• 专业概况
• 所属院系
• 中国学生入学要求
• 课程信息

专业概况

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The Learning Sciences (LS) concentration, new at the undergraduate level as of fall 2016, builds on the School of Education and Social Policy’s internationally esteemed graduate program in learning sciences, which was the first in the world 26 years ago.

Learning sciences is an interdisciplinary field that involves understanding learning in a wide range of social contexts. Students will explore in depth the most current theories of learning, many of which have been and continue to be advanced by Northwestern faculty. Learning sciences is an applied design field as well, with practitioners designing in all aspects of learning environments: curriculum, social arrangements, and even the architectural organization of spaces in which learning takes place. Students studying LS will be equipped to become leaders in the analysis and design of innovative learning environments.

Flexible Coursework

In addition to the SESP core courses in lifespan development, social inequality and diversity, and research methodologies, students have significant flexibility to tailor their LS concentration to their own interests within the field. All LS students choose from among three specializations: Learning in Schools; Out-of-School Learning; and Design of Learning Environments. Students may also choose to pursue a double major, minor or certificate while maintaining LS as their primary major.

The curriculum draws upon research and theory around these themes:

The role of social and cultural contexts in learning, in both formal and informal learning environments, including classrooms, schools, museums, workplaces and homes; Cognition and the processes through which individual learning takes place; and Design and the critical evaluation of learning environments

Many undergraduate students also participate in research apprenticeships and independent studies with faculty in the School of Education and Social Policy. Members of the faculty conduct research on a variety of topics, including the psychobiology of stress, school reform, motivation across the life span, family systems, narratives, and life stories, and youth programs.

After SESP

Learning Sciences graduates are equipped to think critically about the learning that happens in all types of learning spaces. After graduating, they have gravitated toward roles in nonprofits, teaching, research and museum education.

所属院系

进入哪个院系学习？ School of Education and Social Policy

中国学生入学要求

为来自中国的学生设计 International applicants whose primary language is not English or whose secondary school curriculum has not been in English must submit exam results from either the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

课程信息

学制：全日制(4 年)

学费：US$56,232.00 (¥ 364,040) /年

开学时间：预计在九月 2022

申请截止日期：

留学地点：School of Education and Social PolicyWalter Annenberg Hall,2120 Campus Drive,EVANSTON,Illinois,60208, United States