EDUCATIONAL STUDIES PROGRAM
The Educational Studies Program is the BAE program in educational studies prepares students to work with children, youth and adults within nonprofit settings, community institutions, civic organizations and businesses. Students develop cultural competence for social justice, including self-awareness, understanding and valuing others, and knowledge of societal inequities. Students develop skills for facilitating learning experiences with and for diverse people in different contexts; for fostering equity and inclusion; and for effective communication, collaboration, leadership, advocacy and innovation, all of which are essential to education professionals. Educational studies students complete a two-semester internship. Students can choose to intern with a nonprofit, business or government organization. Through their internship experiences, students use concepts of diversity, equity and social justice to guide their identification of an education challenge within their organization. By using the human-centered design approach, which involves placing people at the center of the problem-solving process, they examine the challenge, ideate and ultimately implement a solution.
I chose the Educational Studies program because I knew I did not want to be confined to only being an educator within the classroom of the school/education system. I love to work with all individuals, regardless of their age, gender, socioeconomic status, religion, ethnicity, etc. I have a variety of passions and want to enhance the lives of all those I come in contact with! I chose to narrow my Educational Studies towards Organizational Leadership because one my preferred leadership styles is Servant Leadership.
With my Educational Studies degree, I hope to positively impact and enhance the lives of all those I serve within organizations centered around the same mission and vision I have. I hope to be able to educate, train, and be a leader in order to enact change and improvement to those in and outside of my community.