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Master of Arts in Educational Studies: Course Requirements

10 Course Credits*

1 Course in Human Development:

  • ED130 Human Development and Learning
  • ED142 Education of the Exceptional Child
  • CD155 Language Development
  • CD161 Advanced Personal-Social Development
  • CD270 Contemporary Socio-cultural Perspectives on Teaching and Learning

3 Courses in Social and Cultural Foundations**

  • ED161 Sociology of the School (required)
  • ED162 Class, Race, and Gender in the History of U.S. Education (required)
  • ED163 Philosophies of Education
  • ED164 Education for Peace and Justice
  • ED165 Educating Women and Girls
  • ED166 Masculinities in Urban Schooling
  • ED167 Critical Race Theory Seminar: Issues in Urban Education
  • ED191 Pedagogies
1 Course in Research Methods
  • ED191 Qualitative Research Methods
  • ED271 Methods of Educational Research
  • CD140 Problems of Research: Statistics
  • CD144 Qualitative and Ethnographic Methods in Applied Social Science Research
  • CD247/UEP256 Program Evaluation
  • WS190 Doing Feminist Research
2 Additional Courses in Education
1 Capstone: Research Paper or Thesis***
  • ED293, 294 Research Paper (1 credit)
  • ED295, 296 Thesis (1 or 2 credits)

1-2 Guided Electives

* Students will make final course selections in consultation with an advisor. Suggested course options are listed for non-required courses in each category. Other appropriate courses may be considered.

**Students will take ED161, ED162, or ED163 during the first semester of coursework. Students are required to take ED161 and ED162 to complete their degree requirements.

***Capstone: With the guidance of an advisor, students elect one of two capstone projects: a paper or a thesis. Proposals for both the paper and the thesis must be submitted and approved the semester prior to taking the paper or thesis course.

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