Education Studies Undergraduate Concentration
Program Overview
Education Studies
The Education Studies program at Brown University offers undergraduate concentrators a rigorous, multi-dimensional approach to studying education. This allows students to investigate complex questions of opportunity and equity in real-world settings.
Program Overview
Undergraduate concentrators in Education Studies explore fundamental issues of race, class, power, privilege, equity, and identity through the lens of education. The program's array of courses enables students to examine how to teach for social justice, how students learn and develop, and how education policies promote or limit opportunity and equity.
Faculty and Approach
The faculty includes experts in teaching and learning, human development, education policy, and the history of education. The program takes a multi-disciplinary approach, offering courses from perspectives in anthropology, economics, history, human development, political science, social work, and sociology, among others.
Education Studies Concentration Requirements
- List of requirements
- Honors website
Student Goals
Students in this concentration will:
- Write effectively, persuasively, and proficiently for scholarly and non-specialist audiences with thoughtful consideration of genre, citation practices, and integrity
- Identify and evaluate frameworks of understanding from scholarly sources
- Use academic frameworks and literature to provide insight into community-based engagement and experiences
- Explain with clear reasoning the viewpoints on education issues they care about the most
- Demonstrate a commitment to applying education studies to the real world
- Assess and revise their approaches to their learning and study habits
Department Undergraduate Group (DUG)
Student Leaders: Hannah Stoch, Nicholas Lee, Jolie Chretien, Finn Tronnes
Graduating Class
| Class Year | Total Students | Honors Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | 1 |
| 2022 | 37 | 4 |
| 2023 | 25 | 0 |
| 2024 | 29 | 3 |
| 2025 | 43 | 6 |
Alumni Pathways
Former Education Studies concentrators have attended graduate programs in international education policy, urban education policy, political science, public health, elementary education, school psychology, and other fields. They have earned Fulbright and other fellowships and gone into careers in K-12 and university education, in non-profit organizations, museums, finance, and in local media.
Degree Type and Department
- Degree Type: A.B.
- Department: Department of Education
- CIP Code: 13.0101
Related Academic Areas
- Annenberg Institute
- Economics
- Education Alliance
- History
- Political Science
- Sociology