Program Requirements
- Total Units Required: 18
- Grade Requirement: All courses for the Educational Studies minor must be taken for a letter grade. Per Arts & Sciences requirements, students must earn at least a C– for coursework to count toward the minor.
Required Courses
Discipline-Based Study (two courses required; 6 units):
Individual Processes of Education (one course required; 3 units):
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Units |
| AFAS 4250 | Construction and Experience of Black Adolescence | 3 |
| APL 4023 | Second-Language Acquisition and Technology | 3 |
| APL 4692 | Reading Across Languages and Cultures: Theory, Research and Practice | 3 |
| EDUC 4005 | Educational Psychology: A Focus On Teaching and Learning in School Settings | 3 |
| EDUC 4008 | Education and Psychology of Exceptional Children | 3 |
| EDUC 4330 | Complex Learning in Education | 3 |
| EDUC 4350 | Psychological Science for Educational Innovation | 3 |
Social Context of Education (one course required; 3 units):
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Units |
| APL 4111 | Linguistics and Language Learning | 3 |
| EDUC 3010 | The American School | 3 |
| EDUC 3030 | Gender and Education | 3 |
| EDUC 3050 | Education, Childhood, Adolescence, and Society | 3 |
| EDUC 3060 | Sociolinguistics, Literacies, Schools, and Communities | 3 |
| EDUC 4220 | Race, Ethnicity, and Culture: Critical Qualitative Understandings of Urban Education | 3 |
| EDUC 4230 | Video Microanalysis: Methods and Tools | 3 |
| EDUC 4240 | Education and Public Policy in the United States | 3 |
| EDUC 4250 | History of Higher Education in American Culture | 3 |
| EDUC 4260 | Neighborhoods, Schools, and Social Inequality | 3 |
| EDUC 4280 | History of Urban Schooling in the United States | 3 |
| EDUC 4290 | Education of Black Children and Youth | 3 |
Elective Courses
In addition to the four courses (12 credits) completed from the areas of Discipline-Based Study, Individual Processes of Education, and Social Context of Education, students must complete two elective courses (6 credits), which may be satisfied by the following:
- Any course listed in the tables above
- EDUC 2900 Internship in Education for a letter grade
- Students can consult with their advisor regarding additional courses offered outside of the Department of Education that address educational topics and issues.
Additional Information
- All students must complete a 1000-, 2000-, or 3000-level Education course before enrolling in a 4000-level course. Exceptions may be granted through permission of the 4000-level course instructor.
- All courses for minor credit in Educational Studies should be taken after the student has declared the minor as a student at Washington University. Exceptions, up to 6 transfer credits, may be granted on an individual basis.
Study Abroad
- Courses taken abroad for the Educational Studies minor must be equivalent to 3000-level or 4000-level courses at Washington University.
- Students may transfer up to 6 credits earned abroad with the approval of the Department of Education Study Abroad Advisor.
- Courses taken abroad do not necessarily serve as substitutes for specific Educational Studies courses. Rather, courses are reviewed holistically to determine if they address the Individual Processes of Education and/or Social Context of Education (two areas of study for the Educational Studies minor). Any study abroad course determined to address the Individual Processes of Education and/or Social Context of Education can also count for an elective.
- Study Abroad courses cannot count for a discipline-based requirement.
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