EDUC 225 - Diversity Experience

(1 credit)

This course is a field based course in which students design and carry out an experience in the field under the guidance from the education department. Students will be required to investigate current issues related to diversity, observe in classrooms which offer diverse populations, participate in instructional activity as allowed in the experience and write a comprehensive final paper in which the research is incorporated into the observations summary and reflection. Students will be offered a variety of settings in which they can pursue this program but students will be responsible for making the arrangements and getting approval from the education department. The Diversity Experience may be completed in several current programs such as Ambialet, Perugia, Honduras, Haiti, and Mexico as well as inner city areas within the United States. Other alternatives may be approved through the education department. Fifteen hours in a classroom setting is required for each student. This course may be taken at the point in a student’s schedule which is appropriate to his/her program.