2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Nov 17, 2024  
2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog
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FSA 100 - Urban Education

Examines urban schools within their broader social, economic and political contexts through an anthropological framework of analysis. Explores how structural and global forces impact the policies and everyday experiences of urban school students and the communities in which they live. (3 cr. hr.)
Frequency code B = offered at least once per year

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Analyze the history of urban environments and the relationship between that history and current promises and problems of education in urban areas.
  2. Characterize the complexities of cultural pluralism in urban schools through exploration of experiences of students from backgrounds that are marginalized in schools.
  3. Develop abilities to think critically and reflectively about urban education and the institutional and systemic forces that shape urban classrooms and schools.
  4. Demonstrate an understanding of the function schools play within urban neighborhoods and the ways in which federal, state and local education policies impact that function.



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