Professors—Sheared, Perea
Associate Professor—Jacinto
Minor in Education
The Minor in Education is designed for students interested in education and exploring teaching as a career. The program will be useful also to students who are planning other careers working with children and families and/or their own future roles as parents. The minor will provide students with an overview of the field and an opportunity through the fieldwork experience to participate in a K-12 classroom. The program meets several of the requirements for admission to a teaching credential program.
The outlook for careers in teaching is very positive. The U.S. Department of Labor lists teaching as one of the areas of need for the nation into the 21st century. The State of California predicts a need for 260,000 to 300,000 new teachers in the next ten years because of demographic changes resulting in increasing enrollments, anticipated retirements among current teachers, and the legislative opportunity for schools to reduce the number of students in classes.
On-line course descriptions are available.
| Core Requirements | Units | |
| ISED 150 | Orientation to Education | 3 |
| ISED 585 | Cross Cultural Education | 3 |
| EDUC 600 | Foundations of Education: Diverse Sources of Theory and Practice | 3 |
| EDUC 620 | Contemporary Issues in California Education | 3 |
| Total for core | 12 | |
| Diversity Select one of following or another course on diversity with approval of adviser |
3-4 | |
| AAS 310 | Chinese in America | |
| AAS 502 | Asian American Children/Teen Literature | |
| AIS 470 | American Indian Ethnicity and Identity | |
| AMST 300/ SS 410 |
Perspectives on American Culture | |
| AMST/ ANTH 352 |
Peoples and Culture of California | |
| AMST 410 | California Culture | |
| ART 303 | The Artist in the 20th-21st Century | |
| ART 503 | Pacific, Native North American, and Caribbean Arts | |
| BL S 650 | Teaching Black Experience | |
| E ED 678 | Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the Elementary Classroom | |
| ETHS 220 | Asians in America | |
| ETHS 260 | Ethnic Studies: The African American and Western Racism | |
| ETHS 665 | Asian American Community and Public Policy | |
| GEOG/ URBS 455 |
Geography of Ethnic Communities | |
| HIST 450 | History of California | |
| HMSX 301 | Introduction to Bisexual, Lesbian, and Gay Studies | |
| HUM 450 | California Cultures | |
| HUM/ CHS 225 |
Values in American Life | |
| KIN 457 | Culture, Gender, and Movement | |
| RAZA 280 | Acculturation Problems in La Raza | |
| RAZA 320 | Art History of La Raza | |
| RAZA 510 | Psychodynamics of the La Raza Family Structure | |
| SOC 461 | Ethnic Relations: International Comparisons (4) | |
| SOC 468 | Social Aspects of Human Sexuality (4) | |
| SOC 469 | Gender and Society (4) | |
| SOC 472 | Social Inequality: Poverty, Wealth, and Privilege (4) | |
| SPCH 542 | Intracultural Communication (4) | |
| SPED 330 | Introduction to Disability | |
| WOMS 551 | Lesbian Literature and Media | |
| WOMS 554 | Immigrant and Refugee Women | |
| WOMS 561 | Women of Color in the U.S. | |
| WOMS 565 | Women in the Muslim and Arab Worlds | |
| Field Experience Select one of the following: |
2-4 | |
| E ED 645 | Directed Experience with Children (1-3) and | |
| E ED 646 | Seminar: Classroom Observation (1) | |
| KIN 340 | Early Field Experience in Physical Education (2) | |
| RAZA 690 | Community Fieldwork: Issues in Educational Equity | |
| S ED 610 | Early Field Experience in Secondary Schools (2) | |
| Electives Units selected on advisement from the following: |
1-4 | |
| EDUC 333 | Exploring Teaching as a Career (1) [online course] | |
| EDUC 660 | Preparing for the Teaching Profession | |
| ISED 160 | Data Analysis | |
| KIN 340 | Orientation to Teaching Physical Education | |
| MATH 165 | Concepts of the Number System | |
| S ED 615 | Constitutional Concepts for Future Teachers | |
| SOC 466 | Society and Education (4) | |
| Total for minor | 21 | |