In Spring 2023, faculty at Connecticut College approved new program requirements for the major in Educational Studies. These requirements go into effect at the start of the 2023-2024 academic year. All students declaring a major in Educational Studies during the 2023-2024 academic year will be required to complete the new program requirements as listed below.

Any student who declared a major in Educational Studies prior to the start of the 2023-2024 academic year will be held to the major requirements for the catalog year in which they declared. For example, if a student declared a major in Educational Studies in Fall 2022 then the student is held to the requirements in the 2022-2023 academic year catalog. However, students who declared a major in Educational Studies prior to the 2023-2024 academic year may opt to fulfill the new program requirements instead of the requirements for the academic year in which they declared. Talk to your faculty advisor if you wish to switch to the new program requirements.

Requirements for Major in Educational Studies 

(Starting 2023-2024 academic year)

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

Required Courses

All majors must take the following four required core courses:

• EDU 223: Introduction to Educational Studies (4 credits)
• EDU 270: Teaching for Social Justice (4 credits)
• EDU 310: History of Education in the U.S. (4 credits)
• EDU 312: Critical Educational Theory (4 credits)

Elective Courses

All majors must take at least five approved elective courses or the equivalent of 20 credits of approved coursework. The following courses inside and outside the department are approved to fulfill the elective requirement:

In the Department of Education

• EDU 104: Power & Politics in Education
• EDU 214: Second Language Acquisition
• EDU 224: Theater for Young Audiences
• EDU 250: Cities and Schools
• EDU 283: Museum Education
• EDU 305: Curriculum Studies
• EDU 306: Critical Race Theory in Education
• EDU 307: Racism and Schooling
• EDU 313: Reading for Joy and Justice
• EDU 315: Genders, Identities, & Schools
• EDU 325: Educational Policy
• EDU 330: Diversity & Equity in Higher Education
• EDU 340/HMD 340: Educational Psychology
• EDU 342: Language and Power
• EDU 361: History of Student Activism

In other Departments

• HIS 207: Youth/Politics in Middle East
• HIS 429: Growing up in Africa
• HMD 204: Children’s Learning Environment
• HMD 304: Child and Family Social Policy
• HMD 307: Adolescent Development
• HMD 321: Children and Families in Multicultural Society
• HMD 416: Decolonizing Self and Culture
• PHI 247: Philosophy of Education
• SOC 320: Sociology of Childhood and Adolescence
• SOC 430: Child and Adolescent Health
• SPA 317: Youth in Spanish America
• SPA 325: Teaching & Learning Spanish
• SPA 333: U.S. Latino Urban Youth Narratives
• SPA 346: Growing up in Latin America
• SPA 425: Teaching and Learning Spanish

Questions:

Please email Dr. Isaac Gottesman, Chair, Department of Education: igottesma@conncoll.edu

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