Program Overview

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Education Studies and Human Relations, BA

The education studies and human relations major in the College of Education blends the principles of education with the dynamics of human interactions. This multidisciplinary program enhances broad liberal arts and sciences education for students who want to make a difference in professions related to helping, learning, and instruction while building strong, positive relations, effective communication, and leadership skills.

Overview

This major focuses on foundational knowledge from both education studies and human relations. Students explore the foundations of how people learn beyond the traditional classroom and how to support them in that process, how to work effectively with a variety of people, and how systems of education affect how people are supported. Elective coursework allows students to gain an additional understanding of how people learn and grow by engaging in coursework that focuses on the study of instructional design, human development, communication, diverse perspectives, and learning how to manage and improve interpersonal relationships.

Requirements

The Bachelor of Arts with a major in education studies and human relations (ESHR) requires a minimum of 120 s.h., including the general education requirements for the degree and at least 30 s.h. of courses for the major. General education requirements to earn a bachelor of arts degree from the College of Education (EDUC) are the GE CLAS Core of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS). Students must achieve a cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.00 in all college coursework, in all UI coursework, and in the major in order to earn this degree.

Core Courses

• CSED:4199: Counseling for Related Professions
• EDTL:2015: Teaching as a Human Endeavor
• EPLS:3000: Foundations of Education
• PSQF:1075: Educational Psychology and Measurement

Diverse Perspectives Course

• One of the following:
  • CSED:4197: Citizenship in a Multicultural Society
  • EPLS:1240: Student Success in College
  • EPLS:4180: Human Relations for the Classroom Teacher
  • PSQF:3104: Multicultural Issues in Counseling and Psychology

Electives

For the remaining 15 s.h. required for the major, students choose from the following list of courses, depending on their choice of subprogram or the major without a subprogram, to build a multidisciplinary slate of skills that enhances their future careers or graduate work. While students may choose any of these courses to earn the major without a subprogram, those who pursue the education studies subprogram or the human relations subprogram select courses relevant to their area.

Education Studies and Human Relations Electives

Students in the education studies and human relations program must select 15 s.h., including at least two different College of Education areas (CSED, EDTL, EPLS, PSQF), from the following.

• CSED:1102: Introduction to Helping Skills
• CSED:2081: Making a Vocational-Educational Choice
• CSED:4111: Building Leadership and Success at Work
• CSED:4130: Human Sexuality
• CSED:4131: Loss, Death, and Bereavement
• CSED:4140: Foundations of Leadership for Community Agencies
• CSED:4173: Trauma Across the Lifespan
• CSED:4176: Child Abuse: Assessment, Intervention, and Advocacy
• CSED:4180: Topical Seminar for Helping Professionals (depending on topic; consult advisor)
• CSED:4187: Introduction to Assistive Technology
• CSED:4195: Ethics in Human Relations and Counseling (if not used to meet core class requirement)
• CSED:4197: Citizenship in a Multicultural Society (if not taken as diverse perspectives course)
• CSED:4199: Counseling for Related Professions (if not used to meet core class requirement)
• EDTL:2122: Creativity, Imagination, Play, and Human Development through the Arts
• EDTL:2630: Introduction to the Psychology of Music
• EDTL:3002: Teaching and Learning Technologies
• EDTL:3382: Language and Learning
• EDTL:3715: Experiential Teaching and Learning
• EDTL:4093: Teaching and Learning for a Global Perspective
• EDTL:4096: Topics in Teaching and Learning (depending on topic; consult advisor)
• EDTL:4900: Foundations of Special Education
• EPLS:1240: Student Success in College (if not taken as diverse perspectives course)
• EPLS:2098: The Student Affairs Profession
• EPLS:3240: Undergraduate Topics in Education (depending on topic; consult advisor)
• EPLS:4020: Being in Civic Dialogues
• EPLS:4180: Human Relations for the Classroom Teacher (if not taken as diverse perspectives course)
• EPLS:4200: Athletic Administration in Educational Settings
• EPLS:4250: Education In Black America
• PSQF:2115: Introduction to Counseling Psychology
• PSQF:2116: Applied Child and Adolescent Psychology
• PSQF:2700: Introduction to Understanding Trauma and Resilience
• PSQF:3104: Multicultural Issues in Counseling and Psychology (if not taken as diverse perspectives course)
• PSQF:3115: Sport and Performance Psychology
• PSQF:3333: Special Topics in Psychological and Quantitative Foundations (depending on topic; consult advisor)
• PSQF:4106: Child Development
• PSQF:4133: The Adolescent and Young Adult
• PSQF:4134: Parent-Teacher Communication
• PSQF:4136: Home/School/Community Partnerships
• PSQF:4143: Introduction to Statistical Methods
• PSQF:4145: Marriage and Family Interaction
• PSQF:4162: Introduction to Couple and Family Therapy
• PSQF:4204: Introduction to the Learning Sciences
• PSQF:4205: Design Principles for How People Learn
• PSQF:4281: Cognitive Principles for How People Learn
• PSQF:4750: Learning Environments: Design, Context, and Activity
• PSQF:4760: Participatory Learning and Media: Creating, Remixing, Making, and Education
• SIED:4135: The Nature of Science

