Education Minor

EDUC Minor

Program Overview

The Department of Learning and Teaching in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences is proud to offer a minor in Education beginning Fall 2011. The minor is open to all students interested in pursuing careers in education-related fields as well as those who aim to contribute to the educational community as volunteers, researchers, parents, and community members. Students will gain valuable knowledge about PK-12 schools, students, learning processes, the impact of structural, linguistic, cultural and economic factors on student success and teaching practices.

Goals for the Minor Program

Empower students with the knowledge and skills required to improve education opportunities and work for educational equality and excellence
Prepare students to be engaged contributors to education as parents and community members
Introduce students to careers in education
Cultivate a passion to work for social justice

Program Curriculum

The education minor is an 18-unit program that includes a lower division introductory course, an educational foundations course and elective courses from the Department of Learning and Teaching and the College of Arts and Sciences. The program has the flexibility to complement an individual’s interest, major and professional goals.

Required Course (3)
EDUC 101	Introduction to Teaching & Learning	3 units
Education Foundation Course (3) (Choose One)
EDUC 381	Multicultural and philosophical foundations of education	3 units
EDUC 382	Psychological foundations of education in a diverse society	3 units
Elective Courses (12) At least 6 units must be upper division. Up to 6 units may be taken outside of the Department of Learning and Teaching upon approval by the program advisor.
COMM 482	Children and Media	3 units
EDUC 124	Sport and Higher Education	2 units
EDUC 301	Introduction to Academic Mentoring	3 units
ENGL 231	Children’s Literature	3 units
LEAD 162	Outdoor Leadership & Education	3 units
PHIL 341	Ethics and Education	3 units
PSYC 314	Developmental Psychology: Childhood and Adolescence	3 units
SOCI 348	Juvenile Delinquency and Urban Gangs	3 units
THEA 155	Theater in Education	3 units

For more information, please contact:
Sergio E. Rodriguez, Assitant Director, Programming
Department of Learning and Teaching
srodriguez@sandiego.edu
(619) 260-7452

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