Students enrolled at UCI from their freshman year or first year as a transfer may elect to meet as graduation requirements (UC, UCI, school & major):
- Those in effect at the time they entered UCI, or
- Those subsequently established after entrance.
Education Sciences Major Requirements
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS 2024-2025
Lower-Division Requirements (24 units)
Research Methods & Data Literacy
* The following course is an approved alternative for EDUC 10: SocEcol 10.
**The following statistics courses and course sequences are approved alternatives for EDUC 15: SocEcol 13; Stats 7; Stats 8; Mgmt 7; Anthro 10A-B; Econ 15A-B; PoliSci 10A-B; Psych 10A-B, Sociol 10A-B; SocSci 10A-B. (An AP score of 3 and higher will give you credit for EDUC 15)
Introductory Courses
Upper Division Requirements (20 units)
Students must select ONE course from each of the following five categories:
Human Development
Learning
Social Structures and Stratification
Policymaking in Education
Schools as Organizations
Education Electives (20 units)
Students will select 5 additional Education classes numbered 100 - 199*, not including the following professional education courses: EDUC 109, EDUC 143AW, EDUC 143BW, EDUC 148, EDUC 158. At least 12 units must be upper division coursework. A maximum of 4 units for any repeatable Education course (e.g., EDUC 198, EDUC 199) may be used to satisfy this elective requirement.
Practicum Requirement (80 hours total)
A minimum of 80 hours of field experience or research in an education setting, satisfied via UCI approved courses that include a practicum, or through petition for approval of verifiable hours from courses that are not on the approved practicum course list or hours from educational fieldwork that is not linked to a UCI course. For questions about fieldwork, please contact Arely Ramirez ([email protected]) or visit our website here.
UCI Catalogue: http://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofeducation/education_ba/
Sample Plan: http://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofeducation/education_ba/#sampleprogramtext
Research Methods & Data Literacy
- EDUC 10*
- EDUC 15**
* The following course is an approved alternative for EDUC 10: SocEcol 10.
**The following statistics courses and course sequences are approved alternatives for EDUC 15: SocEcol 13; Stats 7; Stats 8; Mgmt 7; Anthro 10A-B; Econ 15A-B; PoliSci 10A-B; Psych 10A-B, Sociol 10A-B; SocSci 10A-B. (An AP score of 3 and higher will give you credit for EDUC 15)
Introductory Courses
- EDUC 25
- EDUC 30
- EDUC 40
- EDUC 50
Upper Division Requirements (20 units)
Students must select ONE course from each of the following five categories:
Human Development
- EDUC 107 or EDUC 108
Learning
- EDUC 146 or EDUC 173
Social Structures and Stratification
- EDUC 124 or EDUC 147
Policymaking in Education
- EDUC 142 or EDUC 140
Schools as Organizations
- EDUC 144 or EDUC 150
Education Electives (20 units)
Students will select 5 additional Education classes numbered 100 - 199*, not including the following professional education courses: EDUC 109, EDUC 143AW, EDUC 143BW, EDUC 148, EDUC 158. At least 12 units must be upper division coursework. A maximum of 4 units for any repeatable Education course (e.g., EDUC 198, EDUC 199) may be used to satisfy this elective requirement.
Practicum Requirement (80 hours total)
A minimum of 80 hours of field experience or research in an education setting, satisfied via UCI approved courses that include a practicum, or through petition for approval of verifiable hours from courses that are not on the approved practicum course list or hours from educational fieldwork that is not linked to a UCI course. For questions about fieldwork, please contact Arely Ramirez ([email protected]) or visit our website here.
UCI Catalogue: http://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofeducation/education_ba/
Sample Plan: http://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofeducation/education_ba/#sampleprogramtext
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS 2021-2024
Lower-Division Requirements (24 units)
Research Methods & Data Literacy
* The following course is an approved alternative for EDUC 10: SocEcol 10.
