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 156Schools in an Era of Change

4

OR

EDUC 253Critical Issues in Education

4

AND

EDUC 350Independent 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 313Survey Literature for Children and Young Adults

4

MATH 115Number Systems and Algebra for Elementary School Teachers

4

MATH 116Geometry & Data Analysis for Elementary School Teachers

4

PHYS 103Great Discoveries in Science

4

PHYS 105Science and Technology in the Everyday World: The Way Things Work

4

POLS 101Introduction to American Politics

4

HIST 100World History I

4

HIST 101World History II

4

HIST 140Early American History

4

HIST 210African 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 249Inequalities

4

PSYC 101Introduction 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.