Undergraduate Minor in Education

Requirements

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The Education Minor consists of 3 components: a core required course, 3 units of fieldwork, and three electives.

1) EDUCATION 190: Current Issues in Education (4 units), the core course of the Minor, is required of all Education Minor students and is offered Fall, Spring and Summer semesters. It immerses students in current educational philosophies, methods and controversies. Enrollment during the Fall and Spring semesters is different than most other courses at Cal - see link below:

FALL AND SPRING SEMESTER ENROLLMENT IN EDUCATION 190

SUMMER SEMESTER ENROLLMENT: Enrolling in EDUC 190 during the summer semester occurs on telebears and does not require a class entry code. Being an Education Minor declared student has no bearing on your enrollment during the summer. Enrollment is open on a first come, first served basis.

2) FIELDWORK: Three (3) units of minor approved field work are required of all Education Minor students. Education 97/197, the field studies course, has a number of programs from which to choose. As there are some field programs under Education 97/197 that are not approved for the Minor, make sure to enroll in one of the Education Minor Approved Field Sections. Descriptions of all sections of EDUC 97/197 are listed online at the Field Studies website and in binders at the reception counter in the Student Academic Services Office, 1600 Tolman Hall. Please note:

• To obtain the course control number for the program/section in which you are interested, contact the site coordinator for that program.
  
• Education 97 is for freshmen/sophomores and Education 197 is for juniors/seniors.
  
• Students may enroll in 1, 2 or 3 units of fieldwork within one semester and may take units over multiple semesters. 
  
• Forty-five (45) hours of fieldwork per semester is equivalent to 1 academic unit.
  
• Students may take all 3 units in the same field studies program or may enroll in 2 or 3 separate programs.
  
• There are a few minor approved field studies programs outside of Education 97/197. Check each semester's course list (see below) for these programs.
  
• Summer Field work: There are two Minor approved field programs that are offered in the summer - Cal Corps/Public Service Center-Build Tutoring and the Pre-K Enrichment Program YWCA. If you want to enroll in these programs during the summer, please be aware that you will have to pay for the units. First contact the site coordinator of the program, then enroll in Section 1 of Educ 97/197 (that is the only section offered in the summer and it is used for all Education fieldwork programs). To enroll in Section 1, please visit the Field Studies website. Scroll down to B. Registration Procedures for Enrolling in ED 97/197 Sections 1 Independent Field Studies.
  
• Petitioning field work: There is a petition process for fieldwork that is not approved for the Minor. Students will need to review the Education Minor Fieldwork Student Petition Policies & Procedures and submit the appropriate form.
  

3) ELECTIVES: Three (3) elective courses chosen from the Education Minor Approved Course List are required of all Education Minor students. This list states all the courses that are currently approved for the Minor. However, not all the elective courses on this list are offered every semester. Therefore, the UME Advisor posts the approved courses that will be offered for each semester (see below):

• Ed Minor Courses Fall 2012 (PDF) Updated 4/2/12
• Ed Minor Courses Summer 2012 (PDF) Updated 4/26/12
• Ed Minor Courses Spring 2012 (PDF) Updated 12/19/11

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Please note the following elective course policies:

• Elective courses must be offered for at least 3 units.
  
• A maximum of two (2) graduate level courses in Education may be used to meet the elective requirement.
  
• Students who have completed or plan to complete an Education course as part of a UCB Education Abroad program, may be able to have it count toward the Education Minor elective requirement. The course must be in the Education Department of the university and equivalent to 3 semester credits. Notify the Minor Advisor if you would like to take advantage of this option.
  
• From time to time, a course may be offered on campus that has significant educational content but is not on the Minor approved course list. If you have found such a course and would like to have it considered for one of your electives for the Minor, please contact the Minor Advisor about petitioning the course. A syllabus will be required.

EDUCATION MINOR GENERAL POLICIES

• All minor requirements must be completed by your degree date. Courses completed after your degree date can not be used for the Education Minor. If you anticipate getting an Incomplete in a course required for the minor, you can remove yourself from the current degree list by the end of the semester and add yourself to the degree list when you expect all requirements to be complete.
  
• All course work must be taken at UC Berkeley.
  
• Three (3) of the five (5) courses taken for the Minor must be upper-division (courses numbered 100 and above). Please note that the three units of required field work are considered as one of the 5 courses.
  
• EDUC 190 and all elective courses for the Minor must be taken for a letter grade.
  
• Courses for the Minor must have a minimum overall grade-point average of 2.0.
  
• Education 98/198 and Education 199 may NOT be used to satisfy any requirement for the Minor.

• Only one (1) course may be used to satisfy course requirements for both the student's major and the Minor OR between two (2) Minor programs.
  

Questions about any of these requirements should be forwarded to the UME Minor Advisor:  1609 Tolman Hall, (510) 643-9303 or edminor@berkeley.edu.