**The following statistics courses and course sequences are approved alternatives for EDUC 15: SocEcol 13; Stats 7; Stats 8; Mgmt 7; Anthro 10A-B; Econ 15A-B; PoliSci 10A-B; Psych 10A-B, Sociol 10A-B; SocSci 10A-B.
Introductory Courses
Upper Division Requirements (20 units)
Students must select ONE course from each of the following five categories:
Human Development
Learning
Social Structures and Stratification
Policymaking in Education
Schools as Organizations
Education Electives (20 units)
Students will select 5 additional Education classes numbered 100 - 199*, not including the following professional education courses: EDUC 109, EDUC 143AW, EDUC 143BW, EDUC 148, EDUC 158. At least 12 units must be upper division coursework. A maximum of 8 units of repeatable coursework may be used to satisfy the elective requirement.
*If a student completes one or more specializations for this major, a maximum of 8 units from other departments that are used to satisfy specialization requirements may concurrently satisfy this upper division elective requirement for the major.
Practicum Requirement (40 hours total)
A minimum of 40 hours of field experience or research in an education setting, satisfied via UCI approved courses that include a practicum, or through petition for approval of verifiable hours from courses that are not on the approved practicum course list or hours from educational fieldwork that is not linked to a UCI course. For questions about fieldwork, please contact Arely Ramirez ([email protected]).
UCI Catalogue: http://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofeducation/education_ba/
Sample Plan: http://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofeducation/education_ba/#sampleprogramtext
*Specializations are no longer available to students incoming in fall quarter 2020 and beyond. For questions, please email: [email protected].
Research Methods & Data Literacy
- EDUC 10*
- EDUC 15**
* The following course is an approved alternative for EDUC 10: SocEcol 10.
**The following statistics courses and course sequences are approved alternatives for EDUC 15: SocEcol 13; Stats 7; Stats 8; Mgmt 7; Anthro 10A-B; Econ 15A-B; PoliSci 10A-B; Psych 10A-B, Sociol 10A-B; SocSci 10A-B.
Introductory Courses
- EDUC 25
- EDUC 30
- EDUC 40
- EDUC 50
Upper Division Requirements (20 units)
Students must select ONE course from each of the following five categories:
Human Development
- EDUC 107 or EDUC 108
Learning
- EDUC 146 or EDUC 173
Social Structures and Stratification
- EDUC 124 or EDUC 147
Policymaking in Education
- EDUC 142 or EDUC 140
Schools as Organizations
- EDUC 144 or EDUC 150
Education Electives (20 units)
Students will select 5 additional Education classes numbered 100 - 199*, not including the following professional education courses: EDUC 109, EDUC 143AW, EDUC 143BW, EDUC 148, EDUC 158. At least 12 units must be upper division coursework. A maximum of 8 units of repeatable coursework may be used to satisfy the elective requirement.
*If a student completes one or more specializations for this major, a maximum of 8 units from other departments that are used to satisfy specialization requirements may concurrently satisfy this upper division elective requirement for the major.
Practicum Requirement (40 hours total)
A minimum of 40 hours of field experience or research in an education setting, satisfied via UCI approved courses that include a practicum, or through petition for approval of verifiable hours from courses that are not on the approved practicum course list or hours from educational fieldwork that is not linked to a UCI course. For questions about fieldwork, please contact Arely Ramirez ([email protected]).
UCI Catalogue: http://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofeducation/education_ba/
Sample Plan: http://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofeducation/education_ba/#sampleprogramtext
*Specializations are no longer available to students incoming in fall quarter 2020 and beyond. For questions, please email: [email protected].
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS 2020-2021
Lower-Division Requirements (24 units)
Research Methods & Data Literacy
* The following course is an approved alternative for EDUC 10: SocEcol 10.
**The following statistics courses and course sequences are approved alternatives for EDUC 15: SocEcol 13; Stats 7; Stats 8; Mgmt 7; Anthro 10A-B; Econ 15A-B; PoliSci 10A-B; Psych 10A-B, Sociol 10A-B; SocSci 10A-B.
