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Master of Arts Degree in the Program in Sociology and Education – minimum of 33 points

Requirements for the M.A. program without the education policy option:

I. Core Courses (minimum 15 points)

A.Ìý Foundational Coursework in Social Analysis of Education (6 points)

• EDPS 4021 Sociology of Education (3)Ìý

• EDPS 4620 Introductory Colloquium in Sociology and Education (3)Ìý

• EDPS 5503 Classical Social Theory (3)

• EDPS 5504 Contemporary Social Theory (3)

B.Ìý Education and Social Inequality (minimum 3 points)

• EDPS 4022 Sociology of Urban Education (3)

• EDPP 5045 Race, Ethnicity and US Educational Policy (3)Ìý

• EDPS 4024 Social Stratification and Education (3)

• EDPS 4032 Gender, Difference and Curriculum (3)Ìý

• C&T 4000 Disability, Exclusion, and Schooling (3)

• C&T 4032 Gender, Difference and Curriculum (3)Ìý

• EDPS 5053 Race, Gender and Education (3)

• ITSF 4060 Latinos in Urban Schools (3)

• GU4330 Education and Inequality (3)Ìý

• EDPS 5199 Sociology and Higher Education (3) can be used only once in a category/rubric on the program worksheet.Ìý

C.Ìý Education and Social Organization (minimum 3 points)

• EDPS 4029 Sociology of Schools (3)

• EDPS 4030 Sociology of Organizations (3)Ìý

• EDPS 5022 Sociology of Education Systems3)Ìý

• EDPS 4034 Organizing Schools for Diversity (3)

• EDPA 6030 Institutional Theory: Sociological Perspectives on Institutional Change in Education (3)

• EDPS 5005 Sociology of Teaching and Learning in Education (3)Ìý

• EDPS 5199 Sociology and Higher Education (3) can be used only once in a category/rubric on the program worksheet.Ìý

• ITSF 5026 Family and Television (3)

• ITSF 5120 Education in Community Settings (3)Ìý

• ITSF 5035 Social Analysis of International Large-Scale Assessments (3)

• HUDK 4031 Sociology of Evaluation (3)

• C&T 5004: School Change (3)

D.Ìý Education and Social Change (minimum 3 points)

• EDP 5063 US Education Policy in Historical Perspective (3)

• EDPS 4000 Education and Public Policy (3)Ìý

• EDPS 4028 Sociology of the Life Course (3)Ìý

• EDPS 5050 Ideology, Racial Politics, and Public Policy: Sociology of Knowledge (3)

• EDPS 5199 Sociology and Higher Education (3) can be used only once in a category/rubric on the program worksheet.Ìý

• HUDK 4011 Sociology of Online Learning (3)Ìý

• HUDK 5621 Technology and Society (3)

• ITSF 5031 Education and Sustainable Development (3)

II.Ìý Research Methods (9 points)

A.Ìý Quantitative Research Methods (3 points)

• EDPA 4002 Data Analysis for Policy & Decision Making I (3)

• HUDM 4122 Probability and Statistical Inference (3)

B.Ìý Qualitative Research Methods (3 points)

• EDPS 5057 Qualitative Methods for Education Policy and Social Analysis (3)

• ITSF 5000 Methods of Inquiry: Ethnography and Participant Observation (3)Ìý

• C&T 5502 Introduction to Qualitative Research in Curriculum and Teaching (3)Ìý

• C&T 6021 Qualitative Inquiry: Data Analysis (3)

• ITSF 4092 Qualitative Research and Evaluation in International Education (3)

C.Ìý Advanced Research Methods (3 points)

• EDPA 5002 Data Analysis for Policy & Decision Making II (3)Ìý

• HUDM 5122 Applied Regression Analysis (3)

• EDPA 4050 Logic & Design of Research in Educational Policy & Social Analysis (3)Ìý

• EDPH 6041 History & Education Historical Methods (3)

• EDPS 5646 Evaluation of Educational and Social Programs (3)

• ORL 5522 Evaluation Methods I (3)

• HBSS 6100 Program Evaluation (3)

• CUSSW T6416 Program Evaluation in Social Services (at Columbia School of Social Work) (3)

• EDPS 5020 Survey Research Methods (3)

• EDPS 5023 Multi and Mixed Methods Research in Education

• EDPE 6022 Econometric Methods for Policy Research and Program Evaluation (3)

