This 16-credit interdisciplinary minor in Global and Urban Education Studies gives you a deeper understanding of critical social, cultural, economic, political, legal, and policy issues in education – nationally and internationally, and in urban and non-urban contexts. You'll be prepared for a career or further study in business, education, policy, law, or international development. The minor is open to all undergraduates across NYU.
Prepare for careers in
Law
Policymaking
Business
Education and education leadership
Non-profit work
Domestic and international NGO work
Teaching, including Teach for America or teacher certification programs
Government positions in education, in the US or abroad
The Peace Corps and other international development or education work
How you'll learn
Through elective courses, you will choose to focus on one of two options:
Urban Education
This option includes courses that engage with questions of funding, equity, urban youth identities, organization and governance of urban schools, development and implementation of policies and practices, and multicultural and multilingual education.
Global Education
This option examines social, cultural, and economic aspects of globalization and their implications for the field of education. Courses examine various topics as they relate to education, including notions of international human rights standards and principles, the emergence of global markets, new information technologies, migration, and comparative studies of socialization, race, class, gender, and sexuality in educational contexts.
For more information about this minor, email us at minor.globalurbaned@nyu.edu
Required core courses and restricted electives are offered once per year through the Department of Applied Statistics, Social Science, and Humanities. There is no required sequence of courses, although we suggest taking HSED-UE 1005 first.
Course Substitution Policy:
The Global and Urban Education Studies minor allows course substitutions for the restricted electives. However, no substitutions are allowed for the Core Courses.
HSED-UE 1005 Introduction to Education: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives - (4 credits)
Urban Education:
TCHL-UE 41: American Dilemmas: Race, Inequality, and the Unfulfilled Promises of Public Education - (4 credits)
Global Education:
INTE-UE 10 Introduction to Global Education - (4 credits)
INTE-UE 11 Globalization and Education - (4 credits)
Choose additional courses from the list below to total 8 credits. If you would like to take courses related to global and urban education studies that do not appear on this list, you may request credit toward the minor with approval of the GUES Advisor.
SOED-UE 20 American Social Movements, 1950 – Present: Power, Resistance, Identity (4 credits)
SOED-UE 1025 The Sociology of Urban Life and Education (3 credits)
SOED-UE 1050 LGBT Topics in Education: Identities, Coming Out, and Current Issues in Schools (4 credits)
HSED-UE 610 Education and the American Dream: Historical Perspectives (4 credits)
APSTA-UE 10 Statistical Mysteries and How to Solve Them (4 credits)
APSTA-UE 21 Cracking the code (4 credits)
HSED-UE 1028 Schooling in Diverse Societies (4 credits)
HSED-UE 1061 History of Higher Education (4 credits)
INTE-UE 1010 International Human Rights Activism and Education (4 credits)
INTE-UE 1011 Billionaires, Best Intentions, and Public Education (4 credits)
INTE-UE 1012 God, Schools and the Globe (4 Credits)
INTE-UE 1545 Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the New Immigration (4 credits)
PHED-UE 10 Learning and the Meaning of Life
PHED-UE 1016 Religion/Public Education in the International Context
SOED-UE 1015 Education as a Social Institution (4 credits)
MCC-UE 1017 Youth Media and Social Change (4 credits)
APSY-UE 5 Community Psychology (4 credits)
APSY-UE 1040 Students in the Community: Service, Leadership and Training (2 credits)
APSY-UE 1270 Social Intervention in Schools and Communities (4 credits)
APSY-UE 1278 Families, Schools and Child Development (4 credits)
APSY-UE 1279 Child Development and Social Policy in a Global Society (4 credits)
ENGED-UE 1205 Hip Hop and the Teaching of English (3 credits)
UPADM-GP 219 Race, Class, & Gender in American Cities (4 credits)
UPADM-GP 216 Majorities, Minorities & Group Identities in America: Status, Rights & Public Policy (4 credits)
UNDSW-US 68 Service Learning through Community Engagement (2 credits)
UNDSW-US 72 Service Learning with Refugee Youth (2 credits)
CLI-UG 1460 Literacy in Action (4 credits)
SCA-UA 115 Introduction to Black Urban Studies (4 credits)
SCA-UA 541 Latino Youth: Migration & Policing in the Americas (4 credits)
SCA-UA 613 Community Empowerment (4 credits)
SCA-UA 751 Urban Economics (4 credits)
SCA-UA 610 Law and Urban Problems (4 credits)
HIST-UA 639 New York City: A Social History (4 credits)
SOC-UA 137 Wealth, Power, Status: Inequality in Society (4 credits)
SOC-UA 415 Education and Society (4 credits)
SOC-UA 460 Cities, Communities, and Urban Life (4 credits)
SOC-UA 465 Childhood (4 credits)
SOC-UA 9415 Sociology of Education: Global Education in the 21st Century (4 credits)
PSYCH-UA 9036 Community Psychology (4 credits)
ECON-UA 323 Economic Development (4 credits)