Education
The Education Department offers students the opportunity to explore the political, historical, social, and psychological dimensions involved in contemporary education. Although the department does not offer a major or minor, many students have been able to design multidisciplinary majors and minors (through the Center for Interdisciplinary and Special Studies) in which Education courses have played a key role. Given the Mission Statement of the College, we particularly wish to focus our students’ understanding on the plight and potential of America’s urban schools. Courses, faculty research, and student internship and teaching opportunities reflect this special focus.
The department also offers the Teacher Education Program (TEP), a series of courses that enables students from selected majors to become licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to teach in public middle or high schools. We maintain an active relationship with Burncoat Middle and High Schools to support the TEP, and also sponsor students in semester-away and other experiences to complement the TEP.