Nov 24, 2024

2008-2009 Graduate Catalog

2008-2009 Graduate Catalog [NOTE!!!! THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG. FOR THE CURRENT CATALOG, GO TO CATALOG.NIU.EDU]

Foundations of Education (18)

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Certificate of Graduate Study

This certificate is designed to provide educators with a framework in historical, social, and/or philosophical foundations of education with an emphasis on issues of race, gender, and social class. It is available to any graduate-level student with a GPA of at least 3.00.

Requirements

EPF 740 - Interpretive Methods in Educational Research Credits: 3
EPFE 715 - Foundations of Educational Policy Credits: 3
EPFE 721 - Seminar in American Educational Thought Credits: 3

Course work

Course work from one or more of the areas below chosen in consultation with certificate adviser. Students may select an interdisciplinary program of electives from across the foundations’ parent disciplines, or they may develop a focus in a specific foundations field as indicated below. A maximum of 3 semester hours of internship credit may be used toward the certificate. (9)

Foundations of Education (18)

Certificate of Graduate Study

Requirements

Course work

Philosophy of Education

History of Education

Social Foundations