Graduate Certificate in Urban Education
			Description Admission Requirements Contact Info

Description

The newly approved Graduate Certificate in Urban Education Program begins Summer 2003.

The Graduate Certificate in Urban Education is designed to offer additional education and training to educational professionals who work in urban settings. The program is comprised of four graduate courses which address critical issues associated with life in urban schools and two graduate-level specialization electives tailored to personal areas of concentration.

Admission

Admission is open to those with a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution. Applicants must also have strong Biology backgrounds, including course work in ecology and genetics. An application to the graduate certificate program and official transcripts must be submitted. Applicants are encouraged to apply online.

Application Due Dates

U.S. Applicants

	Program(s)		Fall Priority		Fall		Spring		Summer
	Graduate Certificate in Urban Education  Feb 1  Jul 15  Dec 1  Apr 15

International Applicants

	Program(s)		Fall Priority		Fall		Spring		Summer
	Graduate Certificate in Urban Education  Feb 1    Jul 1

Requirements

Required Courses—18 Credit Hours Minimum

Core Courses—12 semester hours

• EDF 6XXX ST: Critical Issues in Urban Education (3 semester hours)
• EDF 6XXX ST: Seminar in Improving Teaching and Learning in Urban Settings (1 semester hour)
• EDF 6884 Education as a Cultural Process (3 semester hours)

One of the following electives

• EDF 6206 Challenges of Classroom Diversity (3 semester hours)
• EDF 6886 Multicultural Education (3 semester hours)
• EEX XXXX ST: Challenges of Poverty in Special Education (3 semester hours)
• TSL 5143 ESOL Strategies (3 semester hours)
• SSE 5937B ST: Democracy in Education (3 semester hours)

Urban Life in the United States—6 semester hours

Students must select one course from Group A and one course from Group B

Group A: Urban Issues.

• CCJ 5015 The Nature of Crime (3 semester hours)
• PUP 6007 Public Policy Analysis (3 semester hours)
• SYD 6795 Class, Race, and Gender in American Society (3 semester hours)
• SYO 6175 Social Research in the Family (3 semester hours)
• SYO 6515 Issues in Social Disorganization (3 semester hours)

Group B: Cultural Issues

• SPN 5502 Hispanic Culture of the United States (3 semester hours)
• AFA 5930 Topics in African American Studies (3 semester hours)
• EDF 5XXX ST: Language and Culture and Pedagogy (3 semester hours)
• ANT 5479 Comparative Cultural Analysis (3 semester hours)

Contact Info

Martha Scott Lue, Ph.D. , Professor
Phone Number: 407-823-2036
mlue@mail.ucf.edu