Course variations

Course summary

This program provides the historical underpinnings and fosters the intellectual skills that allow students to think clearly and analytically about education questions and issues that can arise in many different settings and contexts. Students who study in this area will be introduced to the leading education policy topics of the day and will develop an understanding of the tight relationship between education policy and practice.

Program modules

The courses are - EDUC0400 The Campus on Fire: American Colleges and Universities in the 1960s, EDUC0410B Controversies in American Education Policy: A Multidisciplinary Approach, EDUC0410D Brown v. Board of Education, EDUC0850 History of Intercollegiate Athletics, EDUC1020 The History of American Education, EDUC1040 Sociology of Education, EDUC1050 History of AfricanAmerican Education, EDUC1060 Politics and Public Education, EDUC1130 Analyzing Education Policy: Lessons from Economics, EDUC1150 Education, the Economy and School Reform, EDUC1160 Evaluating the Impacts of Social Programs, EDUC1200 History of American School Reform, EDUC1650 Policy Implementation in Education, EDUC1730 American Higher Education in Historical Context, EDUC1740 Academic Freedom on Trial: A Century of Campus Controversies, EDUC1750 Contemporary Social Problems: Views from Human Development and Urban Education, EDUC1820 The History of Print Culture in America, EDUC2020 Educational Leadership in Diverse Settings: Research, Policy and Practice, EDUC2130 Issues and Trends in Education, EDUC2350 Economics of Education, EDUC0410E Empowering Youth: Insights from Research on Urban Adolescents, EDUC0800 Introduction to Human Development and Education, EDUC0900 Fieldwork and Seminar in Secondary Education, EDUC1010 The Craft of Teaching, EDUC1260 Emotion, Cognition, Education, EDUC1270 Adolescent Psychology, EDUC1430 The Psychology of Race, Class, and Gender, EDUC1450 The Psychology of Teaching and Learning, EDUC1580 CrossCultural Perspectives on Child Development, EDUC1710 History and Theories of Child Development, EDUC1750 Contemporary Social Problems: Views from Human Development and Urban Education, EDUC1850 Moral Development and Education, EDUC1860 Social Context of Learning and Development, EDUC2340 Human Development and Urban Education.

Entry requirement for international students

Students applying for this program must have official transcript of complete high school academic record. Documents should be issued in English or with official translations along with original documents in the original language. Students are requested to take SAT Reasoning Test and any two SAT Subject Tests (except for the SAT Writing Test), or the ACT taken with the Writing Test option. If native language is not English students are requested to take TOEFL exams. A TOEFL score of 600 or above on the written exam, or 250 or above on the computer-based exam, is required in most cases.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

Brown University

Department name

Department of Education