The School of Education focuses on graduate education and research training and does not offer an undergraduate major. However, undergraduate education is of concern to the school, and courses and programs are available to those interested in the field of education. Several courses at the 100 level are especially designed for undergraduates, and some higher-level courses are open to undergraduates. An honors program is available to undergraduates to supplement their regular majors outside the school. In conjunction with the Haas Center and the Undergraduate Advising Programs, the school offers a variety of courses for undergraduates interested in developing educationally oriented skills.

Honors Program

This program permits interested and able undergraduates at Stanford to build on the training received in their major field of study by pursuing additional courses and a research or practicum project in a related area of education.

Students apply for entry during their junior year. An online application and additional information is available at http://www.stanford.edu/dept/SUSE/honors/index.htm.
The director of the program is Professor John Krumboltz.

At least one course must be taken from each of the following categories:

1. Educational policy and history in the United States: illustrative courses include American Education and Public Policy; History of Education in the United States; Children Civil Rights, and Public Policy in the United States; Introduction to the Study of International Comparative Education History of Higher Education in the United States.

2. Contemporary problem areas: illustrative courses include Urban Youth and their Institutions: Research and Practice; Theory and Issues in the Study of Bilingualism Education and the Status of Women: Comparative Perspectives, Contemporary Social Issues in Child and Adolescent Development.

3 .Foundational disciplines: illustrative courses include Social Sciences and Educational Analysis; Problems in Sociology of Education; Problems of Intelligence, Information, and Learning; Introduction to Philosophy of Education.

Almost every course in the school of education would fit under at least one of these three categories. Students in the program should enroll in the Undergraduate Honors Seminar, 199A,B,C during their senior year.

Near the end of Spring Quarter, successful honors candidates present brief oral reports on their work and findings at a mini-conference. All honors students in Education are expected to attend this conference.