Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education. Academic Program Description

A program that focuses on the systematic study of education as a social and cultural institution, and the educational process as an object of humanistic inquiry. Includes instruction in such subjects as the philosophy of education, history of education, educational literature, educational anthropology, sociology of education, economics and politics of education, educational policy studies, and studies of education in relation to specific populations, issues, social phenomena, and types of work.

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Colleges Offering this Curriculum

• Arizona State University at the Tempe Campus
• Central Connecticut State University
• Columbia University in the City of New York
• DePaul University
• Eastern Michigan University
• Eastern Washington University
• Florida Atlantic University
• Florida State University
• Furman University
• Georgia State University
• Hofstra University
• Hope International University
• Indiana University-Bloomington
• Iowa State University
• Loyola College in Maryland
• Loyola University Chicago
• New York University
• Northern Illinois University
• Northwestern University
• Ohio University-Main Campus
• Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Main Campus
• Rutgers University-New Brunswick/Piscataway
• Southern Connecticut State University
• SUNY at Buffalo
• Teachers College at Columbia University
• Texas Southern University
• Troy University
• University of Akron Main Campus
• University of Colorado at Boulder
• University of Florida
• University of Georgia
• University of Hawaii at Manoa
• University of Houston
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• University of Missouri-Columbia
• University of New Mexico-Main Campus
• University of Northern Iowa
• University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of South Carolina-Columbia
• University of Toledo-Main Campus
• University of Utah
• University of Vermont
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Western Illinois University
• Western Michigan University