Introductory Courses
Upper Division Requirements (20 units)
Students must select ONE course from each of the following five categories:
Human Development
Learning
Social Structures and Stratification
Policymaking in Education
Schools as Organizations
Education Electives (20 units)
Students will select 5 additional Education classes numbered 100 - 199*, not including the following professional education courses: EDUC 109, EDUC 143AW, EDUC 143BW, EDUC 148, EDUC 158. At least 12 units must be upper division coursework. A maximum of 8 units of repeatable coursework may be used to satisfy the elective requirement.
*If a student completes one or more specializations for this major, a maximum of 8 units from other departments that are used to satisfy specialization requirements may concurrently satisfy this upper division elective requirement for the major.
Practicum Requirement (40 hours total)
A minimum of 40 hours of field experience or research in an education setting, satisfied via UCI approved courses that include a practicum, or through petition for approval of verifiable hours from courses that are not on the approved practicum course list or hours from educational fieldwork that is not linked to a UCI course. For questions about fieldwork, please contact Arely Ramirez ([email protected]).
UCI Catalogue: http://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofeducation/education_ba/
Sample Plan: http://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofeducation/education_ba/#sampleprogramtext
*Specializations are no longer available to students incoming in fall quarter 2020 and beyond. For questions, please email: [email protected].
Research Methods & Data Literacy
- EDUC 10*
- EDUC 15**
* The following course is an approved alternative for EDUC 10: SocEcol 10.
**The following statistics courses and course sequences are approved alternatives for EDUC 15: SocEcol 13; Stats 7; Stats 8; Mgmt 7; Anthro 10A-B; Econ 15A-B; PoliSci 10A-B; Psych 10A-B, Sociol 10A-B; SocSci 10A-B.
Introductory Courses
- EDUC 25
- EDUC 30
- EDUC 40
- EDUC 50
Upper Division Requirements (20 units)
Students must select ONE course from each of the following five categories:
Human Development
- EDUC 107 or EDUC 108
Learning
- EDUC 146 or EDUC 173
Social Structures and Stratification
- EDUC 124 or EDUC 147
Policymaking in Education
- EDUC 142 or EDUC 140
Schools as Organizations
- EDUC 144 or EDUC 150
Education Electives (20 units)
Students will select 5 additional Education classes numbered 100 - 199*, not including the following professional education courses: EDUC 109, EDUC 143AW, EDUC 143BW, EDUC 148, EDUC 158. At least 12 units must be upper division coursework. A maximum of 8 units of repeatable coursework may be used to satisfy the elective requirement.
*If a student completes one or more specializations for this major, a maximum of 8 units from other departments that are used to satisfy specialization requirements may concurrently satisfy this upper division elective requirement for the major.
Practicum Requirement (40 hours total)
A minimum of 40 hours of field experience or research in an education setting, satisfied via UCI approved courses that include a practicum, or through petition for approval of verifiable hours from courses that are not on the approved practicum course list or hours from educational fieldwork that is not linked to a UCI course. For questions about fieldwork, please contact Arely Ramirez ([email protected]).
UCI Catalogue: http://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofeducation/education_ba/
Sample Plan: http://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofeducation/education_ba/#sampleprogramtext
*Specializations are no longer available to students incoming in fall quarter 2020 and beyond. For questions, please email: [email protected].
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS 2019-2020
Lower-Division Requirements (24 units)
Research Methods & Data Literacy
* The following course is an approved alternative for EDUC 10: SocEcol 10.
**The following statistics courses and course sequences are approved alternatives for EDUC 15: SocEcol 13; Stats 7; Stats 8; Mgmt 7; Anthro 10A-B; Econ 15A-B; PoliSci 10A-B; Psych 10A-B, Sociol 10A-B; SocSci 10A-B.
Introductory Courses
Upper Division Requirements (20 units)
Students must select ONE course from each of the following five categories:
Human Development
Learning
Social Structures and Stratification
Policymaking in Education
Schools as Organizations
Education Electives (20 units)
Students will select 5 additional Education classes numbered 100 - 199*, not including the following professional education courses: EDUC 109, EDUC 143AW, EDUC 143BW, EDUC 148, EDUC 158. At least 12 units must be upper division coursework. A maximum of 8 units of repeatable coursework may be used to satisfy the elective requirement.
