Urban Education Minor

The minor in urban education consists of five courses, one required course and four electives from a variety of disciplines across campus. Students must complete at least three of the five courses in the School of Education. The minor is open to all students and majors.

Requirements for the Minor

ED 100 - Introduction to Education: School and Society and
ED 431 - Field Experience in Education or
ED 101 - Introduction to Urban Education and
ED 431 - Field Experience in Education

Education Core

Select 2 of the following courses from Teacher Education:

ED 340 - Seminar on Culturally Relevant Pedagogy
ED 344 - Race, Class, and Gender in Education
ED 378 - Politics of Urban School Reform
ED 441 - Special Topics in Education
ED 464 - Qualitative Approaches to Urban Education
ED 466 - Language, Culture, and Literacy

Electives

Select 2 electives. The following courses are approved; othes may be accepted with approval from the department:

EC 340 - Economic Problems of Cities
HS 308 - White Man's Burden: Colonialism and the Historical Origins of Racism
HS 360 - African American History Since Emancipation
PY 253 - Multicultural Issues in Psychology
PY 420 - Applied Special Topics in Psychology
SC 205 - Education in U.S. Society
SC 365 - Neighborhood and Community in Urban America
SC 377 - Social Movements and Social Protest
SC 420 - Seminar: Race, Class, and Social Construction of Opportunity
SC 424 - Seminar: Privilege and Inequality in Education
SP 312 - Cultural Diversity in Communication

Notes:

Other courses may be eligible with approval from the Urban Education Minor Advisor.

Before registering for courses, students are required to contact their assigned advisor within the Minor in Urban Education.