教育研究学位课程解决与国内和全球教育政策和实践相关的紧迫问题。专业人士将成为消息灵通的领导人，他们可以批判性，思想性和道德地参与威斯康星州，美国乃至全世界的教育政策辩论。对不平等和社会公正问题感兴趣的大学生将研究教育改革的这些方面。这些课程探索教育与其他主要社会机构之间的相互联系，包括司法系统，医疗保健系统，家庭倡导系统，经济发展和外交事务。学生们研究有关与教育有关的社会差距和追求人人享有平等教育机会的辩论。教育研究专业为学生在教育和政府机构，非政府组织（国内外），智囊团，政策机构，社区组织和其他校外教育
The education studies degree program addresses urgent questions related to domestic and global education policy and practice. Majors will become well-informed leaders who can engage critically, thoughtfully, and ethically in the educational policy debates in Wisconsin, the nation, and the world. Undergraduates interested in issues of inequality and social justice will study these dimensions of educational reform. Courses explore the interconnections between education and other major social institutions, including the justice system, the healthcare system, family advocacy systems, economic development, and foreign affairs. Students study debates concerning education-related social disparities and the pursuit of equal educational opportunities for all. The education studies major prepares students for work in educational and governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations (both domestic and international), think tanks, policy institutes, community organizations, and other out-of-school educational spaces. Graduates might serve as policy directors or in other positions of institutional leadership and will be well prepared to work in education-related businesses or to pursue advanced studies in educational policy at the graduate level. Graduates will receive a bachelor of science degree in education studies from the School of Education. This program does not lead to teacher certification.