Students in the program have numerous options. They can, for example, design important community-based education experiences through the Community Partnerships for Social Change program or they can study education abroad in the International Student Exchange Program. ES faculty conduct educational research at Hampshire College and in the Five Colleges. Students may chose to assist in these investigations. Other members of the ES faculty are educational technologists.
Students have the option of participating in the development and evaluation of educational software.
ES is designed to encourage you to teach the way you have chosen to learn. Private schools also permit non-certified faculty members to teach. Public schools, however, strongly prefer teachers with state certification. Design a degree program that has adequate coursework in the subject matter that you are considering teaching. Careful planning and completing these early in your Division II increases the likelihood that you can complete the certification option while you're at Hampshire, if you so choose.