The Curriculum Studies Program supports a philosophy of personal, inquiry-driven education. Students develop the ability to critically analyze current and historical developments in the theory and practice of curriculum. A foundational understanding of the curriculum field helps students to choose a focus area within Curriculum Studies that fulfills their unique intellectual and professional needs.
Students can develop expertise as specialists or generalists within curriculum theory and practice.
Graduate Programs in Curriculum Studies are designed to offer curriculum expertise to students anticipating careers in a range of settings. Graduate Curriculum Studies at the Ph.D. level offers a strong grounding in theory and research in preparation for university teaching and research. Curriculum Studies considers much more than technical questions of how to construct curriculum. Curriculum Studies also aims to provide a broad understanding of the social, ethical, philosophical and sociological dimensions in which curriculum is created and enacted. Furthermore, curriculum is understood broadly to refer to both formal institutionally based learning and to informal culturally based contexts of learning.