Nov 28, 2024  
Catalogue 2020-2021 
    
Catalogue 2020-2021 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]


Education Major



Required Units


Total number of units required for major, excluding any required Intensive(s): 8

Required Intensive units, if any: 1.5

Total units required: 9.5

Total Number of Specific Courses Required


*All Education students must complete a capstone thesis or project during their senior year.

Distributional Content Area Units Required


One course designed to develop students’ skills in conducting research:


Electives


Two additional electives. These can be additional courses from one of the three clusters listed above, or:

  • Course from another department upon approval*
  • Transferred from another institution upon approval*
  • May include up to one unit of graded EDUC Intensives
  • May include up to one unit of graded EDUC 0.5 unit courses
  • May include up to one unit of graded 100-level courses

* Complete “Request for Outside Department/Institution Credit” form for approval

Other


After declaration of the major, all courses taken toward the major must be graded (the only exception to this is when credits earned through a Vassar JYA program, such as that in Ireland, are ungraded).

Two 300-level EDUC courses must be completed before, or taken concurrently with, EDUC 302 -303  and EDUC 384 .

A maximum of two units transferred from another institution, including JYA programs, can count toward the major.