The purpose of these minors are to enhance student understanding, cultural competency, and agency related to the complexity of schooling for multilingual learners in PreK-12 schools. To understand the full scope of the impact that a bilingual or multilingual classroom has on its citizenry, this program will include courses highlighting U.S. immigration, migration, transnationalism, culture, family school partnerships, education policy, and cultural and language learning considerations.
The Education for Cultural and Linguistic Diversity minor consists of a general track for both Education and non-Education majors who want to develop more culturally responsive skills in a variety of professional and community settings, including schools, communities, nonprofit organizations, businesses and environmentally-focused organizations. Students will select courses that will provide a range of topics from immigration policy in the U.S. to food and culture, and community work involving refugees.
Two different Education for Cultural and Linguistic Diversity minors are available. One is for Education majors pursuing endorsement in their licensure program to work with multilingual learners (ML). The other is for students, regardless of major, who want to develop skills in working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities but are not seeking endorsement in a licensure program. Both minors require the same three core courses (a total of 9 credits); the remaining requirements differ.
The Education for Cultural and Linguistic Diversity minor for endorsement consists of a sequence of courses specifically for Education majors who are pursuing an additional teaching endorsement in their licensure program to work with English language learner students in the PreK-12 grades. Courses mostly focus on education topics pertaining to EL program planning and instructional strategies, as well as linguistics-related topics and English language acquisition. A practicum course is also offered to provide pre-service teachers experience in an EL classroom.
Education for Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Minor: Non-Endorsement
| ECLD 1560 | Lang Policy Issues,Race&Sch | 3 |
| ECLD 2020 | Bilingual Education & Policy | 3 |
| ECLD 3050 | Fmly Schl & Cmty Collaboration | 3 |
| Select three courses from the following (one course must be at the 2000-level or above): | 9 | |
| Special Topics (when the topic is Multicultural Leadership) | ||
| Intro to Disordered Comm | ||
| Comm Diff & Dis in Media | ||
| Dev of Spoken Language | ||
| Teach Reading & Writing to ELs | ||
| Rlating/Rspnding To Cmnty Nds | ||
| ELL Practicum | ||
| Race and Racism in the U.S. | ||
| Race, Bullying &Discrim | ||
| Mtg Instrctl Needs All Stdnts | ||
| Global Resilience Fam-Schl-Com | ||
| Introduction to Linguistics | ||
| African American English | ||
| Second Language Acquisition | ||
| TESOL and Applied Linguistics | ||
| Working with Refugees | ||
| Total Credits | 18 | |
Education for Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Minor: Endorsement
| ECLD 1560 | Lang Policy Issues,Race&Sch | 3 |
| ECLD 2020 | Bilingual Education & Policy | 3 |
| ECLD 3050 | Fmly Schl & Cmty Collaboration | 3 |
| ECLD 3010 | Developing Curriculum for ELs | 3 |
| LING 1500 | Introduction to Linguistics | 3 |
| ECLD 2890 | Teach Reading & Writing to ELs | 3 |
| ECLD 3890 | ELL Practicum | 3 |
| Total Credits | 21 | |