EDU 3414 - Race, Ethnicity, and Social Class in American Education

1 Course Unit(s)
Examines American education within the broader scope of race, ethnicity, and social class. Success in American society is influenced by racial, ethnic, and/or social class status. Students will examine how such status differences manifest themselves within American public education—an institution purported to provide equal opportunity regardless of race, ethnicity, and/or social class. Other issues addressed are identity development of culturally diverse children, the impact of poverty on education, school funding, tracking, culturally relevant teaching, and how standard school practices influence students from historically underrepresented populations.

General Education Requirement(s): Upper-level Liberal Arts; Writing Intensive
Prerequisite(s): Completion of GE Approaches to Learning Social Science requirement and FYS 1104
Corequisite(s): None
Pre/Corequisite(s): None