Education Degrees, Certificates, and Teaching and Educational Specialist Credentials
Graduate College of Education
Dean: Dr. Cynthia Grutzik
Departments
Elementary Education
Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies
Secondary Education
Special Education
The primary mission of the Graduate College of Education is to prepare reflective, transformative educators, clinicians, leaders, and scholars who advance the broad profession of education across the lifespan through excellence in the art and science of teaching and learning, research on critical issues in education and communicative disorders, integration of new technologies, and commitment to equity and social justice. Our programs are designed to meet global challenges through authentic learning experiences in academic and clinical environments that are grounded in our commitment to inclusiveness, integrity, community, social action, and evidence-based practice.
Core values of the GCOE are adapted from the SF State Strategic Plan, including Courage, Life of the Mind, Equity, Community, and Resilience. These values resonate with the GCOE and our commitment to social justice. We embrace these five values and have adapted them to align with the mission of the GCOE.
- Courage: Courage enables us to develop a sense of agency that engages students, staff, and faculty in speaking their voices and having their voices heard in forums that honor the contributions of all.
- Life of the Mind: Our programs are informed by research, our research is informed by evidence-based practice, and our practice is grounded in our professional commitments as educators, activists, practitioners, and clinicians. Collaboration with communities is an integral component of our scholarship, with a focus on uncovering funds of knowledge and community cultural wealth.
- Equity: Our focus on equity addresses a broad range of persistent, structural social justice issues, including race, class, gender, sexual orientation, disability, and other forms of marginalization in the 21st century, globalized California.
- Community: Our programs promote a climate of inspiration and inclusivity, and are characterized by strong linkages to local and global communities at all levels, birth through adult, in formal and non-formal educational contexts.
- Resilience: Our work in collaboration with diverse school, community and clinical settings implies that resilience takes many forms, ranging from promoting transformative resistance to fostering global sustainability, creating an environment that is marked by the generosity of spirit, supporting a thriving environment of mutually supportive human relations.
To carry out the mission and vision of the college as reflected in these core values, the Graduate College of Education offers certificates, credentials, masters’ degrees in education (in specific disciplines), doctorates in education and philosophy degrees (jointly with UC Berkeley). The chart below lists the programs and degree offerings in the Graduate College of Education.
Degrees, Credentials, and Certificates in the Graduate College of Education
Master's Degrees
| Name of degree or program | Department |
|---|---|
| Master of Arts in Education, with concentrations in: | |
| Adult Education | Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies |
| Early Childhood Education | Elementary Education |
| Educational Administration | Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies |
| Elementary Education | Elementary Education |
| Equity & Social Justice in Education | Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies |
| Instructional Technologies | Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies |
| Special Interest | Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies |
| Master of Arts in Special Education (Early Childhood Special Education, Mild to Moderate Support Needs, Extensive Support Needs, Orientation & Mobility, Visual Impairment) | Special Education |
| Master of Science in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences | Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences |
Teaching & Services Credentials
| Name of degree or program | Department |
|---|---|
| Administrative Services (Elementary & High School Principal) | Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies |
| Bilingual Authorization | Elementary Education |
| Clinical or Rehabilitative Services (Orientation & Mobility) | Special Education |
| Education Specialist (Special Education) | Special Education |
| Multiple Subject Instruction (Elementary Education) | Elementary Education |
| Pupil Personnel Services | Counseling, Psychology, & Social Work |
| Reading and Language Arts Specialist | Elementary Education |
| Single Subject Instruction (Middle and High School) | Secondary Education |
| Speech-Language Pathology Services Credential | Communicative Disorders |
Graduate Certificates
| Name of degree or program | Department |
|---|---|
| Augmentative and Alternative Communication | Communicative Disorders |
| Autism Spectrum | Special Education |
| Inclusive Early Childhood Practices | Special Education |
| Training Systems Development | Equity, Leadership Studies, and Instructional Technologies |
Doctoral Degrees
| Name of degree or program | Department |
|---|---|
| Ph.D. in Education: Concentration in Special Education | Special Education |
| Ed.D. in Educational Leadership | Graduate College of Education |
Bachelor of Science
| Name of degree or program | Department |
|---|---|
| Bachelor of Science in Speech, Lanugage, and Hearing Sciences | Speech, Lanugage, and Hearing Sciences |
Minor
| Name of degree or program | Department |
|---|---|
| Education | Graduate College of Education |
| Special Education | Special Education |
For an overview of the paths one might pursue to become a teacher or professor or to get started on another career in education, please visit Teaching and Educational Services Credential Programs.