260 Social Foundations

260:020. Introduction to Teaching as a Profession -- 3 hrs.
For the undecided individual to explore the personal and professional considerations associated with a decision to teach. (Offered Fall and Spring)

260:119. Schools and American Society -- 3 hrs.
Relationship of schools and American society from sociological, historical, philosophical, political, and economic perspectives. Focus on central characteristics of the educational system and influence of these on teachers as professionals and teaching as a profession. Prerequisites: 200:128; 200:148; 250:150. (Offered Fall and Spring)

260:120(g). Sociology of Education -- 3 hrs.
Examination of the sociology of classroom learning and the role of schooling in social stratification and social mobility. Prerequisite: junior standing. (Variable)

260:121(g). Rural Education: Field Study -- 2 hrs.
Study of the sociology of education in a village or town of fewer than 2,500 people, with visits and participation in school and non-school sites to study the school(s) and related community. Prerequisites: 200:128; 200:148; 250:150; 260:119; junior standing. (Variable)

260:134(g). History of Education -- 3 hrs.
Education as a formal institution; emphasis on the historical antecedents which have affected education in Western Culture and America. Prerequisite: junior standing. (Variable)

260:135(g). Reform Movements in Education -- 3 hrs.
Criticism of American schooling developed since the 1950s; social implications of various movements to reform the schools, establish alternatives to schools, and to deschool society. Prerequisite: junior standing. (Variable)

260:138(g). Comparative Education -- 3 hrs.
Panoramic view of the educational systems of various nations of the world compared with the education of the United States of America. Prerequisite: junior standing. (Variable)

260:234. Philosophy of Education -- 3 hrs.
Analytical study of major philosophical viewpoints of modern education, emphasis on professional problems of education and the development of educational principles. (Offered Fall and Spring)

260:299. Research.
(Variable)