Educational Studies

Overview

Through coursework, internships and service projects, you’ll examine the roles that teaching, learning, education policy and community organizations play in our society and culture.

In the Educational Studies major at Roger Williams University, students are prepared for productive careers and future study in a field committed to serving the larger community. Students in the Educational Studies major have a wide range of career and advanced education options in non-profit, corporate, as well as educational settings. 

Students combine strong content background through required coursework and a core concentration with flexibility in participation in community service and internships, research, and intercultural exploration through education and other electives. For example, a student may choose the Modern Language and Culture Concentration which affords immersion in global and multicultural perspectives. 

By the end of this Educational Studies program, students at Roger Williams University will:

• Understand and utilize disciplinary research practices that are grounded in educational theory and philosophy;
• Apply and practice cognitive and social learning theories in the varied social contexts of experiential education/praxis;
• Demonstrate a cognizance of the impact of diversity, inclusion, and equity on uneven access to support and services as these occur within their chosen pathway or within internship experiences;
• Synthesize, analyze and create artifacts that represent depth and breadth of lines of inquiry within the individual program of study in an appropriate form.