Upper-Division

EDUC100A 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

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.

Quarter offered

Winter

EDUC100B 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

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.

Quarter offered

Spring

EDUC100C 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

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.

Quarter offered

Spring

EDUC102 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

A. Lashaw

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.

General Education Code

IM

Quarter offered

Winter

EDUC104 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 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.

Quarter offered

Spring

EDUC115 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.

EDUC120 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

B. Olsen

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.

General Education Code

IM

Quarter offered

Fall

EDUC125 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

Judith Scott

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to junior and senior 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.

Quarter offered

Winter

EDUC126 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

Judith Scott

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): EDUC 60 and EDUC 180.

EDUC128 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

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.

General Education Code

ER

Quarter offered

Winter

EDUC135 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

Amanda Lashaw

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.

Quarter offered

Winter

EDUC140 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

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.

General Education Code

ER

EDUC141 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

George Bunch

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.

Quarter offered

Spring

EDUC160 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

Lora Bartlett

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.

Quarter offered

Fall

EDUC162 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

EDUC164 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

A. Lashaw

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.

American History and Institutions

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall

EDUC166 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

Requirements

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

EDUC170 East Asian Schooling and Immigration

Focuses on an historical and contemporary study of education in Japan, China, Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, and the adaptation to schooling in the U.S. of immigrant families from those cultures. Topics include the effects on schooling of language acquisition, religion and cultural practices, family patterns, socioeconomic status, career aspirations, and parental expectations. (Formerly Schools and Asian Cultures.)

Credits

5

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.

General Education Code

CC

Quarter offered

Spring

EDUC171 South and Southeast Asian Schooling and Immigration

Historical and contemporary study of education in India, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and the Philippines, and the adaptation to schooling in the U.S. of immigrant families. Topics include: effects of language acquisition; religion and cultural practices; family patterns; socioeconomic status; career aspirations; and parental expectations.

Credits

5

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.

General Education Code

CC

EDUC173 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

A. Lashaw

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

Quarter offered

Spring

EDUC174 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

Cynthia Cruz

Requirements

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

Quarter offered

Spring

EDUC177 Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students Math and Science

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 course 180 is advised.

Credits

5

Instructor

Eduardo Mosqueda

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.

General Education Code

ER

Quarter offered

Fall

EDUC178 Advanced Educational Studies

Advanced academic development, field research, and guided experiential learning for students planning to work in education. Enrollment is restricted to juniors and seniors. May be applied only once to the minor.

Credits

5

Instructor

Amanda Lashaw

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

Quarter offered

Fall

EDUC180 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

B. Olsen

Requirements

Prerequisite(s): EDUC 60. Enrollment is restricted to education minors or by permission of instructor.

General Education Code

PR-S

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter

EDUC181 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

C. Cruz

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.

General Education Code

ER

Quarter offered

Spring

EDUC182 American Teacher

Examines multiple and competing images of teachers and, more specifically, notions of the good teacher; also explores social, cultural, historical, and policy context of teachers' work in the U.S.

Credits

5

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.

EDUC183 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

Judit Moschkovich

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.

Quarter offered

Spring

EDUC185B 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

Judit Moschkovich

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

EDUC185C 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

S. Severance

Requirements

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

Quarter offered

Spring

EDUC185L 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; course 50A, 50B, or 50C; course 100A,100B, or 100C; course 185B or 185C. Enrollment restricted to juniors and seniors or education minors, or by permission of instructor.

Credits

3

Quarter offered

Spring

EDUC187 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.

EDUC194 Group Projects

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

EDUC194F Group Projects

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

EDUC197A 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

1

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

EDUC197B 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

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

EDUC197C 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

EDUC198 Independent Field Study

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

EDUC198F Independent Field Study

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

EDUC199 Tutorial

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

5

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring

EDUC199F Tutorial

Students submit petition to sponsoring agency.

Credits

2

Repeatable for credit

Yes

Quarter offered

Fall, Winter, Spring