429/AFR 429/GWS 429	GROWING UP IN AFRICA	4
HMD 204	CHILDREN LEARNING ENVIRONMENT	4
HMD 304/GWS 304	CHILD & FAM SOCIAL POLICY	4
HMD 307/GWS 307	ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT	4
HMD 321/AFR 321/CRE 321/GWS 321	CHILD/FAMIL MULTI-CUL SOC	4
HMD 416/GWS 416	DECOLONIZING SELF AND CULTURE	4
PHI 247	PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION	4
SOC 320	SOC OF CHILDHOOD/ADOLESCENCE	4
SOC 430	CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH	4
SPA 317	YOUTH IN SPANISH AMERICA	4
SPA 325	TEACHING & LEARNING SPANISH	4
SPA 333/GWS 333/CRE 334	U.S. LATINO URB YOUTH NARRATVS	4
SPA 346/AMS 346	GROWING UP IN LATIN AMERICA	4
SPA 425	TEACHING & LEARNING SPANISH	4
EDU 315	GENDERS, IDENTITIES, & SCHOOLS	4
EDU 342	LANGUAGE AND POWER	4
SOC 239/CRE 239	DISABILITY AND SOCIETY	4
ENG 300	SEMINAR IN TEACHING OF WRITING	4

Isaac Gottesman, Associate Professor and Chair

Shakita Thomas Keptay, Assistant Professor

Karen Pezzetti, Assistant Teaching Professor