Coordinator:
Tanja Sargent
(848-932-0732; email:
tanja.sargent@gse.rutgers.edu)
Please visit the
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The Ed.M. in education, culture, and society is a 30-credit master's degree program. The program provides students with an opportunity for advanced study and research in education from the perspectives provided by the social sciences and humanities. Students can choose to focus their studies in Race and Ethnicity, Global Education, Higher Education, or Queer and Gender Studies.
Students will:
- develop perspectives critical to understanding education as a social process situated in political, historical, social, economic, and cultural contexts;
- understand issues of social justice and equity in educative settings, informed by theory and research; and
- develop global and multicultural competencies.
1. All students will be required to take Education and Society, History of American Education.
2. Students will take at least 9 credits of other Education, Culture, and Society (15:310:xxx) electives.
3. Students will be required to take 6 credits of elective courses outside of Education, Culture, and Society selected in consultation with your adviser in order to supplement chosen focus.
4. The remaining 6 credits can be Education, Culture, and Society or electives to reach the 30 required credits in consultation with your adviser.
Students will complete 30 credits to include the following:
Required Courses* (6)
Required for all students
15:310:502 History of American Education (3)15:310:551 Education and Society (3)
Specialization Courses** (12)
Race and Ethnicity Focus
15:310:561 History of African-American Education (3)
15:310:512 Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality in Education (3)
15:310:542 Urban Education (3)
Gender and Queer Studies Focus
15:230:609 Leading for Social Justice: Navigating through Policy, Politics, and the Law (3)
15:310:540 Gender and Education (3)
15:310:569 Queer Studies in Schools (3)
Global and International Focus
15:310:503 Comparative Education (3)
15:310:568 Migration, Globalization, and U.S. Education (3)
15:310:578 Education for Global Citizenship: Theories, Models, and Practices (3)
Higher Education
15:230:606 Higher Education Law (3)
15:230:519 Higher Education Finance (3)
15:230:620 Organization and Administration of Higher Education (3)
15:310:611 History of Higher Education (3)
Electives (12)
To be taken in consultation with your adviser. At least 6 of these credits must be taken outside of Education, Culture, and Society. Qualified students can use their elective credits to obtain a nondegree supervisor endorsement.
