Courses in Education Studies are offered by Yale Faculty whose courses in Yale college are foundational or closely linked to education and by clinical faculty with leadership expertise in the field of education.
Social Contexts & Policy
EDST 162 / SOCY 162 Methods in Quantitative Sociology
EDST 107/PHYS107/MB&B 107 Being Human in STEM
EDST 135/PHIL 130 Philosophy of Education
EDST 177/PHIL 177/CGSC 277/EPE 494 Propaganda, Ideology and Democracy
EDST 205 Principles of Effective Teaching in the Secondary Classroom - also Individuals and Society
EDST 209/WGSS 202/ER&M 292/AMST 461/AFAM 239 Identity, Diversity, and Policy in U.S. Education
EDST 211/ER&M 406 Latinx Communities and US Education
EDST 218/PSLC 319 Democracy and Education
EDST 223 / PSLC 223 Learning Democracy: Civic Education
EDST 225 Child Care, Society, and Public Policy
EDST 230 American Education and the Law
EDST 238 / PLSC 238 The Politics of Public Education
EDST 330/SOCY 329 Sociology of Education
EDST 241 Disability Studies and Special Education - also Individuals and Society
EDST S255/ANTH S324 Race, Inequality, and Urban Education and Housing Policy (Summer)
EDST 255/ER&M Education and Empire (summer, spring)
EDST 263 Place, Race, and Memory in Schools
EDST 271/ECON Urban Inequalities and Educational Inequality
EDST 274 College in Prison
EDST 281/PSLC 281 What is the University?
EDST 282/PSLC 417 Comparative International Education
EDST 285 Educational Design: The Form and Function of Schooling and Learning
EDST 290a Leadership, Change, and Improvement in Education
EDST 340/ER&M/AFAM Anti-Racist Curriculum and Pedagogy
EDST 478 / MUSI 452 Music in Service to Society
Individuals in Society
EDST 065 Education and Life Worth Living
ENGL 115/EDST 115 Childhood and Books
HUMS 115/EDST 116 Purpose of College Education
EDST 125a / PSYC 125a Child Development
EDST 127/PSYC 127 Theory and Practice of Early Childhood Education
EDST 128b / PSYC 128b Language, Literacy, and Play
EDST 140 / PSYC 140 Developmental Psychology
EDST 160 /PSYC 150 Social Psychology
EDST 180 / PSYC 180 Clinical Psychology
EDST 228 Contemporary Topics in Social and Emotional Learning
EDST 237/LING 217 Language and Mind
EDST 350 / PSYC 350 Autism and Related Disorders
EDST 436b/PSYC 436b Translating Developmental Science into Educational Practice
Senior Capstone
EDST 400 Advanced Topics in Education Studies (fall)
EDST 410 Senior Capstone or EDST 490 Senior Essay Independent Study (spring)
This list of courses eligible for Education Studies elective credit will be reviewed annually by the program’s Director and Advisory Committee. The Director, in consultation with the Advisory Committee or individual faculty advisors, may approve courses beyond those listed here that meet the objectives of the Education Studies program or the particular interests of a student.