*If a student completes one or more specializations for this major, a maximum of 8 units from other departments that are used to satisfy specialization requirements may concurrently satisfy this upper division elective requirement for the major.
Practicum Requirement (40 hours total)
A minimum of 40 hours of field experience or research in an education setting, satisfied via UCI approved courses that include a practicum, or through petition for approval of verifiable hours from courses that are not on the approved practicum course list or hours from educational fieldwork that is not linked to a UCI course. For questions about fieldwork, please contact Arely Ramirez ([email protected]).
UCI Catalogue: http://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofeducation/education_ba/
Sample Plan: http://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofeducation/education_ba/#sampleprogramtext
Optional Specializations
Education Sciences students have the option of completing up to 2 specializations within the major. Specializations are offered in the following areas up until the 2019-2020 school year. Specializations are no longer active starting fall 2020 for new incoming students. Continuing students may proceed with specialization(s). For questions, contact [email protected].
After School Learning & Development
Children's Learning & Development
Digital Media & Learning
Early Childhood Learning & Development
Educational Research & Evaluation
English Language Learning
Research Methods & Data Literacy
- EDUC 10*
- EDUC 15**
* The following course is an approved alternative for EDUC 10: SocEcol 10.
**The following statistics courses and course sequences are approved alternatives for EDUC 15: SocEcol 13; Stats 7; Stats 8; Mgmt 7; Anthro 10A-B; Econ 15A-B; PoliSci 10A-B; Psych 10A-B, Sociol 10A-B; SocSci 10A-B.
Introductory Courses
- EDUC 25
- EDUC 30
- EDUC 40
- EDUC 50
Upper Division Requirements (20 units)
Students must select ONE course from each of the following five categories:
Human Development
- EDUC 107 or EDUC 108
Learning
- EDUC 146 or EDUC 173
Social Structures and Stratification
- EDUC 124 or EDUC 147
Policymaking in Education
- EDUC 142 or EDUC 140
Schools as Organizations
- EDUC 144 or EDUC 150
Education Electives (20 units)
Students will select 5 additional Education classes numbered 100 - 199*, not including the following professional education courses: EDUC 109, EDUC 143AW, EDUC 143BW, EDUC 148, EDUC 158. At least 12 units must be upper division coursework. A maximum of 8 units of repeatable coursework may be used to satisfy the elective requirement.
*If a student completes one or more specializations for this major, a maximum of 8 units from other departments that are used to satisfy specialization requirements may concurrently satisfy this upper division elective requirement for the major.
Practicum Requirement (40 hours total)
A minimum of 40 hours of field experience or research in an education setting, satisfied via UCI approved courses that include a practicum, or through petition for approval of verifiable hours from courses that are not on the approved practicum course list or hours from educational fieldwork that is not linked to a UCI course. For questions about fieldwork, please contact Arely Ramirez ([email protected]).
UCI Catalogue: http://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofeducation/education_ba/
Sample Plan: http://catalogue.uci.edu/schoolofeducation/education_ba/#sampleprogramtext
Optional Specializations
Education Sciences students have the option of completing up to 2 specializations within the major. Specializations are offered in the following areas up until the 2019-2020 school year. Specializations are no longer active starting fall 2020 for new incoming students. Continuing students may proceed with specialization(s). For questions, contact [email protected].
After School Learning & Development
Children's Learning & Development
Digital Media & Learning
Early Childhood Learning & Development
Educational Research & Evaluation
English Language Learning
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS 2014-2019
Lower-Division Requirements (20 units)
* The following course is an approved alternative for EDUC 10: SocEcol 10.
**The following statistics courses and course sequences are approved alternatives for EDUC 15: SocEcol 13; Stats 7; Stats 8; Mgmt 7; Anthro 10A-B; Econ 15A-B; PoliSci 10A-B; Psych 10A-B, Sociol 10A-B; SocSci 10A-B.
