General Education: Educational Studies, BA (non-licensure)

About the Program

The educational studies major is for those interested in a career in the field of education but not necessarily classroom teaching. This major is a non-teaching licensure program that provides a strong background in educational theory, practice and research. Research is conducted and disseminated on varied educational aspects of teaching, learning, and human development through discovery, teaching and engagement activities. Sample signature areas of discovery include:

• Using assistive technology to support school-based and community-based instruction for students with special needs.
• Developing effective instructional strategies in mathematics problem solving for students with learning disabilities.
• Developing identification tools and pedagogical models for underserved gifted and talented populations including students with diverse cultural backgrounds and children who live in poverty.
• Supporting motivation for and learning of science in young children including children from diverse cultural backgrounds and those living in poverty.
• Supporting students’ psychological well-being (e.g. coping with death and dying, suicide prevention, multicultural issues, adult attachment).

The General Education: Educational Studies Plan of Study outlines the required courses to complete the degree. For more information about the degree program, visit the COE Office of Advising and Recruiting.

General Education: Educational Studies Major Change (CODO) Requirements   

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (26-27 credits)

• EDCI 20500 - Exploring Teaching As A Career Credits: 2.00 to 3.00 (2 credits required; satisfies Written Communication for core)
• EDCI 27000 - Introduction To Educational Technology And Computing Credits: 1.00 to 3.00 (1 credit required; satisfies Information Literacy for core)
• EDCI 28500 - Multiculturalism And Education Credits: 2.00 to 3.00 (2 credits required)
• EDPS 23500 - Learning And Motivation Credits: 2.00 or 3.00 (2 credits required; satisfies Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science for core)
• EDPS 26501 - The Inclusive Classroom Credits: 2.00
• EDPS 31500 - Collaborative Leadership: Interpersonal Skills Credits: 3.00
• EDPS 31600 - Collaborative Leadership: Cross-Cultural Settings Credits: 3.00
• EDST 20010 - Educational Policies And Laws Credits: 1.00 to 3.00 (1 credit required)

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• EDPS 32700 - Classroom Assessment Credits: 1.00 to 3.00 (1 credit required) or
• EDPS 43000 - Creating And Managing Learning Environments Credits: 2.00 or 3.00 (2 credits required) or
• EDPS 43010 - Secondary Creating And Managing Learning Environments Credits: 1.00 to 3.00 (2 credits required)

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• EDPS 50500 - Foundations Of Career Development And Assessment Credits: 3.00 or
• EDPS 50700 - Counseling Multicultural And Diverse Populations Credits: 3.00

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• HDFS 20100 - Introduction To Relationship And Family Science Credits: 3.00 or
• HDFS 21000 - Introduction To Human Development Credits: 3.00 or
• EDPS 53000 - Cognition And Learning In Context Credits: 3.00 or
• EDPS 54000 - Gifted, Creative And Talented Children Credits: 3.00

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• EDPS 10101 - Learning In Context-An Introduction To The Learning Sciences Credits: 3.00 or
• EDPS 53100 - Introduction To Measurement And Instrument Design Credits: 3.00 or
• EDPS 53300 - Introduction To Educational Research I: Methodology Credits: 3.00

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (45-46 credits)

• ENGL 10600 - First Year Composition With Conferences Credits: 4.00 or
• ENGL 10800 - First Year Composition Credits: 3.00

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• HIST 10400 - Introduction To The Modern World Credits: 3.00 (satisfies HUM for core) or
• HIST 10500 - Survey Of Global History Credits: 3.00 (satisfies HUM for core)

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• HIST 15100 - American History To 1877 Credits: 3.00 (satisfies HUM for core) or
• HIST 15200 - United States Since 1877 Credits: 3.00 (satisfies HUM for core) 

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• World Language 20100 - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Oral Communication - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Science, Technology & Society - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Science - Credit Hours: 3.00 (any course in ASTR, BIOL, BTNY, CHM, EAPS, ENTM, HORT, NRES, PHYS)
• Science - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Science - Credit Hours: 3.00 (laboratory science)

Electives (47-49 credits)

GPA Requirements

• A 2.5 Graduation GPA with a “C” or better in education courses (EDCI, EDPS, and EDST) required.

College of Education Pass/No Pass Option Policy

Education majors (which includes the total credit hour requirement to fulfill General Education: Educational Studies and General Education:  Curriculum & Instruction) are not eligible to receive P/NP for required courses on your plan of study.  Only electives and courses at the 500+ level can have a grade mode change.

Spring 2020 was the only exception approved for the entire campus. 

University Requirements

Additional Information

• The General Education: Educational Studies major is not a licensure program.

Sample 4-Year Plan

Pre-Requisite Information

For pre-requisite information, log in to mypurdue.purdue.edu and click here.

World Language Courses

World Language proficiency requirements vary by program. The following list is inclusive of all world languages PWL offers for credit; for acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor. (ASL-American Sign Language; ARAB-Arabic; CHNS-Chinese; FR-French; GER-German; GREK-Greek(Ancient); HEBR-Hebrew(Biblical); HEBR-Hebrew(Modern); ITAL-Italian; JPNS-Japanese; KOR-Korean; LATN-Latin; PTGS=Portuguese; RUSS-Russian; SPAN-Spanish)

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical.

In alignment with the Degree Map Guidance for Indiana’s Public Colleges and Universities, published by the Commission for Higher Education (pursuant to HEA 1348-2013), a Critical Course is identified as “one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major. Students who want to be nurses, for example, should know that they are expected to be proficient in courses like biology in order to be successful. These would be identified by the institutions for each degree program.”

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