Minor in Education (21 credits)

This minor can lead to a fifth year of study in Rutgers Graduate School of Education, which culminates in a master's degree with New Jersey certification as a teacher of science or agriculture. It is also ideal for students who wish to explore courses and other types of careers in education including environmental/outdoor education and agricultural/extension education.

Students in the minor can apply to the Graduate School of Education during the spring semester of the junior year. You will need a GPA of 2.75 (a state requirement) and a combined score of 1000 on the verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE.

Graduate-level study begins the summer after graduation, with program completion, including student teaching, projected to occur by the following May. At the undergraduate level, a minimum of 30 credits is required in life science (e.g., biology, animal, plant, etc.), physical science (e.g., physics, chemistry), or agricultural science. The professional education courses can be used as unspecified elective credits in your major program.

Minor Declaration Form (PDF)

Minor Completion Form (PDF)

Catalog Link

For further information, contact Rebecca Jordan 209 Waller Hall, 732-932-9164, rcjordan@rci.rutgers.edu.

Required Courses (15 credits)

To view the Teacher Education Minor in Degree Navigator, search programs of study for 879.  Use the Fall 2005 version.

Here is a handy MS Word worksheet that can help you with planning

05:300:200 Exploring Teaching as a Profession (3)
05:300:306 Educational Psychology: Principles of Classroom Learning (3)
05:300:401 Individual and Cultural Diversity in the Classroom (3) *
05:300:462 Demonstration and Technology in Science Education (3)
11:300:416 Environmental Education in the School Curriculum (3)

* Course may be used to fulfill 3 credits of the school's multicultural/international studies requirement.

Two additional courses in one of the following strands:

1. Life Science Strand (6)
11:300:450 Biology and Society (3)
11:300:453 Teaching Life Science (3)
2. Physical Science Strand (6)
05:256:551 Development of Ideas in Physical Science (3)
05:256:552 Teaching Physical Science (3)
3. Agricultural Science Strand (6)
11:300:425 Development of Ideas in Teaching Agriculture (3)
11:300:426 Teaching Agriculture (3)

Notes for students intending to gain NJ Teacher Certification via Rutgers Graduate School of Education

Adjust your SEBS Gen Ed program thusly:

• III. Humanities and The Arts: 3 credits must be in music or art; 3 from linguistics, religion, literature, philosophy or classics.
• IV.  Multicultural and International Studies: Take two semesters of a foreign language (or 2nd semester equivalence test)
• VIII. Liberal Arts and Competence in Major: Must have at least 90 credits. Neither Education courses, nor any other vocationally-oriented coursework (accounting, engineering, etc.) may be counted; no School 05 or School 15 courses may be included.
• IX. Unspecified Electives.  You must take 01:830:333 Adolescent Psychology. It can fit here.
• Take a genetics course if you plan on becoming a biology teacher.  It will help you with the Praxis Exam (a state requirement).  Physical Science also has a Praxis.  Agricultural Education does not.