Master’s Program Choices

*=Teacher Licensure Possible

Full-Time

• Child Studies (Psychology and Human Development)
• Community Development and Action
• Education Policy
• Elementary Education
• English Language Learners
• Higher Education Administration
• Human Development Counseling,* with specializations in School or Community counseling
• Human Resource Development
• International Education Policy and Management
• Learning, Diversity, and Urban Studies
• Learning and Instruction
• Organizational Leadership
• Reading Education*
• Secondary Education
• Special Education*: Severe, Modified High Incidence, Behavior Analysis, and Visual Disabilities

Early Enrollment

The early enrollment is available only to current undergraduate students at Vanderbilt University.

• Behavior Analysis
• Child Studies
• Community Development Action
• Education Policy
• Higher Education Administration
• Human Development Counseling
• Human Resource Development
• Organizational Leadership
• Teaching (programs in Elementary, Secondary or Special Education)*

Part-Time

Part-time program classes are scheduled independently. Some classes are held on the evening and weekends.

• Community Development and Action
• Education Policy
• Higher Education Administration
• Human Resource Development
• International Education Policy and Management
• Organizational Leadership
• Human Development Counseling
• Special Education* (all SPED programs can be taken part-time if a student is self-funded)

Joint Degrees

• Public Policy with a specialization in education policy (J.D./M.P.P.)
• M.D./M.Ed.

“I’ll be getting a master’s in public policy concentrated in education policy. For my practicum, I’m down at the state legislature getting hands-on experience that is comparable to what is going on in the federal system in D.C.” – Monica Gibson, M.P.P. ’07