{"id":188,"date":"2019-10-07T18:34:25","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T18:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/education\/?page_id=188"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T14:36:06","slug":"educational-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/education\/program-overview\/educational-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Educational Studies, B.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where curiosity meets impact.<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore how education shapes lives and unlock the skills to design learning experiences, influence policy, and empower communities. This interdisciplinary program blends psychology, culture, leadership, and innovation\u2014preparing you to make a meaningful difference wherever learning happens.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This non-licensure program is designed for students seeking careers where they will work with children and\/or youth in environments other than a traditional classroom setting.<\/p>\n<h2>Why Educational Studies?<\/h2>\n<p><b>Understand Learning<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explore the psychology, culture, and systems that shape how people learn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Develop Leadership Skills<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build communication, critical thinking, and leadership skills that apply across careers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Gain Real-World Experience<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Participate in internships, community engagement, and hands-on learning opportunities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Make an Impact<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prepare to influence education, organizations, and communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Program Admission<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact <a href=\"mailto:educational.studies@furman.edu\">educational.studies@furman.edu<\/a> to learn more about this program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where curiosity meets impact. Explore how education shapes lives and unlock the skills to design learning experiences, influence policy, and empower communities. This interdisciplinary program blends psychology, culture, leadership, and innovation\u2014preparing you to make a meaningful difference wherever learning happens. This non-licensure program is designed for students seeking careers where they will work with children [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":812,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-188","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":883,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/188\/revisions\/883"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/academics\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}