This interdisciplinary graduate program is designed to facilitate professional educators’ developing critical, interpretative, and normative perspectives of the interrelations between educational institutions and society. This program includes the academic disciplines of anthropology of education, comparative/international education, and sociology of education. Students collaborate with their advisors in selecting one or more of the above disciplines to create a graduate program tailored to their needs, interests, and professional aspirations. Students may be either encouraged or required to study with faculty in other department or institutions to develop interdisciplinary programs and perspectives.

Graduates of the program can earn a Master of Arts degree in preparation for careers in both traditional and non-traditional educational settings and for further doctoral study in anthropology of education, comparative/international education, cultural studies in education, history of education, philosophy of education, and sociology of education. Graduates are more employable in positions that require in-depth under-standing of the broader social contexts of educational policy.

• Foundation Studies (9 credits)
• Program Requirements (minimum of 15 hours)
• Master’s Comprehensive Examination
• Election of master’s thesis (5100:699), or master’s problem (5100:698), or an additional six semester hours of coursework. Students choosing to do a master’s thesis or master’s problem require 30 semester credits to graduate. Students choosing to do only coursework require 36 semester credits to graduate.

Applicants to the program must hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university. An undergraduate grade point average of 2.75 is required for full admissions. Applicants with an undergraduate grade point average of at least 2.50 but less than 2.75 may be granted provisional admissions.

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Social/Philosophical Foundations Course of Study