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BA, Education Studies/MA, Education and Social Policy

156 Total Credits Required

Liberal Arts Requirements, 64 Credits.
Undergraduate Program Requirements, 64 Credits.
Graduate Program Requirements, 28 Credits.

APSTA-GE 2110, CORE-GP 1018, and PADM-GP 2902 satisfy BA and MA program requirements. You may not take more than 10 graduate credits during your undergraduate studies and no more than 50% of your total credits in any given semester may be graduate credits.

College Core Curriculum (CORE)

40 Credits

Foreign Language - 8 Credits
Expository Writing
EXPOS-UA 1
Writing the Essay
4 Credits
Foundations of Contemporary Culture - 12 Credits
CORE-UA 07xx/ST-CORE-UE
Expressive Culture
4 Credits
CORE-UA 05xx/ST-CORE-UE
Cultures and Contexts
4 Credits
Foundations of Scientific Inquiry - 12 Credits
CORE-UA 2xx / ST-CORE-UE
Physical Science
4 Credits
CORE-UA 3xx/ST-CORE-UE
Life Science
4 Credits
APSTA-UE 1085

Undergraduate Electives

24 Credits

Social Sciences and Humanities Electives - 16 Credits
Choose 8 credits of Humanities electives and 8 credits of Social Sciences electives from an approved list of disciplines.
Liberal Arts Electives - 8 Credits

Additional Requirements

SAHS-UE 1
SAHS-UE WPE
Writing Proficiency Examination
0 Credits

Education Studies Core Courses

24 Credits

 

Or
SCA-UA 755
American Dilemmas: Race, Inequality, and the Unfulfilled Promise of Public Education
4 Credits
HSED-UE 1005

Impact and Entrepeneurship Area of Specialization

16 Credits

Courses in the Impact and Entrepeneurship specialization totaling 12 credits, by advisement.
And
APSTA-GE 2110

Restricted Electives

8 Credits

APSY-UE 20 taken with APSY-UE 21 or  APSY-UE 22 count as 'one' course for a total of 4 credits.

EDST-UE XXXX
Course selected from Area of Specialization not already taken above
4 Credits
Choose 1 from the five courses listed immediately below for 4 units:
APSY-UE 10
APSY-UE 1014
APSY-UE 13
APSY-UE 1272
APSY-UE 20

Education and Social Policy graduate coursework

13 Credits

Foundation courses in Sociology and Economics - 6 Credits
EDPLY-GE 2030
SOED-GE 2002
Statistics and Methods - 3 Credits
RESCH-GE 2140
Or
APSTA-GE 2139
Graduate Culminating Project - 4 Credits

Graduate Electives

15 Credits

Students can choose electives in a variety of subject areas, but the electives need not be all from a single subject area.

Unrestricted Electives

16 Credits

Up to 4 units can be earned through an optional internship, by advisement.