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Program Courses
The program of study is a 9-credit hour - three course sequence.
- Summer- ECE 7651: Social Foundations and Perspectives in Urban Education (3 Credit Hours)
- Prerequisite: Candidates must be admitted to a KSU BCOE graduate program, certificate, or endorsement
program to take this course
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- This course will provide a comprehensive overview of urban education’s historical and contemporary aspects. Students will explore current theories, trends, and research-based pedagogical practices, including how school structures, policies, and practices influence teaching and learning at a high level of academic excellence in contemporary urban schools and classrooms.
- Fall - ECE 7652: Partnering with Urban Families & Communities (3 Credit Hours)
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- This course will provide an overview of the intersecting systems that influence the
teaching and learning in urban education. Students will explore theories that describe
how children and families exist as parts of larger systems and environments, and critically
examine their pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning in these systems and
environments. Candidates will be expected to take a student/family/community centered
approach to instruction that is asset based and leverages the intersection identities
present in urban classrooms. This course contains field requirements for completion.
- Spring ECE 7653: Advocating for Equity in Teaching and Learning (3 credit hours)
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- Learners in this course will use a critical lens to examine the challenges and opportunities
that students, teachers, families, and leaders in urban contexts face related to opportunity
gaps, classroom management, assessment, special education, gifted education, and retention.
Learners will complete field-based assignments and will think analytically about and
develop a research-based advocacy plan to advocate for change regarding a critical
issue in urban schools.
*NOTE: All Urban Education candidates must have access/permission to teach a group of K-12
students in the candidate's certification field during the fall and spring semesters
for ECE 7651 and ECE 7652. This is typically provided through a candidate's full-time
job. Other arrangements are permitted, but not provided. This placement is the responsibility
of the candidate.
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