Required Courses for the Minor in Education

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A total of six (6) education courses (30 units) are required for the minor:

• Two (2) required courses and
• Four (4) upper division education courses

TWO (2) REQUIRED COURSES (10 UNITS):

• EDUC 60: Introduction to Education: Learning, Schooling, and Society NEW COURSE

• EDUC 180: Introduction to Teaching
  NOTE: EDUC 180 should be taken after completion of EDUC 60. EDUC 180 is restricted to juniors and seniors.
  Course Description
  EDUC 180 is not offered each quarter. Please check with the Education department to learn which quarter(s) it will be offered for the current academic school year.

FOUR (4) ELECTIVE UPPER DIVISION EDUCATION COURSES FROM THE LIST BELOW:

• EDUC 102: Education, Media, and Society
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• EDUC 104: Ethical Issues and Teaching
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• EDUC 115: K-12 Student Assessment
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• EDUC 120: The Arts in the Schools: Aesthetic Education Theory and Practice
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• EDUC 125: Introduction to Teaching Children's Literature in Grades K-8
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• EDUC 135: Gender in Education
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• EDUC 141: Bilingualism and Schooling
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• EDUC 160: Issues in Educational Reform
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• EDUC 164: Urban Education
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• EDUC 170: Schools and Asian Culture
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• EDUC 173: Seminar in Critical Pedagogy
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• EDUC 177: Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students Math and Science
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• EDUC 181: Race, Class and Culture in Education
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• EDUC 182: American Teacher
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• EDUC 185B: Introduction to Teaching in the Content Area: Mathematics
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• EDUC 185C: Introduction to Teaching in the Content Area: Science
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APPROVED ELECTIVES OUTSIDE THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT:

• SOCY 148: Sociology of Learning
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• LING 153: Teaching English as a Second Language
  Check with Linguistics Department regarding Course Description


• CRWN 146/147: Crown Saturday Academy
  Course Description
  This course MUST be taken in concurrently with either EDUC 185B or EDUC 185C in order to receive credit for the Minor.

SAMPLE COURSE SEQUENCE