Graduate Certificate - Urban Education - Graduate Certificate
| Program | Urban Education - Graduate Certificate |
| Program Code | 6743 Graduate Certificate Program in Urban Education - Urban Education |
| Program Level | Graduate Certification |
| Award Type | Graduate Certificate Program |
| Start Term | US11 |
| College | College of Education Relevant Excerpt(s) from Academic Programs:
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| Department | Department of Educational Administration Relevant Excerpt(s) from Academic Programs:
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Students must consult their advisors to learn which specific requirements apply to their degree programs.
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Department of Educational Administration
Graduate Study
Urban Education - Graduate Certificate
The Graduate Certificate in Urban Education, which is administered by the Department of Educational Administration in the College of Education, is designed for students who aspire to understand and focus on issues involving urban education including the racial academic achievement gap; allocation of resources for urban schools; contexts of social, cultural, and economic differences; and the possibilities of transforming the ways in which urban school children learn to be active and engaged participants in their communities.
The certificate is available as an elective to students who are enrolled in master's or doctoral degree programs with approval from the urban education faculty. Students must meet the requirements of the certificate specified below, in addition to the requirements for the student’s primary degree program.
Requirements for the Graduate Certificate in Urban Education
| Students must complete the following (12 credits): | |||||||
| 1. | The following course (3 credits): | ||||||
| EAD | 901 | Urban Education: An Historical Overview | 3 | ||||
| 2. | Three of the following courses (9 credits): | ||||||
| CEP | 943 | Multicultural Issues in Special Education | 3 | ||||
| EAD | 822 | Engaging Diverse Students and Families | 3 | ||||
| EAD | 830 | Issues in Urban Education: Racial Achievement Gap | 3 | ||||
| EAD | 926 | School Finance and Operations | 3 | ||||
| EAD | 940 | Organizational Analysis of Education | 3 | ||||
| TE | 961 | Urban Politics, Education, and School Reform | 3 | ||||
| TE | 962 | Teachers and Teaching in Urban Contexts | 3 | ||||
| TE | 963 | Critical Race Theory in Education | 3 | ||||
| 3. | Students must complete a research paper on a topic in urban education which may focus on issues related to policy, curriculum, leadership or counseling as they pertain to understanding problems and strengths in urban schools. The research paper topic must be pre-approved by the urban education faculty and completed while enrolled in one of the courses listed above. | ||||||
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