Upper-Division

EDUC 100A Cal Teach 2: Science and Mathematics

Examines students, schools, and science and/or mathematics instruction with emphasis on developing an instructional project aligned with state-mandated content standards. Concurrent participation in a secondary school internship required. Course content supports and enhances students' internship experience.

Credits

2

Instructor

Courtney Bowman, Luke Webb

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; EDUC 50A, EDUC 50B, or EDUC 50C; and acceptance into the Cal Teach program. Enrollment is restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

EDUC 100B Cal Teach 2: Mathematics

Examines students, schools, and mathematics instruction with emphasis on developing an instructional project aligned with state-mandated content standards. Concurrent participation in a secondary school internship required. Course content supports and enhances students' internship experience.

Credits

2

Instructor

Courtney Bowman

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; EDUC 50A, EDUC 50B, or EDUC 50C; and acceptance into the Cal Teach program. Enrollment is restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

EDUC 100C Cal Teach 2: Science

Examines students, schools, and science instruction with emphasis on developing an instructional project aligned with state-mandated content standards. Student must concurrently participate in a K-12 school internship. Concurrent participation in a secondary school internship required. Course content supports and enhances students' internship experience.

Credits

2

Instructor

Luke Webb

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; EDUC 50A, EDUC 50B, or EDUC 50C; and acceptance into the Cal Teach program. Enrollment is restricted to sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

EDUC 102 Education, Media, and Society

Focusing on ways the media (both news and the entertainment industry) portrays schools, teachers, and students to the public, investigates the way society views education, the way education is presented in the media, and the way education is influenced by society.

Credits

5

Instructor

Nolan Higdon

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education, democracy and justice majors; science education majors; STEM education minors; and education minors, or by permission of instructor.

General Education Code

IM

Quarter offered

Winter

EDUC 104 Ethical Issues and Teaching

Emphasizes a philosophical exploration of the moral complexities of teaching. Students read theoretical investigations of these complexities, and examine case studies that pose difficult moral questions and illuminate the dilemmas of everyday life in classrooms. Course is grounded in a dialogical approach to learning.

Credits

5

Instructor

Ronald Glass

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education, democracy and justice majors; science education majors; and STEM and EDUC minors, or by permission of instructor.

EDUC 110 Popular Education, Democracy, and Social Movements

Explores the connections among conceptions of communicative action, education, social movements for justice, and the formation of democratic communities in the U.S. It situates 20th and 21st century popular education practices against the unrealized promise of U.S. public schooling and the struggles of disenfranchised and marginalized communities to make schools and learning serve their needs. Finally, the course outlines principles of popular education that have emerged from social movements and that can guide future efforts to embody forms of education that are practices of freedom, justice, and democracy

Credits

5

Instructor

Amanda Lashaw

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): Entry-Level Writing and Composition requirements. EDUC 10 and EDUC 60. Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education, democracy and justice majors, science education majors, STEM education minors, and education minors, or by permission of instructor.

Quarter offered

Winter, Spring

EDUC 115 K-12 Student Assessment

Provides an overview of educational testing. Appropriate use and interpretation of standardized, classroom achievement and special needs assessments are examined. Issues on fair testing of diverse populations of students are discussed within each topic area.

Credits

5

Requirements

Enrollment restricted to education or STEM minors, physics education majors, or students with math education concentration or Earth sciences science education concentration, or biology B.A. bioeducation, or by permission of instructor.

EDUC 120 The Arts in Schools: Aesthetic Education Theory and Practice

Explores the historical legacy of the arts within education; considers aesthetic education as an inter-arts philosophical and practical endeavor; studies alternatives to the current situation of the arts in education; develops theory, curricula and methods necessary to teach the arts. Addresses both elementary and secondary teaching in the arts. Meets third-course requirements.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education minors; STEM education minors; education, democracy and justice majors; science education majors; or by permission of instructor.

General Education Code

IM

EDUC 125 Multicultural Children's Literature for Elementary Classrooms

Offers opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to learn about fundamental aspects of children's literature, increase their knowledge of range and quality of children's literature, enhance their understanding of multicultural children's literature, and develop ways to integrate children's literature into elementary- and middle-school curriculum areas.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education democracy and justice majors, education minors, and STEM education minors, or by permission of instructor.