Education Studies Subprogram Electives

Students in the education studies subprogram must select 15 s.h., including at least two different College of Education areas (CSED, EDTL, EPLS, PSQF), from the following.

• CSED:4111: Building Leadership and Success at Work
• CSED:4140: Foundations of Leadership for Community Agencies
• CSED:4187: Introduction to Assistive Technology
• CSED:4197: Citizenship in a Multicultural Society (if not taken as diverse perspectives course)
• EDTL:2122: Creativity, Imagination, Play, and Human Development through the Arts
• EDTL:2630: Introduction to the Psychology of Music
• EDTL:3002: Teaching and Learning Technologies
• EDTL:3382: Language and Learning
• EDTL:3715: Experiential Teaching and Learning
• EDTL:4093: Teaching and Learning for a Global Perspective
• EDTL:4096: Topics in Teaching and Learning (depending on topic; consult advisor)
• EDTL:4900: Foundations of Special Education
• EPLS:1240: Student Success in College (if not taken as diverse perspectives course)
• EPLS:2098: The Student Affairs Profession
• EPLS:3240: Undergraduate Topics in Education (depending on topic; consult advisor)
• EPLS:4180: Human Relations for the Classroom Teacher (if not taken as diverse perspectives course)
• EPLS:4200: Athletic Administration in Educational Settings
• EPLS:4250: Education In Black America
• PSQF:2700: Introduction to Understanding Trauma and Resilience
• PSQF:3104: Multicultural Issues in Counseling and Psychology (if not taken as diverse perspectives course)
• PSQF:3115: Sport and Performance Psychology
• PSQF:3333: Special Topics in Psychological and Quantitative Foundations (depending on topic; consult advisor)
• PSQF:4106: Child Development
• PSQF:4133: The Adolescent and Young Adult
• PSQF:4143: Introduction to Statistical Methods
• PSQF:4204: Introduction to the Learning Sciences
• PSQF:4205: Design Principles for How People Learn
• PSQF:4281: Cognitive Principles for How People Learn
• PSQF:4750: Learning Environments: Design, Context, and Activity
• PSQF:4760: Participatory Learning and Media: Creating, Remixing, Making, and Education
• SIED:4135: The Nature of Science

Human Relations Subprogram Electives

Students in the human relations subprogram must select 15 s.h., including at least two different College of Education areas (CSED, EDTL, EPLS, PSQF), from the following.

• CSED:1102: Introduction to Helping Skills
• CSED:2081: Making a Vocational-Educational Choice
• CSED:4111: Building Leadership and Success at Work
• CSED:4130: Human Sexuality
• CSED:4131: Loss, Death, and Bereavement
• CSED:4140: Foundations of Leadership for Community Agencies
• CSED:4173: Trauma Across the Lifespan
• CSED:4176: Child Abuse: Assessment, Intervention, and Advocacy
• CSED:4180: Topical Seminar for Helping Professionals (depending on topic; consult advisor)
• CSED:4187: Introduction to Assistive Technology
• CSED:4195: Ethics in Human Relations and Counseling (if not used to meet core class requirement)
• CSED:4197: Citizenship in a Multicultural Society (if not taken as diverse perspectives course)
• CSED:4199: Counseling for Related Professions (if not used to meet core class requirement)
• EDTL:4096: Topics in Teaching and Learning (if not taken as diverse perspectives course)
• EPLS:3240: Undergraduate Topics in Education (depending on topic; consult advisor)
• EPLS:4020: Being in Civic Dialogues
• EPLS:4180: Human Relations for the Classroom Teacher (if not taken as diverse perspectives course)
• PSQF:2115: Introduction to Counseling Psychology
• PSQF:2116: Applied Child and Adolescent Psychology
• PSQF:2700: Introduction to Understanding Trauma and Resilience
• PSQF:3104: Multicultural Issues in Counseling and Psychology (if not taken as diverse perspectives course)
• PSQF:3115: Sport and Performance Psychology
• PSQF:3333: Special Topics in Psychological and Quantitative Foundations (depending on topic; consult advisor)
• PSQF:4106: Child Development
• PSQF:4133: The Adolescent and Young Adult
• PSQF:4134: Parent-Teacher Communication
• PSQF:4136: Home/School/Community Partnerships
• PSQF:4143: Introduction to Statistical Methods
• PSQF:4145: Marriage and Family Interaction
• PSQF:4162: Introduction to Couple and Family Therapy

