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2026-2027 Academic Year

Fall 2026

EDST 120 Contemp Iss in Amer Education
An examination of current policies, practices, and problems in the landscape of American education with particular attention to the perspectives of various stakeholders (e.g. teachers, students, families, community leaders, employers, and elected officials). U.S. diversity with respect to race, class, gender, language, and exceptionality is considered within a variety of educational contexts. The course also examines the ways in which educational issues and reform efforts intersect with social, economic, political, and cultural forces.

EDST 260 Intro to Educational Rsrch
An introduction to the purposes and methodologies of research in education including how various stakeholders in the educational community use and access research findings as well as how studies in education are designed, implemented, and disseminated. Quantitative, qualitative, and historical methodologies are addressed. Research processes are introduced around the topic of literacy. Students will develop a review of the research literature on a topic related to literacy using online catalogs, databases, and other open access resources to find and gather sources and digital publications formats to disseminate their reviews. Prerequisite: 140.

EDST 300 Models of Instruct & Assessmt
An introduction to instructional planning and assessment with a particular emphasis on meeting the needs of diverse learners. Primary activities of the course include designing and implementing lesson plans, designing assessment instruments, and designing an integrated unit of instruction. Students will learn to effectively use presentation technologies as well as instructional software and new media to enhance their instruction. Prerequisites: 140, and 260 or Social Science Research Methods (AFST 200, AMST 202, ANTH 240, ANTH 241, EASN 310, ECON 228, LAWP 228, PMGT 228, POSC 239, PSYC 211, SOCI 240, SOCI 244, or WGSS 200), or permission of instructor.

Spring 2027

EDST 260 Intro to Educational Rsrch
XL HIST 218-01. Environments of the Caribbean have been central to world historical processes and ideas of nature in many cultures since the 1400s. In this course we will study the emergence of these processes and ideas, covering, for example, the links between the origins of capitalism and the Caribbean sugar complex, the emergence and spread and transformation of the plantation form, the use of West African and Indigenous knowledge, the development of both global tourism and agritourism, and the complex sequences and legacies of colonial and post-colonial history. Students will prepare for and process their research trip and broader research project by researching the landscapes and labor histories connected to the cuisines covered in Afro-Caribbean Foodways and Culture, tracing the histories of cassava, rum, nutmeg, chocolate, producing text and image interpretations that can be integrated into and inform their larger research project. This course will meet the college sustainability requirements. No prerequisites.

EDST 340 Immigration and Education
An examination of the historical, sociological, political, and legal issues related to immigration and education in the United States. Particular issues of focus each semester will be selected by the instructor and might include patterns of immigration, theories on immigrant assimilation, the relationship between culture and education, perspectives on citizenship and their impact on immigrant education, and related legislation, funding, and policy. Prerequisite: 260 or Social Science Research Methods (AFST 200, AMST 202, ANTH 240, ANTH 241, EASN 310, ECON 228, LAWP 228, PMGT 228, POSC 239, PSYC 211, SOCI 240, SOCI 244, or WGSS 200), or permission of instructor.