Amherst College
Education Studies

Amherst Center, USA

DEGREE TYPE

Bachelor's degree

DURATION

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

Key Summary

About: The Educational Studies program explores critical issues in education, aiming to understand the processes, policies, and practices that shape learning experiences. You’ll engage with theoretical concepts and develop practical insights related to teaching and educational leadership. This course typically runs for one year when studying full-time, with options for part-time study available to fit your schedule.

Career Outcomes: Graduates may pursue careers in various educational settings, including teaching, educational policy, administration, or positions in non-profit organizations that focus on educational reform. Other possible paths include roles in curriculum development or educational consulting.

The interdisciplinary field of Education Studies examines the history, purpose, politics, and consequences of education.

The interdisciplinary field of Education Studies examines the history, purpose, politics, and consequences of education. Students who major in Education Studies will draw on a range of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches to think through crucial questions for democracy: education’s role in the production of citizens and nations; education’s role as a tool of cultural reproduction and transformation; the sources and mechanisms of social inequalities; how teaching and learning happen; and how and why schools and school systems look the ways they do.

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