Educational Studies Major Concentration Courses
In addition to 20 credits of SES Core Courses, Educational Studies majors must select a concentration and complete 25 credits of Educational Studies (B EDUC) concentration area electives and 25 credits of Other Department concentration area electives.
Curriculum, Instruction & Equity Concentration Electives
Educational Studies Electives (25 credits)
- B EDUC 170 Math for Elementary Educators
- B EDUC 230 Culture, Knowledge, and Education
- B EDUC 340 STEAM
- B EDUC 391 Special Topics in Education
- B EDUC 402 Human Growth and Learning
- B EDUC 403 Intro to Special Education
- B EDUC 423 KTA Health Fitness and Issues of Abuse
- B EDUC 441 Second Language Acquisition, Bilingual Education and the Structure of English
- B EDUC 456 Adolescents in School and Society
- B EDUC 470 Disability Culture
- B EDUC 480 Life and Learning in the Middle School
- B EDUC 481 Adolescent Development
- B EDUC 491 Special Topics in Education
*Enrollment in teaching methods classes requires academic advisor approval.
Other Department Electives (25 credits)
- B BIO 310 Brain and Behavior
- B HLTH 200 Lifespan Development
- B HLTH 428 Adolescent Health
- B HLTH 435 Foundations & Principles of Health Education & Communication
- B HLTH 437 Program Planning & Strategies for Health Promotion
- B HLTH 438 Program Evaluation for Health Education & Promotion
- B HLTH 439 Health Policy & Advocacy
- BIS 115 Digital Cultures
- BIS 215 Understanding Statistics
- BIS 219 Politics of Sex Education
- BIS 220 Developmental Psychology
- BIS 221 Gender & Sexuality
- BIS 222 Introduction to Human Sexuality
- BIS 225 Social Psychology
- BIS 235 Critical Media Literacy
- BIS 237 Public Speaking and Communication
- BIS 238 Language, Identity, Culture, and Power
- BIS 244 Wetlands Discovery
- BIS 302 Issues in Mathematics across Cultures
- BIS 312 Approaches to Social Research
- BIS 317 Language, Society, and Cultural Knowledge
- BIS 329 Topics in Mathematics across the Curriculum
- BIS 364 Realities & Representations of Adolescent Development
- BIS 405 Environmental Education
- BIS 407 Children's Literature and Reader Response Criticism
- BIS 410 Topics in Quantitative Inquiry
- BIS 450 Decolonizing Psychology
- BISIA 484 Arts Learning in the Community
- BISPSY 337 Risk & Resilience (also BIS 337)
- BISPSY 348 Cultural Psychology (also BIS 348)
- BISSTA 333 The Individual and Society
- BIS 205 Women in STEM Seminar: College Life
- CSS 211 Computers and Society
- CSS 295 K-12 Computing Education
- CSS 305 Survey of Computer Systems for Teachers
Educational Leadership, Policy & Social Justice Concentration Electives
Educational Studies Electives (25 credits)
- B EDUC 220 Education and Society
- B EDUC 230 Culture, Knowledge, and Education
- B EDUC 250 Topics in Education and Popular Culture (may be taken twice if different topics)
- B EDUC 255 Critical Diversity Studies
- B EDUC 315 History of Education in the United States
- B EDUC 328 Diversity Leadership Engagement
- B EDUC 330 Race, Culture, and Identity in the Classroom
- B EDUC 391 Special Topics in Education
- B EDUC 460 Moral Dimensions of Education
- B EDUC 470 Disability Culture
- B EDUC 491 Special Topics in Education
Other Department Electives (25 credits)
- B BUS 300 Organizational Behavior, Ethics, & Inclusivity
- B BUS 401 Work, Motivation & Performance
- B BUS 402 Managing Work Teams
- B HLTH 196 Preparing to Work in Partnerships with Communities
- B HLTH 439 Health Policy & Advocacy
- BIS 115 Digital Cultures
- BIS 215 Understanding Statistics
- BIS 219 Politics of Sex Education
- BIS 224 Feminist Studies
- BIS 226 Foundations of Social Services
- BIS 227 Rad Women in the Global South
- BIS 235 Critical Media Literacy
- BIS 238 Language, Identity, Culture, and Power
- BIS 256 Introduction to African American Studies
- BIS 257 Introduction to Asian American Studies
- BIS 258 Introduction to United States Latina/Latino Studies
- BIS 265 Introduction to Comparative Ethnic Studies
- BIS 310 Women, Culture, & Development
- BIS 312 Approaches to Social Research
- BIS 326 Race, Space, and Segregation
- BIS 335 Human Rights in America
- BIS 353 Human Rights in Theory & Practice
- BIS 368 Women's Lives in Context
- BIS 403 Washington D.C. Seminar on Human Rights
- BIS 405 Environmental Education
- BIS 410 Topics in Quantitative Inquiry
- BIS 414 Topics in Human Rights
- BIS 415 Public Policy & Law
- BIS 418 Global Scholars: Global Citizenship in Context (must be in Global Scholars program)
- BIS 433 Gender, Work, & Family
- BIS 443 Educational Policy & the American Economy
- BIS 445 Meanings & Reality of Inequality
- BIS 448 Social Policy
- BIS 450 Decolonizing Psychology
- BIS 466 Human Rights & Resistance
- BIS 483 Community Organizing
- BISAES 305 Power, Dissent, & American Culture
- BIS 364 Public Memory & Dissent in American Culture
- BISAES 367 Exploring American Culture: Race, Ethnicity, Immigration
- BISGWS 302 Histories & Movements of Gender & Sexuality
- BISLEP 302 Policy Analysis
- BISPSY 337 Risk & Resilience (also BIS 337)
- BISPSY 343 Community Psychology (also BISCP 343)
- BISPSY 348 Cultural Psychology (also BIS 348)
- BISSTA 304 Institutions & Social Change
- BISSTA 331 The Family in US Society
- BISSEB 333 The Individual & Society
- BISSEB 359 Ethics & Society