Catalog Navigator : Minor in Foundations of Urban Education (301)

Foundations of Urban Education is an interdisciplinary program open to all undergraduate students at Rutgers University-Newark. Knowledge of urban education is essential to understanding local history, activism, and collaboration across sectors of urban life. Students who declare the minor will engage in critical discussions and research to explore education and community-partnerships from a justice-oriented, asset-based lens.

Upon the completion of the Foundations of Urban Education minor, students will be able to:

Apply cultural, historical, sociological, and philosophical knowledge and perspectives to education in the context of their career path
Critically analyze and evaluate the significance of education for families and communities in urban environments
Demonstrate professional and ethical practices that increase appreciation for a variety of cultural, ethnic, racial, disabled, socioeconomic, and linguistic backgrounds
Understand the historical, cultural, sociological, and philosophical perspectives and dynamics between education, schooling, and society

Minor Requirements (18 credits)

Required Courses (6 credits)

There are two required courses for the minor:

Social Foundations of Urban Education (3 credits, 21:300:292)*
Child and Adolescent Psychology and the Urban Experience (3 credits, 21:300:295)*

*Course satisfies a general education requirement

Elective Courses (12 credits)

In consultation with the minor advisor, students must select from the following list of electives to complete the remaining credits for the minor. Students need 18 total credits to graduate with the minor:

History

History of Newark (3 credits, 21:512:203)
Urban History in the U.S.: Imagining the City (3 credits, 21:512:361)

Sociology

Urban Sociology (3 credits, 21:920:321)
Inequality (3 credits, 21:920:324)
Sociology of Education (3 credits, 21:920:345)

Urban Education

History of African American Education (3 credits, 21:300:180/21:014:180)
Radical Teaching: Voices of Youth Truth (3 credits, 21:300:190)
Education in the Global World (3 credits, 21:300:250)
Educational Planning for Dually Exceptional Students (3 credits, 21:300:298)
Health Disparities: Impact on Urban Communities (3 credits, 21:300:301)
Striving for Equity in Education: Policies, Programs, and Practices (3 credits, 21:300:320)
Collaborative Leadership and Social Innovation (3 credits, 21:300:334)
Publicly Engaged Research and Pedagogy (3 credits, 21:300:335)
Education and Social Change Among the Black Diaspora (3 credits, 21:300:358/21:014:364)
Bilingual/Bicultural Education (3 credits, 21:300:490)
Language and Culture (3 credits, 21:300:491)
Introduction to ESL (3 credits, 21:300:495)

We currently offer transfer options for the required courses in the minor from several institutions. See the full Transfer Credits List for more details.