Brown's Open Curriculum empowers undergraduates in any concentration to investigate education history, policy, and analysis. Our courses tackle crucial topics like race, class, power, equity, and identity within educational settings, examining social justice, learning, and policy impacts.
Engage with our expert, multidisciplinary faculty from fields like history, economics, and sociology. Whether your interest lies in teaching, policy, or broader societal understanding, our accessible courses (many with no prerequisites) offer a valuable experience. Start your journey with introductory courses like:
- EDUC 0300: Introduction to Education and Society: Foundations of Opportunity and Inequality
- First-year seminars (0400 courses)
- Sophomore seminars (0600 courses)
- EDUC 800: Introduction to Human Development and Education
- EDUC 0815: The Craft of Teaching
- EDUC 1430: Social Psychology of Race, Class, and Gender
- EDUC 2535: Teaching Literacy and Language to Emerging Bilinguals Across the Disciplines I