The Education Minor requires both coursework and action hours. The requirements for students admitted to the Education Minor prior to August of 2020 are listed below.
Coursework
The Minor requires a total of four upper-level courses (16 credits total), two required courses and two electives. The Education Minor is a 2-4 semester long commitment. It cannot be completed in 1 semester.
Note: These courses do not count for New York state teaching certification.
- EDUC 406 and EDUC 410 are required. Both courses must be taken at Binghamton and cannot be substituted with any other course. Since registration for EDUC 406 and 410 can be competitive, all students who want to register for either of these two courses must fill out the Google form that is sent out every semester during course registration to all student enrolled in the minor. The forms are emailed from the head peer advisor regarding the status of students and their enrollment or completion of these two courses in order to give the Education Minor Steering Committee a better idea of how many sections are needed for a given semester.
- The other two courses are upper-level electives. Students have multiple options for selecting courses that suit their interests and academic schedules. Students who wish to take electives that are not pre-approved for the education minor should fill out the Petition for Course Cross-Listing.
Note: If students take positions as teaching assistants, they must submit a petition
to request these experiences to count toward their electives. Here is the link to the petition for counting teaching assistant positions as credit.
If students complete education-related internships that they wish to count as credit,
they must they must submit a petition and email educationminor@binghamton.edu for
more information. The petition for counting internships as credit can be found here.
Action hours & Events
The purpose of the action hours (non-paid volunteer work and event attendance) component of the Education Minor is to give students the opportunity to experience education outside of the classroom. Students will expand on their knowledge through education-related events, as well as through practical experience in the community.
For students accepted spring 2016 and after, action hours include the following two components:
1. 10 hours of non-paid AND non-credit volunteer work
- volunteer work must be related to the field of education.
- students must submit their hours through the Minor's BrightSpace page under "content" for their volunteer hours to count.
- questions about volunteer work can be sent to edminhrs@binghamton.edu.
2. Attendance at three events hosted by the Education Minor
- BearChat (required; an exit ticket form will be distributed at the event)
- two other events of the student’s choice