EDUC 126 Foundations of Literacy Learning: Contemporary Perspectives

Offers an overview of historical and contemporary perspectives regarding literacy learning in America. Using a socio-cultural lens and research findings to analyze instructional practices, it provides foundational knowledge for potential teachers and policy makers regarding literary education.

Credits

5

Instructor

Michelle Aguilera

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): EDUC 60 and EDUC 180.

Quarter offered

Spring

EDUC 128 Immigrants and Education

Research and theory on the education of immigrant students. Major topics include the Americanization movement and America's changing demography, identity maintenance and change, home-school relations, and educators' roles in meeting the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse student populations.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education, democracy and justice majors; science education majors; and STEM and EDUC minors, or by permission of instructor.

General Education Code

ER

EDUC 135 Gender and Education

Addresses the changing but continuing patterns of unequal expectations, opportunities, and treatment throughout the educational system for all students, female and male, who do not match a standard model of gender performance.

Credits

5

Instructor

Michelle Aguilera

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education, democracy and justice majors, science education majors, STEM & EDUC minors, or by permission of instructor.

Quarter offered

Fall, Summer

EDUC 140 Language, Diversity, and Learning

Explores the intersection between language, diversity, and education to examine the education of youth who have been historically underserved by schools. Topics include dialect and register variation; language policy; and sociocultural perspectives on learning/teaching of language.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education, democracy and justice majors; science education majors; and STEM and EDUC minors, or by permission of instructor.

General Education Code

ER

EDUC 141 Bilingualism and Schooling

Introduces participants to issues related to the schooling of students who speak languages other than or in addition to English. Uses a multidisciplinary perspective to understand the circumstances these students face in schools and considers approaches and policies that best meet their needs.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education, democracy and justice majors, science education majors, STEM & EDUC minors, or by permission of instructor.

Quarter offered

Fall

EDUC 160 Issues in Educational Reform

Explores a variety of perspectives on key educational policy issues including desegregation, bilingual education, affirmative action, charter schools, national and state curriculum standards, student assessment and the assessment and certification of teachers.

Credits

5

Instructor

Rene Kissell

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education, democracy and justice majors, science education majors, STEM & EDUC minors, or by permission of instructor.

Quarter offered

Fall

EDUC 162 Critical Youth Studies in Education

Examines youth as a social construction, relation, and achievement to understand the everyday lives, experiences, learning, and education of youth. Explores the development, histories, cultures, politics, and resistance of youth in education, focusing on race, gender/sexuality, class, and their intersections.

Credits

5

Requirements

Enrollment restricted to junior and senior education minors.

General Education Code

ER

EDUC 164 Urban Education

Focuses on urban schooling through critical readings, fieldwork, group projects, and extensive writing. Students explore how socialization, marginalization, and assimilation impede or support academic success, how class intersects with race, and how culture affects one's orientation to education.

Credits

5

Instructor

Amanda Lashaw

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education, democracy and justice majors; science education majors; critical race and ethnic studies majors; and STEM, EDUC and Black studies minors, or by permission of instructor.

American History and Institutions

Yes

EDUC 166 Technology and Education

Explores the history of technology in education from approximately 1950 to the present, addressing the interpersonal, epistemological, and pedagogical differences between digital and analog learning. Although no programming experience is required, participants will create an instructional application.

Credits

5

Instructor

Roberto de Roock

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education minors, STEM education minors, education democracy and justice majors, science education majors, or by permission of instructor.

Quarter offered

Spring

EDUC 173 Seminar in Critical Pedagogy

Philosophical and pedagogical exploration of relationships among oppression, power, society, education, and change. Examines how history, power, economics, and discrimination shape societal perspectives and schooling practices, and considers ways to transform education.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to education or STEM minors, physics education majors, or students with math education concentration or Earth sciences science education concentration, or biology B.A. bioeducation, or by permission of instructor.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

EDUC 174 Ethnographic Research in Schools and Communities

Explores ethnographic research as an important path for future teachers in understanding how diverse communities provide and support schooling at all levels.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): EDUC 60 and EDUC 180.Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education or STEM minors or by permission of instructor.

