Program Overview

M.S. in Transformative Education and Social Change

Program Overview

The M.S. in Transformative Education and Social Change is a graduate program designed to equip students with the knowledge, skills, and critical thinking abilities necessary to address complex social issues and promote transformative education.

Program Requirements

Programmatic Core: Pre-Candidacy

• ERM 591: Introduction to Critical Action Research (3 credits)
• EDF 511: Foundations of Transformative Education (3 credits)
• EDP 570: Cognition and Transformation (3 credits)
• EDT 511: Social and Cultural Implications of Educational Technology (3 credits)

Programmatic Core: Candidacy

• EDF 588: Critical Pedagogy and the Politics of Education (3 credits)
• EDF 580: History Of American Education (3 credits)
• or EDU 580: Critical History of Education in Philadelphia

Focused Inquiry Electives

• A faculty advisor possessing expertise in the student's thematic concern must approve the selection of the four focused inquiry electives.
• The courses chosen for the focused inquiry should assist the student in understanding and addressing the thematic concern, which was chosen and investigated within the Pre-Candidacy Phase, so that the courses help the student in fleshing out the problem and identifying potential solutions.
• The focused inquiry sequence does not need to be selected from a single content area, but may straddle many different areas; possibly from across the university. (12 credits)

Curriculum and Thesis Development

• ERM 595: Critical Action Research Thesis Project (3 credits)

Total Minimum Credits Required

• 33 credits

Contact Information

• Address: McKelvie Hall, 102 West Rosedale Avenue, West Chester, PA 19383
• Hours: Monday-Friday: 8:00am-4:30pm, Wednesday: 9:00am-4:30pm