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GRADUATION 08 | Students
College of Education graduates and their families gathered on June 14, 2008 for a festive Commencement ceremony...
STUDENTS | Undergraduate Minor
The new College of Education minor in Education, Learning, and Society provides a strong background in how human beings learn ...
Degrees
Undergraduate Studies
Facilitating the healthy development of children and ensuring their readiness for school is a national priority. Too many children are at risk for failure in school, and too many families are not receiving the support they need to help their children develop optimally. Why, in times of unparalleled research discoveries, do such challenges remain? The 
UW College of Education's BA in Early Childhood and Family Studies (ECFS) will prepare students to use the most recent research to understand how to facilitate optimal child development and how to become agents for institutional and societal change.
The ECFS major is designed to give students the opportunity to study early childhood development, early learning, and family studies from a variety of perspectives across a range of disciplines. Students will take course work that is specifically developed for the major, along with relevant courses from other University departments. They will participate in fieldwork and/or research each quarter during their junior and senior years.
A BA in early child development will prepare students for positions in social services/mental health, education, childcare, or research. Job opportunities are expanding in the area of early childhood development.
National efforts (e.g., Head Start, National Association for the Education of Young Children) are underway to ensure that early childhood teachers have a bachelor’s degree.
An undergraduate major in ECSF may also serve as a pathway for students interested in graduate studies in education, speech and hearing sciences, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing, psychology, nutrition, and social work.
The College also offers a minor in Education, Learning, and Society (ELS), intended to provide a strong background in how human beings learn, and how society, environment, and culture shape that learning. The ELS Minor is designed for students with a broad range of interests. Prospective students may want to pursue careers in education, or they may be interested in issues of public policy, social justice, or learning and cognition