EDUC 177 Teaching Linguistically Diverse Students

Examines equity issues in the learning and teaching of math and science in culturally and linguistically diverse school settings. Draws on multicultural, bilingual, and math/science education perspectives. Intended for undergraduate majors considering a K-12 teaching career. Satisfies an elective requirement for the minor in education program. Prior completion of EDUC 180 is advised. (Formerly Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students Math and Science.)

Credits

5

Instructor

Eduardo Mosqueda

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education, democracy and justice majors, science education majors, STEM & EDUC minors, or by permission of instructor.

General Education Code

ER

Quarter offered

Fall

EDUC 178 Special Topics in Education

Taught on a rotating basis by various faculty members. The precise focus of each year's course will vary according to the instructor. Please contact the department for information on the current topic. Individual topics may be applied only once to the education minor, STEM minor or education major. (Formerly Advanced Educational Studies.)

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

KRSG 178

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education and STEM minors, education, democracy, and justice, science education, and sociology majors or by permission of instructor.

Repeatable for credit

Yes

EDUC 180 Introduction to Teaching

Designed to encourage students to think about teaching in new ways. Assumptions about teaching and schooling are examined as well as considering what it takes to teach so that children learn and understand. Not a course in how to teach, but an opportunity to reconsider what teaching should try to accomplish and what kinds of learning teachers should foster. Practicum in the schools of 30 hours per quarter required.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; and EDUC 60. Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education, democracy and justice majors, science education majors, STEM education minors, and education minors, or by permission of instructor.

General Education Code

PR-S

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter

EDUC 181 Race, Class, and Culture in Education

Examines the schooling experience and educational attainment of racial/ethnic minority students in the U.S. Focuses primarily on domestic minorities. Addresses issues of variability between and within minority groups and the role of cultural, structural, and psychological factors in the educational attainment of these students.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education, democracy and justice majors, science education majors, STEM & EDUC minors, or by permission of instructor.

General Education Code

ER

Quarter offered

Fall, Summer

EDUC 182 Social and Political Contexts of Teachers’ Work

Explores the social, cultural, historical, and policy context of teachers' work in the United States. Examines the historical evolution and development of the teaching profession, explores contemporary images of teachers, analyzes demographics of the teaching workforce, and investigates the sources of teacher motivation, satisfaction and frustration. In particular, students examine student, cultural, media, teacher and policy representations of teachers and their work. Whenever possible, students will engage with what teachers' themselves say about their work, rather than relying on second-hand accounts with the aim of building a picture of the complexity of teachers' work. (Formerly American Teacher.)

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education or STEM minors, education, democracy and justice, science education, sociology, and critical race and ethnic studies majors, or by permission of instructor.

EDUC 183 Children's Mathematical Thinking

Provides an introduction to children's mathematical thinking and an overview of major themes, issues, and questions that researchers in mathematics education have studied in relation to children's mathematical thinking.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s):EDUC 60. Enrollment is restricted to education or STEM minors; physics education majors; students with math education concentration; Earth Sciences science education concentration; biology B.A. bioeducation; or by instructor permission.

EDUC 185B Introduction to Mathematics Education

Provides an introduction to principles and practices for mathematics education; examines how research on learning and teaching mathematics informs approaches to teaching mathematics; provides an introduction to national and state standards, mathematics curricula, and other current issues in mathematics education.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): MATH 11A and MATH 11B, or MATH 19A and MATH 19B; or MATH 20A and MATH 20B; or AM 11A and AM 11B; or equivalent courses (by instructor approval); or by permission of the instructor.

Quarter offered

Winter

EDUC 185C Introduction to Teaching Science

An introduction to the principles and practices for teaching science in secondary classrooms. Course examines theoretical and practical approaches to teaching science, provides an introduction to national and state standards and an overview of science curricula and current issues in science teaching.

Credits

5

Instructor

The Staff

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior education, democracy and justice majors, science education majors, STEM education minors, and education minors, or by permission of instructor.

