Education Minor General

Declaring the Minor

To officially declare a general minor in education, students must submit a petition in MyUCSC and share their major Academic Planning Form with the department’s undergraduate advisor. Students pursuing a minor in education should meet with the Education Department’s peer advisor as early as possible.

To be eligible to declare the general minor in education, students must have:

completed or be enrolled in EDUC 60, Introduction to Education; and
be declared in a major.

Course Requirements

The general minor in education consists of six courses totaling 30 credits:

Lower-Division Courses

EDUC 60

Schooling, Democracy, and Justice

Upper-Division Courses

EDUC 180

Introduction to Teaching

EDUC 180 includes a 30-hour classroom observation practicum, plus additional travel time to school sites.

For EDUC 180, background checks (Live Scan Fingerprinting), evidence of a negative TB test or Risk Assessment Form, and Online Mandated Reporter training are required of all participants prior to the first day of instruction. The department will contact enrolled students with information about how to complete these items.

Four upper-division elective courses

Education courses other than EDUC 180 numbered EDUC 102-EDUC 187.

Declared minors have priority enrollment for upper-division education courses. Upper-division electives may be taken before EDUC 180.