Learning Outcomes

• Understand learning and instruction, broadly construed, as it may be realized in a number of different contexts, situations, and learners.
• Understand how to support learners via teaching, counseling, advocacy, and other intervention relationships.
• Think critically, conceptually, and psychologically about issues and problems in and the social purposes of education in a variety of contexts.
• Develop interpersonal skills that enhance helping relationships and foster collaboration in a variety of contexts.
• Develop increased sensitivity to and understanding of values, beliefs, lifestyles, and attitudes of individuals and diverse groups found in a pluralistic society by exploring diversity, diversity consciousness, and the causes, implications, and resolutions of systemic inequities.
• Draw on research to understand and implement instructional and intervention practices, assessment processes, and leadership and advocacy skills to foster positive outcomes in education and related organizations.
• Understand ethical and professional issues that may arise in education-related contexts.

GE CLAS Core

The GE CLAS Core requirements provide students with a broad foundation of knowledge and a focused practice of transferable skills necessary for a lifetime of learning.

Communication and Literacy

• Understanding Cultural Perspectives: a minimum of 3 s.h.
• Interpretation of Literature: a minimum of 3 s.h.
• Rhetoric: a minimum of 4 s.h.
• World Languages Pathways: required credit varies

Sustainability

Students complete this requirement by choosing an approved GE CLAS Core course that integrates Sustainability (with no additional semester hours) with a course from the Natural, Quantitative, and Social Sciences category or the Culture, Society, and the Arts category.

Natural, Quantitative, and Social Sciences

• Natural Sciences: a minimum of 7 s.h.; must include one lab
• Quantitative or Formal Reasoning: a minimum of 3 s.h.
• Social Sciences: a minimum of 3 s.h.

Culture, Society, and the Arts

• Historical Perspectives: a minimum of 3 s.h.
• International and Global Issues: a minimum of 3 s.h.
• Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts: a minimum of 3 s.h.
• Values and Society: a minimum of 3 s.h.

Four-Year Graduation Plan

The following checkpoints list the minimum requirements students must complete by certain semesters in order to stay on the university's Four-Year Graduation Plan.

• Before the fifth semester begins: at least three courses in the major.
• Before the seventh semester begins: at least three more courses (total of six) in the major and at least 90 s.h. earned toward the degree.
• Before the eighth semester begins: at least two more courses (total of eight) in the major.
• During the eighth semester: enrollment in all remaining coursework in the major, all remaining GE CLAS Core courses, and a sufficient number of semester hours to graduate.

Sample Plan of Study

Sample plans represent one way to complete a program of study. Actual course selection and sequence will vary and should be discussed with an academic advisor.

Education Studies and Human Relations, BA

• First Year:
  • Fall: ENGL:1200 or RHET:1030, GE CLAS Core: Understanding Cultural Perspectives, GE CLAS Core: World Languages First Level Proficiency, CSI:1600, Elective course
  • Spring: PSQF:1075, RHET:1030 or ENGL:1200, GE CLAS Core: Natural Sciences without Lab, GE CLAS Core: World Languages Second Level Proficiency, Elective course
• Second Year:
  • Fall: EPLS:3000, GE CLAS Core: Historical Perspectives, GE CLAS Core: Natural Sciences with Lab, GE CLAS Core: World Languages Third Level Proficiency
  • Spring: EDTL:2015, GE CLAS Core: International and Global Issues, GE CLAS Core: Quantitative or Formal Reasoning, GE CLAS Core: World Languages Fourth Level Proficiency, Elective course
• Third Year:
  • Fall: Major: Diverse Perspectives Course, GE CLAS Core: Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts, GE CLAS Core: Social Sciences, Elective course, Elective course
  • Spring: CSED:4199, Major: Elective course, GE CLAS Core: Values and Society, Elective course, Elective course
• Fourth Year:
  • Fall: Major: Elective course, Major: Elective course, Elective course, Elective course, Elective course
  • Spring: Major: Elective course, Major: Elective course, Elective course, Elective course, Elective course, Degree Application: apply on MyUI before deadline (typically in February for spring, September for fall)