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Our Tracks

We offer three tracks in Education: Urban Teaching - Elementary/Childhood Education, Urban Teaching - Secondary/Adolescent Education, and Education Studies. We also offer the Urban Teaching Specialization and the Urban Education Specialization in conjunction with the Urban Studies Program at Barnard. In all five pathways, students develop a critical lens for looking at the issues facing public schooling and consider ways to promote fair and inclusive policies and practices for all children in our public system.

The program is open to all undergraduates at Columbia (BC, CC, GS, SEAS).

The Education Program's three tracks are:

  1. Urban Teaching - Elementary/Childhood Education Track: This Minor/Special Concentration prepares students to become a NYS Certified Teacher in grades 1-6.
  2. Urban Teaching - Secondary/Adolescent Education Track: This Minor/Special Concentration prepares students to become a NYS Certified Teacher in grades 7-12.                        
  3. Education Studies Track: This Minor/Special Concentration prepares students to pursue graduate studies or jobs in public policy, sociology, history, youth studies, philosophy, psychology and other areas where K-12 education is frequently a focus of coursework and scholarship.

The Education Program, in conjunction with the Urban Studies Program at Barnard, offers the Urban Teaching Specialization and the Urban Education Specialization. These specializations allows Urban Studies majors to investigate K-12 urban education issues.