Nov 03, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Education

Minimum number of credits to complete the minor: 20

Minimum cumulative GPA required to graduate: 2.0

School: School of Education and Social Policy

Department: Education

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Minor Requirements

Students can minor in Education by taking a structured sequence of at least five relevant courses.

Required Courses

Complete the following three required courses:

EDU 2110 - Foundations and Principles of Education Credits: 4
HDE 2130 - Diversity, Social Justice, & Ethics Credits: 4
HDE 3210 - Psychology of Learning and Assessment Credits: 4

Grouping One

Complete at least one course from the following:

EDU 2210 - Child Growth and Development Credits: 4
EDU 2310 - Introduction to Early Childhood Education Credits: 4
HDE 2230 - Applied Adolescent Development Credits: 4

Grouping Two

Complete at least one course from the following:

(Note: In the case of EDU 4320 Teaching Social Studies and EDU 4340 Children’s Literature , students must complete both courses in order to equal four credits.)

EDU 3310 - Teaching Reading and Language Arts Credits: 4
EDU 3340 - Teaching Mathematics & Technology Credits: 4
EDU 3360 - Teaching Science, Health & Physical Education Credits: 4
EDU 4320 - Teaching Social Studies Credits: 2
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EDU 4340 - Children’s Literature Credits: 2
EDU 4500 - Language Acquisition and Literacy Development Credits: 4
WGS 1010 - Gender, Diversity, and Society (formerly Introduction to Gender, Race, and Sexuality Studies) Credits: 4
HDE 1000 - Introduction to Human Development Credits: 4
CRM 2000 - Youth, Deviance, and Crime Credits: 4
HDE 4260 - Foundations of Counseling Across Professions Credits: 4
EDU 3480 - Curriculum and Content Specific Pedagogical Methods Credits: 4