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With an education minor, you can dive deep into examining the processes of teaching and learning or focus on critically analyzing the cultural and programmatic aspects of schooling. Mentored by faculty who utilize their renowned scholarship to impact the local community, you will complement your coursework with related field-based experiences as early as your first year.

In addition to the education minor, the Department of Education offers a , which leads to an Initial license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the secondary or middle school level. Students in this program are prepared to become highly effective, reflective, justice-seeking educators, whether actively teaching in a classroom, effecting policy or leading an education-related nonprofit.

Consistent with the mission of the College and the Jesuit principles that guide us, both the education minor and the Teacher Education Program are explicitly oriented to social justice. The programs seek to direct you toward activism and vocational pursuits that create and expand opportunity, especially for historically underserved and marginalized populations.