The San Diego State UniversityCollege of Education is home of SDSU's teacher education and training programs. It offers undergraduate programs, teaching credentials for degree holders, master's degrees and both the Ed.D and Ph.D doctoral degrees. The college prepares undergraduate and graduate students for careers as professional educators, including careers as administrators, teachers, professors, school psychologists and counselors, resource and training specialists, and educational support personnel.
Administration, Rehabilitation, and Postsecondary Education
Child and Family Development
Counseling and School Psychology
Dual Language and English Learner Education, formerly Policy Studies in Language & Cross-Cultural Education
Educational Leadership
Special Education
School of Teacher Education
Institutes
Interwork Institute
*The Interwork Institute focuses on promoting the integration of all individuals, including those with disabilities, into all aspects of education, work, family, and community life. The Institute conducts research, training, and education using a variety of strategies including distance learning technologies. Current efforts include promoting universal design in all aspects of the community. Education and research efforts involve organizations and individuals in all states, tribal communities, the Pacific Basin, Asia, Mexico, South America and Europe.
QUALCOMM Institute for Innovation and Educational Success
*Established at SDSU in 2004 through a $14.5 million gift from QUALCOMM. Its primary objective is to identify and address major issues critical to the long-term prosperity of the San Diego region. The Institute focuses on four key initiatives, three aimed at developing a more technologically proficient workforce via enhanced mathematics and technical education, and another which creates a Center focused on partnering with urban school districts to improve student performance. The Initiatives include:
* The Department of Dual Language and English Learner Education in the College of education at San Diego State University has established the Center for Equity and Biliteracy Education Research to examine the social and linguistic conditions that hinder and promote the advancement of democratic schooling and educational social justice in the pursue of the principle of “equal educational benefits for all students.”
