Overview

The Cultural Foundations degree program from Kent State University engages students in the exploration of education through a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives from the humanities and social sciences.

Students examine the social contexts of education with particular emphasis on structural inequities; issues of access and the distribution of educational opportunity; normative considerations about the purposes of education; and the transformative potential of education.

Students learn to use these perspectives to identify problems of practice through their work as educators and leaders in communities, cultural organizations and educational organizations. To address these problems of practice, students learn to conduct community-engaged inquiry in partnership with stakeholders and communities.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the program will be able to:

Use perspectives from the sociocultural foundations of education to identify and explore problems of practice.

Lead community-engaged inquiry to address problems of practice collaboratively in partnership with diverse communities and with local cultural and educational organizations.

Enact commitments to equity and social justice through work as scholarly practitioners, educators and leaders.

Careers

Most of the students are already engaged in satisfying work and plan to use their advanced degree in the Cultural Foundations to open up new opportunities for themselves within their current setting or to move their organizations and institutions in new directions.

Others see an advanced degree in the Cultural Foundations as a way of opening up new avenues in their professional lives while contributing also to their communities. In short, the students seek to bring a scholarly orientation to their educational, activist, and entrepreneurial endeavors.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Seminar In Educational Foundations: Principles And Practices

Approaches To Community Engaged Inquiry

Advanced Practicum And Internship In Cultural Foundations

Social Contexts Of Education: Contemporary Issues And Theory

Classics In Philosophy Of Education

Multicultural Educational Practice And Policy

Ethics In Professional Practice

Multicultural Theories And Scholarship In Education

Contemporary Philosophy Of Education

History Of American Education

Anthropology And Education

Social Theories In Education

Variable Content Seminar: Great Ideas In Education

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-05-12 00:00:00

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Starting 2026-08-18 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

Blended, Online

Campus Location

Kent, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.7

English requirements

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General requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university

Minimum 2.750 undergraduate GPA on a 4.000-point scale

Official transcript(s)

Goal statement

Two letters of recommendation

Résumé or curriculum vitae

English language proficiency - all international students must provide proof of English language proficiency

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

20332 USD / year

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Out-of-State

20332 USD / year

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Domestic

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In-State

10706 USD / year

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Additional Details

Part-time tuition

residents: $17,800

non-residents: $18,100

Living costs

Kent

United States

1036 - 1710 USD / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

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