Here is a list of courses that you might consider taking if you are interested in a career in education. Some of these courses may be out of date--please email me if you can help me update this information.

Students considering the MA/Internship Teacher Credential Program at CGU should consider taking Educ 170g and 300g, which are courses that would be taken as part of that program.

CollegeCourseDescriptionLast offered (Instructor)
PITMath 16Mathematics for TeachersSpring 2009 (Prof. Brown)
HMCEcon 179Political Economy of Higher Education (IE)Spring 2005 (Prof. Sullivan)
HMCIE 197Seminar in Math and Science EducationOffered every spring
HMCPsych 108Introduction to Social PsychologyOffered regularly by Prof. Mashek
HMCPhysics 184Teaching Internship(must arrange, CGU Educ 170g is prereq)
PITAnth 71Culture and Education
PITGFS 83Gender, Race, and Class Issues in CA Education
PITPsych 102Memory and Learning
PITPsych 105Child DevelopmentFall 2005 (Prof. Banerjee)
PITPsych 154Cognitive DevelopmentSpring 2005 (Prof. Pandey)
PITSoc 34Sociology of EducationSpring 2005 (Prof. Yep)
POMPsych 80Educational Psychology
POMPsych 108Child PsychologyFall 2005 (Prof. Smiley)
POMPsych 151Issues in the Educational Psychology of the Chicano
POMSoc 150Chicanos/Latinas and EducationFall 2005 (Prof. Ochoa)
POMSoc 164Diversity and Ethnicity in American Education
SCRPsych 110Child DevelopmentFall 2005 (Prof. Walker)
SCRPsych 111Adolescent DevelopemntSpring 2005 (Prof. Walker)
SCRPsych 120Cognitive DevelopmentFall 2005 (Prof. Wood)
CGUEduc 115gIntroduction to Early Childhood Education
CGUEduc 160gResearch and Practice in Early Childhood Education
CGUEduc 170gIntroduction to Public School TeachingOffered every fall
CGUEduc 300gTeaching/Learning Process IOffered every spring
CGUEduc 430Cognitive Development and EducationFall 2005 (Prof. Dreyer)
CGUEduc 438From Behaviorism to Postmodernism: Learning and Pedagogical TheoriesFall 2005 (Prof. Poplin)
CGUEduc 561Using Multicultural Literature to Foster Seeds of Resiliency in Underachieving StudentsFall 2005 (Prof. Thompson)
CGUEduc 564Closing the Achievement Gap: Research and Effective Strategies about African-American K-12 Public SchoolFall 2005 (Prof. Thompson)
CGUEduc 571New Minds, Media and Learners: On The Edge of TomorrowFall 2005 (Prof. Regan)
CGUEduc 582Achievement MotivationFall 2005 (Prof. Jimenez-Hernandez)

CGU education courses with numbers 400 or greater require instructor approval. (Please also contact Prof. Yong.) More information about these courses can be obtained by going to the webpage for CGU's School of Educational Studies and clicking on "Courses".


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