Education Minor
The Education Minor is a six-course program open to students of all majors. The minor allows students to study the field of education as a liberal arts discipline and is separate from the Teacher Education Program.
Requirements
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| Introductory Course | |
| EDUC 167 | Educational Psychology |
| or EDUC 169 | Our Public Schools |
| Social Justice/Urban Issues (one of) | |
| EDUC 273 | Complexities of Urban Schools |
| EDUC 234 | Family, Students, & Schools |
| EDUC 340 | Multicultural Education |
| PSYC 285 | Social Oppression and Change |
| Three additional electives in Education or two electives in Education and one appropriate outside course. | |
| Capstone Experience related to teaching and learning. | |
Education Electives
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| EDUC 220 | Guidance and the Law |
| EDUC 231 | Adolescent Literacy |
| EDUC 245 | Dis/Ability Theory & Practice |
| EDUC 315 | Multilingual Learners |
| EDUC 351 | Catholic Mission in Education |
Capstone Courses
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| EDUC 301 | Methods Of Teaching |
| EDUC 360 | Qualitative Research Methods in Education |
| EDUC 380 | Capstone Seminar |
| EDUC 390 | Tutorial |
| EDUC 394 | Directed Research |
| DCSP 382 | Washington Internship |
Elective Courses from an Allied Field
| Code | Title |
|---|---|
| ENGL 387 | Composition Theory & Pedagogy |
| ENGL 392 | Topics in Composition 1 |
| POLS 314 | Political Philosophy & Education |
| PSYC 222 | Sensation & Perception |
| PSYC 225 | Developmental Psychology |
| PSYC 228 | Psychology of Adolescence |
| PSYC 267 | Motivation and Goal Pursuit |
| PSYC 236 | Cognition & Memory |
| PSYC 326 | Cognition Across Cultures |
| PSYC 328 | Adolescent Health |
| SOCL 254 | Girls and Violence |
| SOCL 259 | Children & Violence |
| SOCL 269 | Education and Society |
| 1 | Only the topic, Writing for Social Change, counts as an elective from an allied field. |