The Education Studies Scholar Intensive Certificate is ideal for students with extensive curricular, practice, and research interests in education who want to commit a substantial amount of their time at Yale focused on developing a senior capstone project in education.
The Scholars Intensive is application based and capped at a seminar size to facilitate advising and community learning.
Community engagement, through the summer or year-long field experience links practice to theory and research. This field experience can take place before or after acceptance to the Scholars Intensive Certificate.
Learn more about Scholar Intensive students Anette Diaz (YC ‘25), Alan Gao (YC ‘24) and Eamon Goucher (YC ‘22).
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Scholar Intensive Certificate |
6 course credits, including |
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First year/sophomore year Sophomore spring |
EDST 110 Foundations in Education Studies EDST 261 seminar for new scholars |
| Junior year |
Develop content and methodological expertise through taking one EDST course each in
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| Senior year |
Senior capstone (EDST 400 and EDST 410) |
| + a Field Experience, completed before or after after acceptance into the cohort |
To Apply
Yale students can apply to join the Education Studies Scholars Intensive Certificate in the fall of their sophomore year. In exceptional cases, juniors may be admitted to the program.
Applications for the Scholars Intensive Certificate will reopen in Fall 2024.
Additional Details
- Following Yale guidelines about combining programs, Yale students may participate in a total of 3 academic programs including majors and certificates.
- Up to two courses may be counted for both Education Studies and the students’ major.
- For the EDST Scholar Intensive Certificate, core EDST courses must be taken for a grade: EDST 110, EDST 261, EDST 400, and/or EDST 410/490. Otherwise, one EDST course may be taken Credit/D/Fail and counted for the Scholars Intensive Certificate.