The Certificate in Urban Education will enable students to utilize knowledge and skills from Education, Urban Studies, and the Social Sciences to become effective educators in central city schools. Graduates from the Certificate in Urban Education Program will have an understanding of the characteristics and cultural backgrounds of the students who attend urban schools. Students should be better able to foster meaningful connections between the educational goals of the schools and the personal and cultural experiences of young people from the central cities. This program will complement the graduate programs offered in the School of Education by providing additional professional knowledge and experiences that will enable graduates to function more effectively in central city schools.
Program Leading to Graduate Certificate in Urban Education
A minimum of 18 Graduate Credits.
1. Urban Education (9 Credits)
Students are required to take Edu 527 (Issues in Urban Education) - 3 credits
and either Edu 500 (Fieldwork in Urban Education - Urban School Community) 3 Credits or Edu 501 (Fieldwork in Urban Education - Urban Children and Youth) 3 credits. Students must elect one of the following electives:
LCS 550 EAPS 604 EAPS 605 EAPS 608 EAPS 687 EPHL 601 SOC 682 ETAP 632 ERDG 632 ETAP 682 |
Minorities in US Schools Macro-Sociology of Education and Administration Micro-Sociology of Education and Administration Politics of Education Administration of Urban Schools Philosophy of Education Ethnicity and Education Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Literacy Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Literacy Seminar in Teaching the Disadvantaged Learner |
An independent study, readings course or a fieldwork course in a professional or academic area of interest in Education may be substituted with permission of the program director.
2. Urban Life in the United States (9 Credits)
Students must elect one course from Group A and two courses from Group B.
Group A
AAS 510 AAS 532 ANT 664 PLN 506 GOG 580 PLN 671 AAS 671 LCS 671 SOC 550 SOC 627 WSS 560 CRJ 650 PAD 684 POS 624 SSW 610 SSW 670 SSW 708 | Seminar in Urban Affairs and Human Development Urban Life Styles Seminar in Urban Anthropology Space, Society, and the Postmodern City Space, Society, and the Postmodern City Urban Poverty and Labor in the Americas Urban Poverty and Labor in the Americas Urban Poverty and Labor in the Americas American Community Urbanization Families Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crimes Seminar in Urban Policy Problems of Metropolitan Areas Human Behavior and Social Environments Community Mental Health Community Organizations |
Group B
AAS 595 AAS 630 AAS 645 AAS 664 LCS 502 LCS 503 LCS 550 AAS 500 SOC 575 AAS 596 ANT 524 SOC 701 LCS 514 SPN 514 LCS 517 SPN 517 SPN 518 SPN 523 WWS 540 | The Slavery Experience in America Biography and the African American Experience Seminar: African American Community Seminar: Black Goals and American Public Policy Latin American and Caribbean Cultures and Societies I Latin American and Caribbean Cultures and Societies II Minorities in US Schools Minorities in US Schools Ethnicity and Race Survey of African American Literature Language and Culture Gender, Race, and Class in English Studies Literature of the Hispanic Caribbean Literature of the Hispanic Caribbean Cultural Foundations of Latin American Literature Spanish American Theater Spanish American Short Story Spanish American Colonial Prose Black Women in US History |