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Community Education and Collaboration

Explore differences in learning across various contexts and experiences.

Available as

Certificate or Minor

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Description

Explore and apply skills important for working with and for a wide range of communities.

The minor and certificate offer multiple opportunities to enhance work in fields involving education policy and spaces, including law, public health, psychology, computer science, and nursing, as well as children, youth, and elder care.

Degree Types

Program Details

Degree Types

Certificate

Minor

Degree Level undergraduate

Available asCertificate or Minor

College College of Health and Human Sciences

Department

Teacher Education

Campus

Eau Claire

Offered

On Campus

Requires a minor No

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Hallmarks

Experienced, Supportive Faculty

Our education instructors have taught at the PK-12 level and bring those real-life experiences to their courses. Faculty have an open-door policy and encourage our future educators to meet with us as they arrive on campus. We also offer comprehensive advising, ensuring that you meet your four-year graduation plan.

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Smaller Classes, Greater Impact

With an average lab size of 22 students and an average lecture size of 33 students, Blugolds benefit from meaningful group discussion and one-on-one support from faculty.

Here You Can

9/10 Blugolds participate in research, internship, immersion, study abroad, or service-learning opportunities.

100% Of Classes Taught By A Professor

You won't find Teaching Assistants (TAs) at UWEC. All our classes are taught by top-notch faculty members.

Courses information

SampleCourses

Coursework from a variety of disciplines — from anthropology and education to psychology and communication studies — will prepare you to work with wide range of populations.

Here are a few courses in Community Education and Collaboration at UW-Eau Claire.

ES 385

Social Foundations: Human Relations

Students will examine cultural contributions of racial, ethnic, cultural, gender, and economic groups. They will also examine forces of discrimination and racism on individuals, society, and education and analyze practices that promote dignity, social justice, and equality.

ES 283

Supporting Multilingual Learners

This course is designed to support educators in universally designing classroom instruction to meet the needs of multilingual learners. Participants will learn about strategies to increase engagement for all learners, designing assessments for learning, and selecting and evaluating diverse literature for young people. In addition to classroom instructional practices, the course explores resources for connecting families, communities, and schools.

ES 404

Education and Popular Culture

This course exposes students to the various and often problematic ways that education is represented in popular culture, using feminist, critical race, and cultural studies perspectives to analyze representations of education and youth in popular culture.

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