The graduate programs in educational foundations at Saint Louis University aim to facilitate students’ critical exploration of the relationships between education, society, and culture; enable students’ analyses of issues related to race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and class; and promote social justice and educational equity in local, national and global contexts.Faculty members in SLU's School of Education take a genuine interest in students and serve as strong models of successful scholarship, teaching and service to the community. We offer students academically rigorous programs that balance theory and practice, intellect and affect, and action and reflection.Students in the educational foundations programs become familiar with the content and research methods of the various foundations disciplines and learn to study education from a multidisciplinary perspective. Doctoral students are encouraged to focus on one of the disciplines involved with the program, chosen in consultation with their adviser.