14 courses with the subject EDUC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
EDUC 10001 Will This Be on the Test? Standardized Testing and American Education6
How and why have standardized tests become so central to our educational system? This seminar will explore the following topics, among others–the invention of standardized tests and the growth of the testing industry; psychometrics (the science of mental measurement); and the controversies surrounding the use of standardized tests, including charges that they are culturally biased and do not positively contribute to student learning. Our analyses will be informed by a close examination of authentic testing materials, ranging from intelligence tests to the SAT. Offered: Fall 2025 Liberal Arts Requirements: AI/WR1, Argument & Inquiry/WR1 only allowed to register for one A&I course at a time. If a student wishes to change the A&I course they are enrolled in they must DROP the enrolled course and then ADD the new course. Please see our Workday guides Drop or 'Late' Drop a Course and Register or Waitlist for a Course Directly from the Course Listing for more information. Tags: CL: 100 level EDUC 3 Public Policy Educational Reform Faculty: Jeff Snyder
Student is a member of the First Year First Term class level cohort. Students are
EDUC 110Introduction to Educational Studies
This course will focus on education as a multidisciplinary field of study. We will explore the meanings of education within individual lives and institutional contexts, learn to critically examine the assumptions that writers, psychologists, sociologists and philosophers bring to the study of education, and read texts
This course is an introduction to urban education in the United States. Course readings and discussion will focus on various perspectives in the field in order to understand the key issues and debates confronting urban schools. We will examine historical, political, economic, and socio-cultural frameworks for understanding urban schools, students and teachers. Through course readings, field visits and class discussions, we explore the following: (1) student, teacher and researcher perspectives on urban education, (2) the broader sociopolitical urban context of K-12 schooling in cities, (3) teaching and learning in urban settings and (4) ideas about re-imagining urban education. Offered: Spring 2026 Liberal Arts Requirements: IDS, Intercultural Domestic Studies SI, Social Inquiry Tags: ACE Applied AFST Social Inquiry CL: 200 level PPOL Education Policy EDUC 3 Public Policy Educational Reform Faculty: Anita Chikkatur
Human development and learning theories are studied in relation to the teaching-learning process and the sociocultural contexts of schools. Three hours outside of class per week are devoted to observing learning activities in public school elementary and secondary classrooms and working with students. Offered: Spring 2026 Liberal Arts Requirements: SI, Social Inquiry Tags: CGSC Elective CL: 200 level EDUC Core PSYC Pertinent Faculty: Ziye Wen
EDUC 242The Future is Now: Education and Technology in the 21st Century6
This course will examine the increasingly prominent role that technology is playing in education, inside and outside of schools. How is technology transforming teaching and learning? What are the potential costs and benefits of relying on technology to provide educational opportunities? Is technology re-wiring our brains? And who needs brains when we have Google and ChatGPT? This course will examine the following topics, among others: digital literacy, virtual reality, cyborgs and artificial intelligence. Offered: Winter 2026 Liberal Arts Requirements: SI, Social Inquiry Tags: CL: 200 level DGAH Critical Ethical Reflection EDUC 1 Learning Cognition Development EDUC 3 Public Policy Educational Reform Faculty: Jeff Snyder
EDUC 262Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning in Diverse Classrooms6
This course focuses on the importance of integrating students’ cultural backgrounds in all aspects of learning. We will study various theoretical perspectives on culturally relevant, responsive, and sustaining pedagogy and will explore several school sites that incorporate that perspective into their approach to teaching and learning. Students will design and teach culturally sustaining curriculum from their own disciplinary background in K-16 setting. Not offered in 2025-26 Liberal Arts Requirements: IDS, Intercultural Domestic Studies SI, Social Inquiry a grade of C- or better. Tags: ACE Applied CL: 200 level EDUC 1 Learning Cognition Development EDUC 2 Social Cultural Context
Student has completed any of the following course(s): EDUC 100 or EDUC 110 with
EDUC 275Inclusion or Refusal?: Educational Justice Models
This era of local, state, and national pushback against policies and practices of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” provides us with an opportune moment to examine the possibilities and limitations of this framing as a pathway for educational justice. Drawing on critiques of liberal frameworks of educational equity by Indigenous scholars and scholars of color, this course will ask what educational justice might look like beyond representation and belonging, especially in higher educational institutions. Recommended Preparation: One 100-level Educational Studies course. Offered: Fall 2025 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: HI, Humanistic Inquiry IDS, Intercultural Domestic Studies Tags: CL: 200 level EDUC 2 Social Cultural Context Faculty: Anita Chikkatur
This course focuses on the respect for human diversity, especially as these relate to various racial, cultural and economic groups, and to women. It includes lectures and discussions intended to aid students in relating to a wide variety of persons, cultures, and life styles. Offered: Spring 2026 Liberal Arts Requirements: IDS, Intercultural Domestic Studies SI, Social Inquiry Educational Studies (EDUC) course with grade of C- or better. Tags: ACE Applied ACE Theoretical AFST Social Inquiry AMST Space and Place CL: 300 level EDUC Core AMST Race Ethnicity Indigeneity Faculty: Anita Chikkatur
This course examines past and present school controversies, including school prayer, banned books, and student protests. Who controls the curriculum? How do we teach contentious issues such as evolution, racism, and climate change? To what extent do teachers and students enjoy the right to free expression? These are the kinds of questions “Culture Wars in the Classroom” will explore, as we consider the purpose of public education in a diverse, multicultural nation. Offered: Winter 2026 Credits: 6
This is a capstone seminar for educational studies minors. It focuses on a contemporary issue in American education with a different topic each year. Recent seminars have focused on the school to prison pipeline, youth activism, intellectual freedom in schools, and gender and sexuality in education. Senior seminars often incorporate off campus work with public school students and teachers. Offered: Spring 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: No Exploration Tags: ACE Applied CL: 300 level EDUC Senior Seminar Faculty: Jeff Snyder
