Education Minor

Students will build a minor study plan with the help of their advisor in Education.

Education Minor Requirements

Foundation 8 credits required

EDUC 156	Schools in an Era of Change	4
	OR
EDUC 253	Critical Issues in Education	4
	AND
EDUC 350	Independent Study	4

Electives

Choose 3 courses (12 credits) from the following courses in consultation with the advisor. The three must be spread across Content, Context, and Pedagogy. Students may substitute Colleges of the Fenway (COF) courses with approval of their Education Advisor.

Content

CHL 313	Survey Literature for Children and Young Adults	4
MATH 115	Number Systems and Algebra for Elementary School Teachers	4
MATH 116	Geometry & Data Analysis for Elementary School Teachers	4
PHYS 103	Great Discoveries in Science	4
PHYS 105	Science and Technology in the Everyday World: The Way Things Work	4
POLS 101	Introduction to American Politics	4
HIST 100	World History I	4
HIST 101	World History II	4
HIST 140	Early American History	4
HIST 210	African American Experience	4

ART A course in Art selected with the approval of the advisor.

ENGLISH A course in literature selected with the approval of the advisor.

Context

SOCI 249	Inequalities	4
PSYC 101	Introduction to Psychological Science	4

AFRICANA STUDIES a course in Africana Studies selected with the approval of the advisor.

Or a course approved by the advisor.

Pedagogy

SPND 331*	Creating a Caring Classroom Community	4
EDUC 364*	Reading Methods	4
EDUC 367*	Math Methods	4

*course requires fieldwork in schools.