Undergraduate Programs

BA in Elementary Education

The BA in Elementary Education prepares anti-racist elementary teachers who create classrooms that are welcoming to all students and who treat all students with dignity and care. Graduates develop the knowledge and tools to provide rich opportunities for all students to learn, and complete coursework for an elementary teaching license and an endorsement for teaching culturally linguistically diverse students. We integrate courses and fieldwork that prepare teachers to embrace diversity and to become reflective, ethical and responsive teachers, who aim to make the world a more just place.

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BA in Leadership & Community Engagement

The BA in Leadership and Community Engagement prepares ethical and culturally aware leaders who collaborate with community partners to tackle society’s big challenges. You will take part in one of the only degree programs of its kind and as part of a small number of emerging community engagement degrees nationwide.

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Teacher Licensure Pathways

We offer an Elementary Education program for those interested in teaching grades K-6, and Secondary Teacher Licensure programs for teacher candidates interested in a teaching license for grades 7-12. Students in secondary teacher licensure programs first declare a major suitable for the subject they want to teach, and pair that focus with teacher education coursework and practica experiences to prepare them to teach in a given subject area.

STEM teacher education students gain added support from the renowned CU Teach program.

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BA in Interdisciplinary Studies, online

As of February 2021, this program has been discontinued. The BA in Interdisciplinary Studies is a student-centered and 100% online degree completion program that allows you to balance professional and personal responsibilities while also pursuing your college degree. You’ll choose from areas of emphasis that pair education with disciplines such as cultural diversity, global studies, social justice studies, and more.

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Education Minor

If you are interested in education but not necessarily classroom teaching, this minor will allow you to study more deeply how political, cultural, social, and historical dynamics shape policy and practice in education, understand issues of equity and social justice, and prepare you to work in informal educational settings.

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Leadership Studies Minor

Whether you plan to lead a start-up, be a community organizer, found a non-profit, serve in the military, or run for office, the Leadership Studies Minor will help you develop as a leader. You will explore the academic research about leadership and will apply your leadership practice as a CU Boulder student.

Ethnic Studies Graduate

BAM in Ethnic Studies and Education

You will develop a better understanding of the social, political, and cultural factors influencing our diverse world in this BAM (Bachelor's and Master's) Concurrent Degree Program allowing an efficient and rigorous path toward earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Ethnic Studies and a Master’s Degree in Education in just five years.

Pathways and Certificates Open to All Majors

INVST Community Studies

The intensive two-year INVST Community Leadership Program offers transformative service learning for students who are passionate about social and environmental justice. The certificate program develops leaders who engage in compassionate action as a lifetime commitment.

Public Achievement

An international youth leadership program that places young people in the center of public life. Youth participants design, implement, and undertake community-based projects that address social issues with support from CU Boulder students as "coaches."

Multicultural Leadership Scholars

Through coursework, service, and socialization that is open to all majors, Multicultural Leadership Scholars develop a deep awareness of their own values and belief systems as well as those of others.

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Buddies for Life: Building More Than Books | Gracie, BA in Elementary Education

Why I Chose CU Boulder | Anisah, Humanities and Elementary Education Teacher Licensure

All the World’s a Stage: Melding Passions With Social Innovation | Matthew, BA in Leadership and Community Engagement

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CU Engage inspires civic engagement and local legacies

20-year-old Enihs Medrano never envisioned herself serving in local government until a program for young people opened her eyes to the power of civic engagement. As a high schooler in Lafayette, Medrano connected with JD Mangat, a fellow Lafayette resident who became Medrano’s coach and mentor in Public Achievement, a youth-led civic engagement program within CU Engage. Read more

CU Boulder student voices, research help move state toward addressing financial barriers for new teachers

CU Boulder researchers have been working with state partners to understand and address the financial strain new teachers face when trying to enter the educator workforce and elevate teacher candidates’ voices. Their work paid off when Gov. Jared Polis signed first-of-its-kind legislation for Colorado that will support new teachers and create student-educator stipends. Read more

Public Achievement ethnic studies course

Public Achievement student leaders create Boulder Valley's first ethnic studies course

With help from CU Boulder’s Public Achievement (PA) program students and staff and support from Boulder Valley School District administrators, several high school juniors' dream of creating an ethnic studies course at Lafayette’s Centaurus High School is becoming a reality. PA leaders developed curriculum for the first-of-its-kind social studies elective class exploring culture, identity, race and ethnicity, and they hope it will be offered districtwide in 2023. Read more

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