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ADVANCE YOUR EDUCATIONAL POLICIES CULTURAL STUDIES EDUCATION SYSTEMS KNOWLEDGE BECOME KNOWLEDGABLE IN INFORMATION SESSION Master of Science in Social Foundations of Education

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ADVANCE YOUR

EDUCATIONAL POLICIES

CULTURAL STUDIES

EDUCATION SYSTEMS

KNOWLEDGEBECOME KNOWLEDGABLE IN

INFORMATION SESSIONMaster of Science in Social Foundations of Education

Students obtain a broader understanding of

schools and society from multiple academic

disciplines, including: anthropology, sociology,

philosophy, history, cultural and gender studies.

Graduates develop critical thinking skills about

education, and evaluate the complex

interrelationship between school, society,

education and culture.

Pat Carter, Ph.D.

Georgia State University

College of Education and Human Development

Educational Policy Studies Department

Social Foundations of Education Program

30 Pryor Street | Atlanta, GA | 30303

[email protected] | 404-413-8273 | eps.education.gsu.edu

Clinical Associate Professor

Program Coordinator, Social Foundations

of Education

TODAY’S PRESENTER

PROFILE

IDEAL CANDIDATE

Bachelor’s degree

Interest in advancing critical

educational polices skills from a

social foundations perspective

Can attend evening classes in

Fall and Spring, and day/evening

classes in Summer as full-time

or part-time students

ARE YOU A GOOD FIT?

LEARN MORE

Strong background in a social

science or liberal arts discipline

GRADUATE ADMISSIONS

GPA Recommendation Letters

GRE Other

≥ 2.50 undergraduate

Taken within 5 years Goals statement, resume,

writing sample, interview

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M.S. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Professional (2)

PROGRAM LENGTH

36Semester Hours

Fall Semester 9

Spring Semester 9

Summer Semester 9M.S.

SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

VIEW COURSE IN CATALOG

Fall Semester 9

Social Foundations of Education

Required: Students must fulfill the Colleges Comprehensive Examination by

completing (1) a thesis or project and (2) oral defense of thesis/project.

FUNDING EDUCATION

TESTIMONIALS

ALUMNI TESTIMONIALS

This program helped me understand the detrimental consequences social inequities and bad policies have on children and families.

CALLAN WELLS, 14 Georgia Legal Services

Listen to

CALLAN’S STORY

Flexible courses and being able to personalize my program so I could study what I was interested in sold me on the program.

Listen to

LINDSEY’S STORYLINDSEY MOLONEY, ‘12

Vanderbilt University

The most important takeaway from the program was that you should always let research/data inform your work.

Listen to

STACI’S STORYSTACI CHILDS, ‘11

EDGE Afterschool

STUDENT TESTIMONIALS

The best aspects of the program is how

personal the professors are, and their

willingness to help me receive tuition

assistance through a Graduate Research

Assistantship.

Listen to

ANDREKA’S STORY

My key takeaways from this program are

that everyone is privileged, we all have a

responsibility to help people, and we should

neve accept the status quo as the norm.

Listen to

CHIVONE’S STORY

ANDREKA WRIGHTON

CHIVONE SMITH