The education minor is designed for undergraduate students interested in investigating learning and teaching in a broad range of human contexts. This minor takes a multidisciplinary approach to the study of educative practices and is premised on several key assumptions: learning and teaching are fundamental human and cultural processes; education is intimately bound up with social, cultural, economic, and political systems; and reflection and inquiry are powerful tools for exploring teaching and learning in all human contexts. Through a minor in education, students will examine each of these assumptions by investigating educative practices in and outside of formal settings. The education minor is designed for students interested in educational practice, policy, and research, but it is not a pathway to teacher certification. Instead, the aim is to provide students with an interdisciplinary study of the multiple settings in which education takes place, and how educative practices are part of daily life.
Education minors will take a minimum of 18 credits. All minors will take 05:300:200 Introduction to Education. In addition, they will take five other courses, one of which may be taken outside the Graduate School of Education, from an approved list of courses. At least 12 credits in the minor must be completed at the 300 level or above. Students must achieve a minimum grade of C for all courses in the minor.
Required Course:
05:300:200 Introduction to Education (3)
GSE Courses:
05:300:304 Arts and the Young Child (3)
05:300:305 Creativity and Imagination in Educational Settings (3)
05:300:306 Educational Psychology: Principles of Classroom Learning (3)
05:300:315 Interactive Training for Workplace and Community Settings (3)
05:300:317 The Teacher in Film: Analyzing What Hollywood Has been Telling Us about Teaching (3)
05:300:318 The Teacher as Performer: The Presentation of Self (3)
05:300:319 Community-Based Learning in Urban Environments (3)
05:300:335 Informal Science Education (3)
05:300:350 Education and Computers (3)
05:300:364 History of American Education (3)
05:300:365 Contemporary Issues in Education (3)
05:300:371 Foundations of the Resident Assistant Experience I (1.5)
05:300:372 Foundations of the Resident Assistant Experience II (1.5)
05:300:383 Introduction to Special Education (3)
05:300:401 Individual and Cultural Diversity in the Classroom (3)
05:300:402 Special Topics in Education (up to 6 credits)
05:300:403 Independent Study in Education (up to 6 credits)
05:300:409 Children's Literature in the Early Childhood and Elementary School (3)
05:300:463 Comparative Education (3)
05:300:464 Race and Ethnicity in American Schools (3)
05:300:465 Sexuality, Gender, and the Politics of U.S. Public Schooling (3)
Courses outside the GSE:
Courses from other units at Rutgers University that could be counted toward the minor include:
01:014:255 History of Black Education in the United States
01:050:341 The Child in America
01:070:306 Anthropology of Education
01:070:363 or 01:014:363 or 01:988:363 Race, Class, Gender, and Schooling
01:202:322 Juvenile Justice
01:830:331 Infant and Child Development
01:920:218 Sociology of Education
01:920:323 Sociology of Childhood and Adolescence
01:920:345 Education and Society
04:192:344 Language and Communication
04:189:101 Introduction to Communication and Information Processes
07:965:471-472 Creative Dramatics for Children
09:910:352 Groups at Risk
10:762:331 U.S. Social Policy
10:762:421 Community Development
11:300:334 Partnerships for Youth Development
11:300:412 Special Problems in Teacher Education
21:830:323 Developmental Psychology
37:533:312 Training and Development
37:575:362 The Work-Education Connection
50:830:226 Psychology of Childhood
Information on other courses that are available can be found on the Degree Navigator.
