Academic Units
College of Education is home to 4 academic departments offering a dozen undergraduate majors and more than 25 highly ranked graduate programs.
Disability & Psychoeducational Studies
The Disability & Psychoeducational Studies (DPS) department is committed to research about and teaching of students with disabilities and special abilities. The department’s research, teaching, and service address current issues in special education, rehabilitation, school psychology, and deaf studies.
Educational Policy Studies & Practice
Our department includes Educational Leadership & Policy (EDLP) and the Center for the Study of Higher Education (CHE). The Educational Policy Studies & Practice (EPSP) department combines the K-12 focus with postsecondary education to create a P-20 perspective that taps into the dominant discourse of education and policymakers today.
Educational Psychology
Graduate programs in the Educational Psychology (EDP) department prepare students for productive roles in research, teaching, and many other areas in which educational psychology is applied. We offer a Master of Arts in Educational Psychology and a Doctor of Philosophy with a major in Educational Psychology.
Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies
The Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies (TLS) department is a diverse community of internationally recognized faculty committed to equity, access, and social justice. Our programs cover literacy acquisition, sociocultural theory, Indigenous education, heritage-language revitalization, household and community studies, children's and adolescent literature, science and math education, environmental learning, curriculum theory, classroom management, and teacher education.