The BA in Elementary Education prepares elementary teachers who are committed to ensuring all students learn and excel. With the added endorsement in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education, we provide a focused path for those interested in becoming ethical and responsive teachers, and who aim to make the world a more just place through their work inside and outside the classroom.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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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% of students of color than any other graduate program on campus
