Lynch School of Education and Human Development · major
Transformative Educational Studies requirements
Explore the reviewed Transformative Educational Studies major at Boston College, organized by requirement and course.
Core courses (choose three of four; 9 credits)
Choose from these approved options.
Senior Seminar in Transformative Education (one course)
Required for the program.
Major electives — Formative Education (FORM) options (six courses)
Choose from these approved options.
- FORM2820 Spiritual Exercises
- FORM2840 Selfhood and its Stories
- FORM6150 Tech Tools for Playful Learning
- FORM2251 Globalization, Mobility, and Education
- FORM4101 Readings and Research in Formative Education
- FORM4962 Senior Thesis II
- FORM2252 Language Learners in Global Perspective
- FORM2253 Preparing the Whole Person for Global Citizenship
- FORM2254 Cross-cultural Perspectives on Religion and Education
- FORM2810 Aesthetic Awakenings
- FORM2852 Technologies of Self and Society
- FORM3220 Ways of Knowing
- FORM3240 Flourishing and Floundering in Philosophy and Literature
- FORM4050 The Art of Educational Inquiry
- FORM3230 Dialogue and Difference
- FORM4961 Senior Thesis I
Major electives — approved Applied Psychology and Education options (Class of 2025–2027 approved list)
Choose from these approved options.
- APSY1030 Child Development
- EDUC1044 Education and Development for Students with Disabilities
- APSY2032 Cognition and Learning
- APSY2041 Adolescent Development
- APSY2242 Interpersonal Relations
- APSY2243 Social Oppression and Transformation
- APSY3244 Adult Development and Aging
- EDUC3308 Bilingualism in Schools and Communities
- EDUC3386 Introduction to Sign Language and Deafness
- APSY4211 Psychology of Work
- EDUC6101 Art and Music in Early Childhood Education
- EDUC6316 Developmentally Appropriate Curriculum in Early Childhood Education
- EDUC6363 Survey of Children's Literature
- EDUC1030 Child Development
- EDUC2208 Educational Strategies: Children with Special Needs
- APSY3233 Motivation, Emotion, and Self-Regulated Learning
- EDUC6495 Human Development and Disabilities
Global Perspectives courses (choose three of five; Class of 2025–2027 curriculum)
Choose from these approved options.
Source and limitations
Requirements sourced from Boston College University Catalog — Transformative Educational Studies.
Applies to the Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year cohort.
39 courses across 5 requirement groups.
Requirement eligibility varies by school, cohort, and section. Confirm every degree requirement in EagleApps or with an advisor.