2023-2024 Catalog

EDUC 2003 Introduction to Education

A survey course designed to help students evaluate the teaching profession as a career choice. Topics include motives for teaching, the job market, global forces affecting education, history and philosophy of education, ethics, and legal issues, curriculum, social and political forces, governance and finance, teacher effectiveness, and current trends in education. Heavy emphasis is placed on the research base underlying teaching. A grade of C or higher is required of the student in this course for admission to the Professional Education Program.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

None

Corequisite

None

Offered

Fall