Dec 06, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Educational Studies Minor


The Minor in Educational Studies is a six-course undergraduate program of study open to students of all majors. The minor allows students to study education both as a liberal arts discipline-furthering student interests in the foundations of education, child and adolescent development, and the science and art of teaching; as well as a professional resource, suited especially for careers in corporate training, human resources development, child advocacy and policy, and university research and teaching. 

Required Courses for the Minor in Educational Studies (18 credits)

  Course Number and Title Credits
  EDUC 142 - (D, S) Exceptional Lives   3
  EDUC 144 - Foundations of American Education   3
  EDUC 222 - (S, EPW) Educational Psychology, PreK-4  or EDUC 223 - (EPW, S) Educational Psychology, GR 4-12   3
  EDUC 311 - Planning and Instruction, Grades 7-12   3
  EDUC Elective 3
  One elective in Philosophy or Theology/Religious Studies from the list below: 3

For more information on the Education department, visit its website.