The minor in urban education is open to doctoral students both within the School of Education and from other disciplines. The Urban Education Studies Ph.D. minor is currently under review for formal approval.
To receive a minor, you must take 12 credit hours of course work and take a qualifying examination, supervised by your minor advisor.
Minor courses may not be double counted with the minimum courses typically required by all departments in the School of Education.
Required courses
- EDUC-T 620—Issues in Urban Education (3)
- EDUC-T 750—Doctoral Seminar in Urban Education [variable topics] (3)
- EDUC-T 531—Organizational Change in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Schools (3)
Suggested electives (choose one)*
- EDUC-J 655—Seminar in Multicultural and Global Education (3)
- EDUC-Y 650—Community-Based, Participatory Research (3)
- EDUC-T 630—Topics Seminar in Urban Education (3)
- EDUC-T 750—Doctoral Seminar in Urban Education [variable topics] (3)
You can choose to take another course not listed here if it is approved by your minor advisor.
* If you are majoring in the departments offering these courses, you may not elect to apply them to the minor. The minor elective must be a course in a different department from your major.