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Program Description
Explore a career in education. Open to all undergraduate NYU students (except Teacher Education majors), this minor introduces you to the study of education and human development, from early childhood through adolescence. You'll be prepared for further study toward a career as a classroom teacher or in related fields such as psychology, advocacy, or social work.
The minor in Teacher Education introduces students to the profession of education and provides an opportunity for undergraduates to explore becoming a teacher in early childhood, elementary, middle, or high schools. This minor is open to all NYU students.
Admissions
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Program Requirements
Course List
Course |
Title |
Credits |
TCHL-UE 1 | Inquiries Into Teaching & Learning I | 4 |
or HSED-UE 1005 | Introduction to US Education |
APSY-UE 20 | Human Development I | 2 |
| 2 |
| Human Development II: Application for Early Childhood Educators | |
| Human Development II: Application for Childhood Educators | |
| Human Development II: Early Adolescents and Adolescents | |
| 6-8 |
| |
| Educ as Soc Institution | |
| |
| Lit as Exploration I | |
| The Reading of Poetry | |
| Lang Acquis and Literacy Educ/Multi & Multi Cntxt | |
| |
| The Second Language Classroom: Elementary and Secondary Schools | |
| Teaching World Language: Theory and Practice | |
| |
| Methods of Teaching Middle School Mathematics (requires school observations) | |
| Teaching of Algebra and Rational Numbers, Grades 5-12 1 | |
| Mathematical Proof and Proving | |
| Teaching Mathematical Proof and Proving 2 | |
| |
SCIED-UE 210 | | |
| Science in our Lives: Water and Sustainability | |
| Science in Our Lives: Environmental Issues | |
| Science in Our Lives: Human Health & Disease | |
SCIED-UE 214 | | |
| Science in Our Lives: Biodiversity and the Earth | |
| Science in Our Lives: The Unexceptional Brain & Other Explorations | |
| Science in Our Lives: The small, the powerful…The Microbe! | |
| Science in Our Lives: Facts and Lies in the Name of Science | |
| |
| Key Debates in Global History | |
| Trnds/Prob Sec Soc St Ed | |
| Key Debates in U.S. History | |
| |
| Foundations of Spec Educ | |
| Principles & Strategies for Teaching Students with Low Incidence Disabilities 3 | |
Total Credits | 14-16 |
**Additional courses may be available upon approval from the department.
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