Adolescents, Community & Education
Minor
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The Adolescents, Community & Education Minor is designed to introduce students to the benefits and challenges of working with children and adolescents in school and community settings. Coursework covers how adolescents learn, develop, and negotiate their unique and changing roles in a multicultural society, educational issues affecting adolescents today, and community internships in school and non-school settings.
Gain a broader global perspective on schooling adolescents.
Learn about current educational issues in the US.
Work directly with adolescents during internships.
This minor can help prepare you for further studies and careers in:
- Educational psychology
- Educational policy
- Behavioral studies
The minor consists of 18 total units spread across three categories:
- EDP 301: Educational Psychology and Child and Adolescent Development
- EDP/FSHD 403: Preadolescence and Adolescent Development
- EDP 410: Decision Making Across the Life Span
- TLS 306: Youth in Diverse Communities
- TLS 352: Developing Adolescent Personal and Social Responsibility
- TLS 385: Learning about Adolescence through Literature
- TLS 386: Global Citizenship: Reading the World and the Word
- TLS 412: Promoting Diversity in Multicultural Contexts
- EDL 200: A Global Perspective on Schooling
- EDP 405: Public Education in America in the U.S.: Policy and Practice
- SERP 412: Violence in Schools and Communities
- TLS 195: Introduction to the Profession of Teaching
- TLS 204: Language, Culture, and Race in Education
- TLS 304: Language, Culture, Race, and Identity in Education
- TLS 318: Teaching and Learning with New Technologies
- TLS 333: Digital Multimodal Composing in Educational Contexts
- TLS 350: Schooling in America
- TLS 356: Sports, Adolescents and Schools
- TLS 467: Poetry, Politics and Pedagogy
- HED 350: Student Outreach
- HED 397C: Native SOAR
- TLS 200: Sustainability and Education
- TLS 239: Literacy Tutoring
- TLS 307: Youth Activism in Social Movements
- TLS 418: Participatory Action Research
- TLS 393/493: Internship
- TLS 497F: Community and School Garden Workshop
Double Use of Minor Course Work:
TLS 200, HED 350 and EDL200 can double-dip as Tier II INDV.
How to Declare a Adolescents, Community & Education Minor
Please complete the Information Session to declare this minor. If you need additional support after reviewing the Info Session, please contact Academic Advising.