Urban Education
All courses must be successfully completed with a grade of C- or better. The concentration is composed of 24 credits, bringing the total number of credits for the major to 121.
Course Requirements
In addition to the courses required in the ETE major, students take the following courses.
- EDUC 258: Cultural Diversity, Schooling and the Teacher OR EDUC 259: Cultural Diversity in Community Contexts (whichever was not taken for the Professional Studies requirement)
- EDUC 440: Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners
- EDUC 459: Urban Schools and Urban Landscapes
- Three restricted electives that reflect students’ particular interest in urban education. For example, courses could be from the areas of Anthropology, Black American Studies, Education, Geography, History, Human Development and Family Studies, Political Science, Sociology, Spanish, and Urban Affairs and Public Policy. See the list of courses in the Urban Education Minor for a sample of courses that could count as electives. Restricted electives must be approved by your advisor.
- One free elective from any department.
Students take the following course in the second semester of their junior year or first semester of their senior year immediately before their student teaching semester.
- EDUC 395: Building Communities of Learners in Urban Contexts
In addition, students in this concentration spend their second 8-week student teaching placement in an urban classroom.
- EDUC 400: Student Teaching: Urban Education
