Urban Learning Classroom

Urban Learning - About the Program

If you want to give back to the community, make positive changes in education, work in schools and community organizations and are interested in social justice, this major is for you!

Overview of the Program

Although the program is housed in the Department of Special Education it is an interdisciplinary undergraduate degree for students seeks to teach in all fields Birth to age 22.

Course Work

 

Academic Roadmap Bachelor of Arts Degree: Urban Learning (120 units)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year 1
 
Fall
 
Units
 
Spring
 
Units
GE A.1 Oral Communication
3
GE A.2 Written Communication
- must earn B- or better to meet basic skills requirement
3
GE A.3 Critical Thinking
- must earn B- or better to meet basic skills requirement
3 GE B.4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning
- must earn B- or better to meet basic skills requirement
- fulfills subject matter requirement
3
GE C.1 Intro to Art MUS 100 or THTR 100
- fulfills subject matter requirement
3 GE C.2 Intro to Humanities 3
GE D.1 Intro to Social Sciences 3 GE D.2 American History 3
Major Course Requirement EDEL/SPED 110 Intro to Teaching 3 Major Course Requirement AFAM 103 Critical Race Theory 3
Total Units 15 Total Units 15

 

 

 

 

Year 2
GE B.1 & B.3 Physical Science & Lab 3-4 GE B.2/B.3 Life Science & Lab 3-4
GE C.1 / 2  Arts & Humanities 3 Major Course Requirement CAS 201 Child, Family, and Community 3
GE F Ethnic Studies 3 Major Course Requirement and GE E Lifelong Learning and Self Development READ 295 Critical Literacies for Advocacy and Community Engagement 3
Graduation Requirement American Government 3 Major Course Requirement SOCI 201 Media and Social Interaction or CHIC/AFAM/ASAM/ENGL 250 Introduction to Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the U.S. or AFAM 280 Introduction to African American History or AFAM/ASAM/CHIC/HIST 190 Survey of American History with Emphasis on Ethnic  Minorities 3
Major Course Requirement WGST 105 Introduction to Queer Studies 3 Outside Elective 3
Total Units 15-16 Total Units 15-16

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year 3
GE C.3++ Explorations in Arts/ Humanities 3 GE B.5++ Math/ Science 3
Major Course Requirement MATH 303A Fundamental Concepts of Elem Math* or MATH 403A Fundamental Concepts of Middle School Math 3 Major Course Requirment IDT 315 Emerging Technologies for Learning 3
Major Course Requirement
MSCP EDEL 315 Introduction to Elementary Teaching, must earn a C- or better
SPED
: SPED 425 Language and Culture for Special Populations: Foundations of Culture and Language & IEP, must earn a C- or better
3 Major Course Requirement/Cred Program Prereq
MSCP CAS 101 Intro to Child Development or CAS 312 Human Growth and Development or CAS 315 Child Development or CAS 325 A Conception Through Age 8 or 325 B Age 9 Through Adolescence or PSYC 361  Developmental Psychology
SPED SPED 322 Introduction to Positive Behavior Supports
3
Major Course Requirement (Minor Elective) READ 340 Promoting Early Language and Literacy Development in Diverse Children and Literacy Education 3 Major Course Requirement CEDU 301 Structural and Institutional Bias in Schools 3
Outside Elective 3 Major Course Requirement READ 360 Literacy Education for Social Change 3
Total Units 15 Total Units 15

 

 

 

 

Year 4
Major Course Requirement READ 326 Undocumented Youth in Education 3 Major Course Requirement CEDU 401 Living, Learning, and Translanguaging across Identities in Schools 3
Major Course Requirement and GE D.3++ Social Sciences & Overlay Z & MSCP Prereq EDEL 325 Cultural Pluralism in Elementary Schools 3 Major Course Requirement CEDU 402 Urban School Policy and Practice 3
Major Course Requirement CEDU 302 Curriculum as a Lever for (In)justice in Urban Education 3 Major Course Requirement CEDU 403 Just, Equitable, and Inclusive Classrooms 3
Major Course Requirement & SPED Prereq SPED 371 Exceptional Individual 3 Outside Elective 3
Outside Elective 3 Outside Elective 3
Total Units 15 Total Units 15

Upon Degree Completion

 

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