The BA in Urban Education program provides emerging educators the deep learning and engagement necessary to build pedagogies inclusive of all students, infused with contextual understanding of systemic oppressions in urban schooling, and founded upon principles of equity and justice.

The BA in Urban Education provides the opportunity for students to become teachers for elementary school settings and earn a Grades 1–6, Elementary Education teaching license with the option of adding any of four middle grade (5–8) endorsements, as well as subsequent others. BA Teacher Candidates (TCs) are expected to develop the following: a deep understanding of school inequities and community knowledges; a personal investment to children's learning in under supported schools; and a commitment to critical self-reflection and inquiry into learning and teaching.

These expectations are largely developed by having TCs conduct their student teaching in partner public schools with whom faculty have professional, scholarly, and philosophical connections. The schools working in partnership with the BA in Urban Education Program serve as sites for ongoing collaborations in development of curricula, pedagogical practices, and urban education scholarship.