BA in Ethnic Studies, MA in Educational Foundations, Policy and Practice

The School of Education and Department of Ethnic Studies have partnered to support a BAM degree program that reflects each unit's commitment to educational opportunity, diversity, and engaged scholarship examining how race and the interrelated categories of ethnicity, disabilities, language, gender, class and sexuality impact the lives of people locally and globally. The program invites highly focused ethnic studies majors who are interested in applying their dedication to social justice and critical thinking skills to transformative careers in education. The program emphasizes policy and curricular issues, and the development of an interdisciplinary lens in graduate-level research. The BAM degree program offers an efficient and rigorous path toward earning, in five years, a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies and a master's degree in educational foundations, policy and practice.

In order to gain admission to the BAM program named above, a student must meet the following criteria:Have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.Have a minimum of 90 credit hours of coursework completed or in progress.Have declared ethnic studies as a major.Have completed all MAPS requirements (students admitted to CU Boulder prior to Summer 2023 only).