Cultural Foundations of Community Engagement and Education, MS

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

A multidisciplinary master’s program focusing on social justice and change in schools and communities. The master’s in community engagement program offers online and hybrid courses for busy working adults. Graduates work in schools, community-based organizations, universities, and more. The Department of Educational Policy and Community Studies offers a master’s program for educators, community leaders, and those working in community-based organizations. Students deepen their knowledge about urban education and the contexts of urban communities. The program enhances participants’ ability to critically analyze education and processes of community change, and courses focus on the causes of inequality and oppression and explore approaches for fostering change.Our courses are offered in the evenings, online, hybrid, and on weekends to serve working students. All in-department courses required for the degree are offered online, and students are able to complete all of their departmental courses online over a two-year cycle as space permits.

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