Education Studies

Colleges and Universities A-Z Yale University
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Hello, I am interested in pursuing an interdisciplinary approach to education studies.
So, Yale does not offer a particular major for this, but I noticed that it has an “undergraduate program in Education Studies.” So is this like a concentration?

The website says that “To fulfill the requirements of the program, students must complete EDST 110, at least two electives, a capstone research project during the spring term of the senior year, and the requirements of a Yale College major.”
So would it be possible to concentrate in education policy or education studies as an EPE major and also fulfill the requirements of this program? Or should/can I just stick to an education studies concentration as an EPE major, and is such a concentration even possible?

Thanks!

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Also, I noticed that the Education Studies program was set for 3 years since 2013, so there is no guarantee that it will be renewed for 2016. If this is the case, will my only option be to pursue an education studies track as an EPE major, and is this even really that different since both would offer me an interdisciplinary approach to education studies?

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Yale does not offer an undergraduate degree in Educational Studies: See: http://catalog.yale.edu/ycps/majors-in-yale-college/

In fact, very few selective US colleges offer an undergraduate degree in education. One reason for that is most US teaching jobs, even pre-school teaching jobs, require a graduate degree in education and a master’s degree can be obtained with any undergraduate degree. Many teachers have undergraduate degrees in History, English, Math, Biology, Art, Political Science, etc.

Are you trying to decide what to write down for your “intended major?”

FWIW: US colleges ask about your intended major to gauge your interests, but as most students change their major at least once during their 4 years of college, colleges cannot use that information as a recruiting tool because the data is unreliable.

So, it doesn’t matter what you write down on the Common Application. Put down Public Policy or Government if that interests you, as all students are admitted to Yale as Liberal Arts Majors and choose a major during their sophomore year.