University of Nevada, Reno (CorruptED)

The University of Nevada, Reno’s College of Education & Human Development courses include topics such as equity and social justice.

COURSES

The required courses for the EDE Master’s degree include:

EDLE 680: Multicultural Concerns in Diverse Educational Settings

The course EDLE 680: Multicultural Concerns in Diverse Educational Settings examines “issues related to educational equity and social justice in pluralistic communities in the United States and around the world.”

EDLE 740: Social Class and Schooling

The course EDLE 740: Social Class and Schooling analyzes “the relationship of social class to PK-12 and higher education.” Student outcomes for this course include the ability to “describe how students’ social class relates to their educational experiences” and “analyze how other social identities (e.g., gender and race/ethnicity) intersect with social class as they relate to education.”

EDLE 760: LGBTQ+ Issues in Education

The course EDLE 760: LGBTQ+ Issues in Education studies “LGBTQ+ issues and inclusive strategies in K-12 and higher education.”

EDLE 761: Gender Issues in Education

The course EDLE 761: Gender Issues in Education studies “gender issues in K-12 and higher education.”

EDLE 752: Critical Multicultural Education

The course EDLE 752: Critical Multicultural Education is an introduction to the “premises of Critical Multicultural Education,” in which students develop a “familiarity with critical multiculturalism, centering on three constitutive dimensions (identities, power, and reflexivity).” In this course, students “co-construct critical multicultural material for use in their current and future careers.”

EDLE 748: Equity and Diversity in Math and Science Education

The course EDLE 748: Equity and Diversity in Math and Science Education examines “socio-cultural contexts and inclusive teaching in mathematics and science.” This course focuses on “student gender, race/ethnicity, linguistic background, exceptionality, and social class.”

EDLE 751: Social Justice and Education

The course EDLE 751: Social Justice and Education examines the “relationship between social justice and education, with a focus on curriculum, pedagogy, and policy.” Student learning outcomes for this course include “proposing socially just educational approaches” and identifying the “links between identity, power, and difference in relation to social (in)justice.”

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Link to the course catalog for the Master of Science in Equity and Diversity in Education program: 2023-2024 Course Catalog