Courses

Courses in Education Studies examine schooling, education and learning as major social processes and institutions that impact every society and every individual. Education Studies courses focus on education 1) theory and research, 2) policy and 3) practice. Such inquiries can range from studying how education is politicized at key historical moments and across country-contexts, how children learn (math, language, etc.), and what good pedagogy looks like.

The Education Studies program hosts and cross-lists courses across 16 of Yale’s Humanities, Social Science and Science departments.  Courses are offered by Yale professors and by lecturers with leadership expertise in the field of education. For current courses, see https://courses.yale.edu. 

 

I. Introductory Required Courses for the Certificate

  1. EDST 110/SOCY 112 Foundations in Education Studies, Mira Debs (fall)

  2. Scholar Intensive Certificate Introductory Seminar: EDST 261 Colloquium: Readings in Education Studies, Talya Zemach-Bersin (spring) to be taken the spring of sophomore year

II. Content Courses 

Students take content courses to fulfill curricular requirements in Social Contexts and Policy and Individuals in Society. These courses can also count as Education Studies electives.

Social Contexts & Policy

Individuals in Society

Courses examine how social categories (race, gender, religion, caste, socioeconomic background) impact educational processes, the development of educational policy and how these impact the experience of individual students. 

Courses examine how individuals develop and learn, and how pedagogical practices impact student learning.

Social Contexts & Policy

  1. EDST 107 / MB&B 107 / PHYS 107 | Being Human in STEM, Julian Berro & Rona Ramos (spring) 

  2. EDST 144 / SOCY 144 / ER&M 211 / EVST 144 | Race, Ethnicity and Immigration, Grace Kao (fall) 

  3. EDST 201 / ECON 210 | Economics of Education, Daniela Morar (spring) 

  4. EDST 205 | Principles of Effective Teaching in the Secondary Humanities Classroom (spring), Melissa Scheve

  5. EDST 209 / WGSS 202 / AFAM 239 / AMST 461 / ER&M 292 | Identity, Diversity, and Policy in U.S. Education, Craig Canfield (spring) 

  6. EDST 225 | Child Care, Society, and Public Policy, Janna Wagner & Jessica Sager (spring)

  7. EDST 230 | American Education and the Law, William Garfinkel (spring)

  8. EDST 232 / PLSC 232 | U.S. Federal Education Policy, Eleanor Schiff (fall)

  9. EDST 235 / WGSS 239 | Education and the Culture Wars, Talya Zemach-Bersin (fall)

  10. EDST 263 / AFAM 261 / AMST 263 | Place, Race, and Memory in Schools, Errol Saunders (fall)

  11. EDST 270 / AMST 447 / ER&M 367 | Contemporary Native American K-12 and Postsecondary Educational Policy, Matthew Makomenaw (spring)

  12. EDST 271 / ECON 171 / AFAM 146 | Urban Inequalities and Educational Inequality, Gerald Jaynes (spring)

  13. EDST 274 | College in Prison, Zelda Roland (spring)

  14. EDST 282 / PLSC 417 | Comparative International Education, Mira Debs (spring)

  15. EDST 285 | Educational Design: The Form and Function of Schooling and Learning, Richard Lemons & Leslie Torres-Rodriguez (spring)

  16. EDST 290 | Leadership, Change, and Improvement in Education, Richard Lemons (fall)

  17. CSJE 210 | Public School Policy Reform in the United States, Nathan Dudley (fall)

Individuals in Society

  1. EDST 065 / HUMS 065 | Education and Life Worth Living, Matthew Croasman (fall)

  2. EDST 125 / CHLD 125 / PSYC 125 | Child Development, Nancy Close & Carla Horwitz (fall)

  3. EDST 127 / CHLD 127 / PSYC 127 | Theory and Practice of Early Childhood Education, Carla Horwitz (spring)

  4. EDST 128 / CHLD 128 / PSYC 128 | Language, Literacy, and Play, Nancy Close & Carla Horwitz (spring)

  5. EDST 140 / PSYC 140 | Developmental Psychology, Frank Keil (fall)

  6. EDST 160 / PSYC 150 | Social Psychology, Maria Gendron (fall)

  7. EDST 205 | Principles of Effective Teaching in the Secondary Humanities Classroom, Melissa Scheve (spring)

  8. EDST 237 / LING 217 / LING 617 / PSYC 317 | Language and Mind, Maria Piñango (fall)

  9. EDST 350 / CHLD 350 / PSYC 350 | Autism and Related Disorders, Fred Volkmar (spring)

  10. EDST 361 / THST 361 | Production Seminar: Theater in Education, Nathan Roberts/Deborah Margolin (fall)

  11. MATH 482 | Senior Seminar: Math Education Topics, Miki Havlikova (fall)

Senior Capstone Courses for the Scholar Intensive Certificate

The senior capstone courses support Scholar Intensive Certificate students in completing the year-long Education Studies capstone.

  1. EDST 400 | Advanced Topics in Education Studies, Talya Zemach-Bersin (fall)

  2. EDST 410 | Senior Capstone or EDST 490 Senior Essay Independent Study, Talya Zemach-Bersin (spring)

This list of courses eligible for Education Studies elective credit will be reviewed annually by the program’s Faculty Director, Director, and Advisory Committee.  The Director, in consultation with the Faculty Director, 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.