Coordinator:
Tanja Sargent
(848-932-0732; email:
tanja.sargent@gse.rutgers.edu)
Please visit the
website.
Program Description: The Ed.M. in Education, Culture, and Society provides students with an opportunity for advanced study and research in education from the perspectives provided by the social sciences and humanities. In order to fulfill their requirements, students can take courses across the program or can opt to focus their studies in one of four area; Race and Ethnicity; Global Education, Queer and Gender Studies, or Educational Policy. Additional courses across the university are available to supplement the
offerings in these four areas of study.
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.
- Develop global and multicultural competencies.
Students will complete 30 credits to include the following:
Education Requirements:
Required Courses (9)
15:310:502 History of American Education (3) or 15:310:561 History of African American Education (3)
15:310:551 Education and Society (3)
15:310:512 Race, Empire and Education (3)
ECS Specialization Courses (12)
15:230:507 Education Law (3)
15:230:508 Education Policy Implementation (3)
15:230:609 Leading for Social Justice: Navigating Through Policy, Politics, and the Law (3)
15:230:618 Education Policy Analysis (3)
15:257:569 Making Citizens: Civic Identity, Learning and Action in diverse contexts (3)
15:310:503
Comparative Education (3)
15:310:540 Gender and
Education (3)
15:310:542 Urban
Education (3)
15:310:568 Migration,
Globalization, and U.S. Education (3)
15:310:569 Queer
Issues in Schools (3)
15:310:611 History of
Higher Education I (3)
16:300:541 Economics of Education: Equity and Efficiency (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 non-degree
supervisor endorsement or a range of other certificates at the GSE or across
the university.
*Students have the option of completing a master's thesis by
enrolling in 15:310:599 Master Thesis Research, but this is not a requirement.
**Students can take any selection of Education, Culture, and
Society courses here in consultation with their adviser or they can choose to
focus in a particular specialization.
