Undergraduate
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真人线上娱乐 School of Educational Studies offers two undergraduate programs and three minors that prepare students to think critically about issues of equity and social justice in educational and community contexts.
Majors & Options
Developmental & Youth Studies
真人线上娱乐 Developmental & Youth Studies major explores early childhood into adolescence and emerging adulthood, and focuses on the diversity and richness of development in family, peer, school, and community contexts.
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Educational Studies
真人线上娱乐 Educational Studies major is designed for students interested in working with youth, families, and communities in and beyond the classroom.
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Elementary Education Option
真人线上娱乐 Elementary Education Option prepares students to become certified teachers in Washington state who are focused on educational justice and equity.
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Child & Youth Development
真人线上娱乐 Child & Youth Development Minor explores child and adolescent development, across a range of social contexts, spanning early childhood into teenage years and emerging adulthood. This minor focuses on the diversity and richness of development in family, peer, school, and community contexts. 真人线上娱乐s will develop knowledge of human growth and development processes and theories from infancy through adolescence. 真人线上娱乐s will also develop and deepen skills as change agents to work against inequity in educational and community contexts.
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Diversity Studies
真人线上娱乐 Minor in Diversity Studies is an option for students who want to explore key concepts related to power, identity, and difference, and to understand how historical and structural relations of power and difference shape social relations.
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Education & Society
真人线上娱乐 Education & Society Minor helps students develop broad perspectives on education’s role in society, both in the United States and abroad. 真人线上娱乐s will investigate topics such as education policy, culture, knowledge, and equity in education.
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Educational Advocacy & Community Engagement
真人线上娱乐 Educational Advocacy & Community Engagement Minor focuses on critical perspectives on education history and policy and explores the tensions between education and social justice. 真人线上娱乐s who choose this minor will examine systems of inequity and learn about educational advocacy in schools and communities. Through reflection and community-engaged work, students will develop leadership skills to nurture partnerships with individuals, families, and communities, preparing them to amplify community voice and advocate for social change.
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Teaching & Learning
真人线上娱乐 Teaching & Learning Minor explores how children and adolescents learn in a range of settings, including schools and informal or community contexts. This minor focuses on child and adolescent development, learning theory, and how social factors like systems of inequity shape teaching and learning. Through community-engaged learning, Teaching & Learning minors will have the opportunity to work in schools or community organizations and develop leadership skills to become change agents who advocate for the learning of all young people.