Requirements

The Certificate in the Study of Education is awarded to students who successfully complete (with a grade of B or better) seven courses from the approved curriculum. The courses must include at least one course in each of the following categories: 1) Cognitive and psychological influences on learning and schooling; 2) Social and structural analyses of education; 3) Statistics; 4) Broader contexts; 5) In-school experience. The two additional courses should be chosen from those listed in categories 1 and/or 2. The courses may be completed in any order consistent with their prerequisites.

Category 1: Cognitive and psychological foundations of education (1+ credits)

Psyc 206 Research Methods in Cognitive Development and Education

Psyc 230 Developmental Psychology

Psyc 233 Adolescent Psychology

Psyc 245 Psychological Measurement

Psyc 337 Mathematical Cognition and Children's Learning

Psyc 355 Psychology of Reading

Psyc 388 Advanced Research in Measurement

Category 2: Social and structural analyses of education (1+ credits)

Soc 273 Sociology of Education

Soc 263 Education and Inequality

Econ 122 Schooling and Scarcity

Category 3: Statistics (1 credit)

QAC 201 Applied Data Analysis

Psyc 200 Statistics: An Activity-Based Approach

Math 132 Elementary Statistics

Econ 300 Quantitative Methods in Economics

Econ 385 Econometrics

Category 4: Broader contexts (1 credit)

Hist 215 European Intellectual History to the Renaissance

Hist 216 European Intellectual History since the Renaissance

Hist 176 Science in the Making: Thinking Historically About Science

Hist 240 The 20th Century United States

Hist 140 The Long Civil Rights Movement in 20th-Century America

Hist 322 Reason against itself

Sisp 202 Philosophy of Science

Category 5: In-school experience (1 credit) Students must complete one course credit that is primarily focused on providing in-school or similar practical experience. These might include:

An individual tutorial course that includes tutoring school children for 10h per week for a semester or 5h per week for two semesters, and writing a paper about the experiences under the guidance of a core faculty
Tutorial or Student forum on Education with a service learning component in schools, for example The ESL student tutorial or the Travis Square student tutorial
Student Teaching at the Bank St. School of Education (Urban Education Semester)
Prison Education volunteering and course
DANC 341/447, Dance Teaching Workshop and Practicum
Science Outreach and affiliated course (for example, Science Pedagogy for Elementary Students, Chem 241/242 or Seminar on Astronomical Pedagogy, ASTR 430)
Successfully completing one semester as a Teaching Apprentice for an introductory course (e.g., first year foreign language or gateway science or social science course).