Coursework

Education Policy, M.A.

Required core coursework (12 credits)

EDL 522: Critically Evaluating Education Policy Research (3)
EDL 587: State and Local Education Policy (3)
EDL 558: Market-Based Educational Reforms (3)
TLS 575A: The Education of Latinas/Latinos (3)

 

Electives (15 credits)

Students may take courses from the following list in consultation with their advisor:

EDL 562: Law and education
TLS 504: Language and culture in education
TLS 595E: Anthropology and education
TLS 640: Multicultural education and social justice
TLS 641: Immigration and education
TLS 642: Oral traditions across societies
TLS 795C: Language planning and education
PA 504: Public and Policy Economics
PA 506: Bureaucracy, Politics, and Policy
PA 507: Conflict Management in the Public Sector
PA 509: Strategic Planning, Public Policy and Political Decision Making
PA 510: Nonprofits in the Policy Process
PA 512: Local government
PA 520: Advocacy Strategies & Community Participation
PA 524: Federalism, Democracy and Decentralization
PA 562: The Political Economy of U.S. Immigration Policy
PA 595G: Public policy
LAW 656D: Education Law
LAW 514: The state and Social Policy
LAW 527: International Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples
LAW 550A: Native American Law and Policy
LAW 553: Introduction to Immigration Law and Policy
LAW 583: Law, Politics, and Inequality
LAW 596H: Law, Psychology and Policy
LAW 631D: Rebuilding Native Nations: An Introduction 
LAW 631L: Constitutions of Indigenous Nations
LAW 631M: Comparative Legal Systems & Their Role in Nation Building
LAW 631N: Exploring Data for Nation Building: Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance  
LAW 631K: The Evidence for Native Nation Building   
LAW 631O: Creating Indigenous Entrepreneurs   
LAW 656B: Comparative Indigenous Governance
LAW 656F: Cultural Property of Indigenous Peoples 
LAW 579A: Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Under International Law
LAW 656A: Intergovernmental Relations 
LAW 525: Native Economic Development 
LAW 631J: Making Change Happen

 

Applied Project (3 credits)
EDL 599: Applied Project (3)