• EDPA 6002 Quantitative Methods for Evaluating Education Policies and Programs (3)

• A&HL 4014 Discourse Analysis (3)

• ITSF 5040 Mixed Methods for Disciplined Inquiry (3)

• ITSF 5001 Ethnography and Participant Observation (3)

III.Ìý Electives/Concentration (6-9 points)

IV. Culminating Integrative Experience (0-3 points)

• Master’s comprehensive examination (0), or
• Master’s integrative project and EDPS 6021 Master’s Integrative Project in Sociology and Education (1 point in the fall and 2 points in the spring, for a total of 3 points)

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Additional requirements for the M.A. program with the policy concentration:

Choose one course from each of the following four categories:

I.Ìý Foundational Studies in Education Policy

• EDPS 4000 Education and Public PolicyÌý (3)

• EDP 5063 Seminar: U.S. Education Policy in Historical PerspectiveÌý (3)

II.Ìý Policy Analysis

• EDPA 5645 Craft of Policy AnalysisÌý (3)

• EDPA 4047 Politics and Public PolicyÌý (3)

• EDPA 4048 Education Policy Analysis & ImplementationÌý (3)

• EDPE 4050 Economics of EducationÌý (3)

III.Ìý Program Evaluation

• ITSF 4038 Monitoring and EvaluationÌý (3)

• EDPS 5646 Evaluation of Educational and Social ProgramsÌý (3)

• ORL 5522 Evaluation Methods IÌý (3)

• HBSS 6100 Program EvaluationÌý (3)

• CUSSW T6416 Program Evaluation in Social Services (at Columbia School of Social Work)Ìý (3)

• EDPE 6022 Econometric Methods for Policy Research and Program EvaluationÌý (3)

• EDPA 6002 Quantitative Methods for Evaluating Education Policies and ProgramsÌý (3)

IV. Topics in Education and Social Policy

• EDP 4036 Anti-Racist Curriculum, Pedagogy and Leadership PracticesÌý (3)

• EDPA 4013 Education Policy and the Management of InstructionÌý (3)Ìý

• EDPA 4017 Topics in Higher Education LawÌý (3)

• EDPA 4025 Higher Education PolicyÌý (3)

• EDPA 4033 Comprehensive Educational OpportunityÌý (3)

• EDPA 4046 School Finance Policy and PracticeÌý (3)

• EDPA 4086 Law and Education: Regulation, Religion, Free Speech and SafetyÌý (3)

• EDPA 4899 Federal Policy InstituteÌý (3)

• EDPA 5016 Educational Equality: The Rule of LawÌý (3)

• EDPA 5023 Policymaking for Effective High School to College TransitionÌý (3)

• EDPA 5086 Educational Policymaking and the CourtsÌý (3)

• EDPA 6013 Early Childhood Development and EducationÌý (3)

• EDPA 6027 International Perspectives on Early Childhood PolicyÌý (3)

• EDPA 4503 Schools, Courts, and Civic ParticipationÌý (3)

• EDPE 4055 Resource Allocation in EducationÌý (3)

• EDPE 4058 Economics of Higher EducationÌý (3)

• EDPE 4155 Evaluating Educational Privatization and School ChoiceÌý (3)

• EDPE 4051 Education and Economic DevelopmentÌý (3)

• EDPP 5041 Politics of Centralization and DecentralizationÌý (3)

• EDPP 5045 Race, Ethnicity and US Educational PolicyÌý (3)

• C&T 4615 Young Children, Families and Social PolicyÌý (3)

• C&T 5050 Education Policy: Prologue to the FutureÌý (3)

• C&T 5074 Curriculum and Teaching PolicyÌý (3)

• HBSS 4112 Social Policy and PreventionÌý (3)

• ITSF 4060 Latinos in Urban SchoolsÌý (3)

• ITSF 4098 Education Development Policies in ChinaÌý (3)

• ITSF 4160 Human Rights Education in Africa: Politics, Policies and PedagogiesÌý (3)

• ITSF 5006 International Education Policy StudiesÌý (3)

• ITSF 5035 Social Analysis of International Large-Scale AssessmentsÌý (3)

• ITSF 5031 Education and Sustainable Development

*Please note that all master's students must complete a culminating experience (See IV above).