15 Education & Public Service Field of Interest
Education & Public Service Field of Interest
What Is the Education & Public Service Field?
The Education & Public Service field focuses on careers that support individuals, families, and communities through education, law, human services, and public health. Students can explore majors and career paths that align with their strengths, interests, and goals.
Programs in this field examine how people interact with schools, legal systems, public organizations, and community services. They can prepare students for careers in teaching, advocacy, legal services, public health, human services, and community support.
For students interested in teaching, education degrees can serve as a first step toward teacher certification, further study, and other careers in education.
Explore the Field in Action
Want to learn more about this field? Check out the video below.
How to Use This Section
This page is designed to help you explore majors connected to careers in education, law enforcement, human services, and public health.
You can:
- Review the list of majors in this field
- Select a specific major to learn more classes, skills, and career pathways
- Compare multiple majors to see which best aligns with your interests and goals
While you entered LaGuardia with a specific major, we invite you to explore the various majors in this field to see which one fits your own interests and goals best. If you find that another major might work better for you, you can always switch. However, it is important to talk to your FYS professor or advisor first.
Majors in This Field
The Education & Public Service field includes the following associate degree programs, organized by career community. Each career community brings together related majors that share similar skills, career paths, and areas of focus.
Advocacy, Justice, & Legal Service Career Community
Watch the Advocacy, Justice, & Legal Services Career Community video to learn more about how this community prepares students for careers in law, advocacy, government, and public service through practical skills and an understanding of legal and criminal justice systems.
Majors in this career community include:
Social Service & Education Career Community
Watch the Social Service & Education Career Community video to learn more about how this community prepares students to support individuals and communities through human services, counseling, resource navigation, and education for diverse learners.
Majors in this career community include:
- Education Associate: The Bilingual Child, AA
- Education: Childhood Track, AA
- Education: Early Childhood Track, AA
- Education: Secondary Education Track, AA
- Human Services: Mental Health, AA
- Liberal Arts: TESOL/Linguistics Option, AA
- Psychology, AA
Major Spotlight: Education and Language Acquisition
Several majors in the Education & Public Service Field of Interest are connected to the Education and Language Acquisition Department. The video below provides a visual overview of the department and the programs connected to education, language, and teaching pathways.
Notable Features of These Majors
While each major has a different focus, programs in this field often share several features:
- Helping people through education, law, human services, or public health
- Understanding individuals, families, and communities within different systems
- Pathways to teaching licensure or related careers
Approaches to Inquiry and Research
Students learn to use traditional and innovative research methods to explore local and global issues and research questions. Students engage in varied social science and humanities research, using qualitative and quantitative data collection methods for creative problem solving for large systems and daily life. Students participate in inquiry- and experiential-based learning through projects such as interviews and observational fieldwork. They develop their communication skills by sharing their findings across oral, digital, and written formats.
What Comes Next
To continue exploring:
- Click on a specific major to learn about that program in more detail or connect with the Education and Language Acquisition department
- Review degree maps to understand required and recommended courses
- Speak with an academic advisor about how these majors align with your goals
- In the Career Exploration and Connections chapter, you will be introduced to resources that can help you explore work environments, skills, and career pathways.