Upper-Division Requirements (16 units)
Students must select ONE course from each of the following four categories:
Human Development
Learning
Educational Policy and Social Context
Communications and Media
Education Electives (12 units)
Students will select 3 additional Education classes numbered 100 - 199*, not including the following professional education courses: EDUC 109, EDUC 143AW, EDUC 143BW, EDUC 148, EDUC 158. At least 8 units must be upper-division coursework. A maximum of 8 units of repeatable coursework may be used to satisfy the elective requirement.
*If a student completes one or more specializations for this major, a maximum of 8 units from other departments that are used to satisfy specialization requirements may concurrently satisfy this upper division elective requirement for the major.
Practicum Requirement (40 hours total)
A minimum of 40 hours of field experience or research in an education setting, satisfied via UCI approved courses that include a practicum, or through petition for approval of verifiable hours from courses that are not on the approved practicum course list or hours from educational fieldwork that is not linked to a UCI course.
Optional Specializations
Education Sciences students have the option of completing up to 2 specializations within the major. Specializations are offered in the following areas up until the 2019-2020 school year. Specializations are no longer active starting fall 2020 for new incoming students. Continuing students may proceed with specialization(s). For questions, contact [email protected].
After School Learning & Development
Children's Learning & Development
Digital Media & Learning
Early Childhood Learning & Development
Educational Research & Evaluation
English Language Learning
- EDUC 10*
- EDUC 15**
- EDUC 30
- EDUC 40
- EDUC 50
* The following course is an approved alternative for EDUC 10: SocEcol 10.
**The following statistics courses and course sequences are approved alternatives for EDUC 15: SocEcol 13; Stats 7; Stats 8; Mgmt 7; Anthro 10A-B; Econ 15A-B; PoliSci 10A-B; Psych 10A-B, Sociol 10A-B; SocSci 10A-B.
Upper-Division Requirements (16 units)
Students must select ONE course from each of the following four categories:
Human Development
- EDUC 106
- EDUC 107
- EDUC 108
- EDUC 185
Learning
- EDUC 128
- EDUC 160
- EDUC 173
- EDUC 176
Educational Policy and Social Context
- EDUC 124
- EDUC 126
- EDUC 145
- EDUC 149
- EDUC 150
- EDUC 175
Communications and Media
- EDUC 104E
- EDUC 125
- EDUC 130
- EDUC 131
- EDUC 134
- EDUC 151
Education Electives (12 units)
Students will select 3 additional Education classes numbered 100 - 199*, not including the following professional education courses: EDUC 109, EDUC 143AW, EDUC 143BW, EDUC 148, EDUC 158. At least 8 units must be upper-division coursework. A maximum of 8 units of repeatable coursework may be used to satisfy the elective requirement.
*If a student completes one or more specializations for this major, a maximum of 8 units from other departments that are used to satisfy specialization requirements may concurrently satisfy this upper division elective requirement for the major.
Practicum Requirement (40 hours total)
A minimum of 40 hours of field experience or research in an education setting, satisfied via UCI approved courses that include a practicum, or through petition for approval of verifiable hours from courses that are not on the approved practicum course list or hours from educational fieldwork that is not linked to a UCI course.
Optional Specializations
Education Sciences students have the option of completing up to 2 specializations within the major. Specializations are offered in the following areas up until the 2019-2020 school year. Specializations are no longer active starting fall 2020 for new incoming students. Continuing students may proceed with specialization(s). For questions, contact [email protected].
After School Learning & Development
Children's Learning & Development
Digital Media & Learning
Early Childhood Learning & Development
Educational Research & Evaluation
English Language Learning
EDUCATION SCIENCES CATALOGUE REQUIREMENTS
Academic Planning Sheets
Check out our Google Sheet planner designed for your academic planning as an Ed Sci major! The link below is "View Only." Open the link and in the menu, click "File". Then, "Make a copy." This will create an editable copy of the sheet on your own Google account.
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