Undergraduates enrolled in the Education Sciences degree program are encouraged to complete courses inside and outside of the major to enhance career preparation and pursue personal interests. With advanced planning, students in the major can complete a minor or a second major in another discipline.

Program faculty bring multiple disciplinary perspectives to their research and courses, including cognitive sciences, developmental psychology, sociology, economics, applied linguistics, informatics, and media studies. Lower-division coursework in the major introduces students to each of the four primary areas, while upper division courses will allow students to build depth of understanding and explore applications in each area, and if they wish, to complete a specialization to help prepare them for further study or careers in education.

Two important ways to build depth of understanding in preparation for careers or graduate study are to participate in faculty-directed research and in fieldwork in school-based or other education settings. Accordingly, students in the major augment their coursework with a minimum of 40 hours of field experience or research in an educational setting.