SEC525 American Urban Education

This course will explore how race, ethnicity, culture, class, and gender affect access to, and quality in, education. It will examine the past and present educational experiences of people of various cultural backgrounds in an effort to understand the context of their current sociopolitical realities and how those realities affect the educational process. Strategies for teaching in a culturally diverse society and creating multicultural curriculum will be explored. Prerequisite(s): none 3-4 semester hours (consult department)