Education Minor

The School of Education’s interdisciplinary minor in Education provides students the opportunity to develop an understanding of current K-12 classroom instructional practices as well as the social, political, economic, and historical factors that impact schooling in the United States. Students engage in classroom teaching through experiential learning and explore teaching in formal and informal education settings. While completing the minor does not lead directly to a teaching license, students who are interested in earning the initial license may be eligible to do so through the Bachelor’s to Master’s in Education (B2M) program. 

The minor in Education consists of a minimum of 18 credits of coursework. Nine credits must be in the School of Education. Six of the nine credits must be upper-level courses (i.e., 3000 level or above).

Pre-requirements

• Any student in good academic standing who is pursuing an undergraduate degree at UML outside the School of Education can earn this minor.
• Students in any major may declare the minor in their sophomore year or beyond, but if you are intending to continue into the Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction: Initial Teacher License Option, you should discuss suitable majors for teaching with Patricia Fontaine, graduate coordinator in the School of Education.

Required Courses (9 credits)

Choose at least 3 courses from the following:

• EDUC.1100 Introduction to Teaching in Inclusive Classrooms
• EDUC.1600 Technology and Digital Literacy in the Classroom
• EDUC.2030 Multicultural Children’s Literature in Classroom
• EDUC.3710 Education Psychology
• EDUC.3840 Language, Literacy and Culture
• EDUC.3910 Understanding Education
• EDUC.4010 Exploring Teaching
• EDUC.4050 Children with Disabilities in the Classroom
• EDUC.5101 Foundations of Social Justice Education¹
• EDUC.5102 Critical Literacies¹
• EDUC.6300 Educating Diverse Populations¹

Electives (9 credits)

Choose additional courses from the following: 

• ECON.2060 Economic Inequality
• ENGL.2980 Children’s Literature
• LGST.2500 Disability and the Law: Legal Rights of People with Disabilities
• PHIL.3105 Philosophy of Disability
• PSYCH.2600 Child & Adolescent Development
• PSYCH.2730 Brain, Mind & Behavior
• PSYC.2760 Theories of Learning
• PSYC.4742 Seminar in Developmental Psychology: Psychology of Education
• PSYC.4743 Seminar in Developmental Psychology: Trauma in Child Development
• SOCI.2110 Sociology of Education 
• SOCI.2250 Sociology of Disability
• SOCI.3740 Race and Families
• SOCI.5150 Social Policy and Inequalities

¹If you intend to pursue a teaching licensure offered in the School of Education, graduate level education courses may be taken to replace undergraduate courses in the minor.

For more information, contact Patricia Fontaine, program coordinator.