Quarter offered

Spring

EDUC 185L Introduction to Teaching: Cal Teach 3

Supplements theoretical and practical introduction to the teaching of science or mathematics with subject-pedagogical approaches. Concurrent participation in an advanced Cal Teach internship provides context to apply theory and practical techniques. Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements; EDUC 50A, EDUC 50B, or EDUC 50C; EDUC 100A, EDUC 100B, or EDUC 100C; EDUC 185B or EDUC 185C. Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors or education minors, or by permission of instructor.

Credits

3

Instructor

Molly Shaw

Quarter offered

Spring

EDUC 187 Cognition and Instruction

Addresses the question, How do people learn? by examining theories of learning and research on cognition, learning, and instruction.

Credits

5

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to juniors, seniors, or education minors, or by permission of instructor.

EDUC 190 Senior Seminar Capstone

Senior seminars focus on advanced topics in education. The pedagogical goals vary by instructor but often emphasize at least one of the following: critical and analytical thinking, field research, advanced research methods (qualitative or quantitative), or advanced theory. Satisfies senior capstone requirement.

Credits

5

Instructor

Eduardo Mosqueda, Amanda Lashaw, Rene Kissell

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. EDUC 10 and EDUC 60; EDUC 110 or EDUC 180. Enrollment is restricted to education, democracy and justice majors, or by permission of instructor.

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

EDUC 194 Group Projects

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

EDUC 194F Group Projects

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

EDUC 197A Cal Teach Special Project

Work with K-12 students on science or math projects, ideally involving inquiry-based learning. Site supervision provided by a credentialed teacher. Project-dependent reading and writing assignments negotiated with instructor. Projects will be offered as available or initiated by student. Enrollment is by interview only. Prerequisite(s): EDUC 50A, EDUC 50B, or EDUC 50C. Enrollment is restricted to majors in the physical and biological sciences and majors in the school of engineering or by permission of instructor.

Credits

1

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

EDUC 197B Cal Teach Special Project

Work with K-12 students on science or math projects, ideally involving inquiry-based learning. Site supervision provided by a credentialed teacher. Project-dependent reading and writing assignments negotiated with instructor. Projects will be offered as available or initiated by student. Enrollment is by interview only. Prerequisite(s): EDUC 50A, EDUC 50B, or EDUC 50C. Enrollment is restricted to majors in the physical and biological sciences and majors in the school of engineering or by permission of instructor.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

EDUC 197C Cal Teach Special Project

Work with K-12 students on science or math projects, ideally involving inquiry-based learning. Site supervision provided by a credentialed teacher. Project-dependent reading and writing assignments negotiated with instructor. Projects will be offered as available or initiated by student. Enrollment is by interview only. Prerequisite(s): course 50A, 50B, or 50C. Enrollment is restricted to majors in the physical and biological sciences and majors in the school of engineering or by permission of instructor.

Credits

3

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

EDUC 198 Independent Field Study

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

EDUC 198F Independent Field Study

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

EDUC 199 Tutorial

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

EDUC 199F Tutorial

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

Cross-listed courses that are managed by another department are listed at the bottom.

Cross-listed Courses

CRES 121 The Struggle for K-12 Ethnic Studies

Critical analysis of the movement for K-12 ethnic studies in historical and contemporary time periods with a particular focus on the Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum. Students read, discuss, and analyze past and present K-12 ethnic studies research, policy, and practice to deepen their knowledge and strengthen their ability to critique issues in K-12 ethnic studies education while reflecting on how the concepts and questions that arise relate to their own educational experiences and lives.

Credits

5

Cross Listed Courses

EDUC 121

Instructor

Tricia Gallagher-Geursten

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Summer

OAKS 151A Corre la Voz: Community Literacies and Power Seminar

Required seminar for first-quarter students in the Corre la Voz program. Examines theories, curriculum design, and teaching methods that emphasize social connection, leadership, verbal enrichment, multi-modal literacies, and community empowerment. Taken concurrently with field study. Prerequisite(s): satisfaction of the Entry Level Writing and Composition requirements. Co-requisite(s): course 151B. Enrollment is by interview only and successful application to the Corre la Voz program.

Credits

2

Cross Listed Courses

EDUC 151A

Instructor

Leslie Lopez