Course Catalogs

Cultural Foundations of Education (CFE)

CFE 200  Selected Topics  (1-6 Credits)  
School of Education  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable  
CFE 230  Intergroup Dialogue  (3 Credits)  
School of Education  
Cross-listed with WGS 230, SOC 230, CRS 230  
Guided intergroup communication skills. Cycle of socialization; social identities, and social structures that create and maintain inequality; power of dynamic of racism, sexism, and other systems of oppression. Students explore conflict and enact collaboration to deepen understanding.
Repeatable 2 times for 6 credits maximum  
Shared Competencies: Communication Skills; Ethics and Integrity  
CFE 280  International Course  (1-12 Credits)  
School of Education  
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Repeatable 2 times for 12 credits maximum  
CFE 300  Selected Topics  (1-6 Credits)  
School of Education  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable  
CFE 321  Educ & American Ideals  (3 Credits)  
School of Education  
Role of education in terms of American social ideals. Original-source reading of writings by statesmen, philosophers, educators, literati. No prerequisite, although prior work in citizenship education is beneficial.
CFE 362  Youth, Schooling and Popular Culture  (3 Credits)  
School of Education  
Cross-listed with WGS 362, SOC 361  
Double-numbered with CFE 662, WGS 662  
Positioned where school, media, and youth cultures intersect. How schools and media represent "good" and "bad" youth, and how youth negotiate schools and popular cultures. Includes theories of popular culture and adolescence. Additional work required of graduate students.
CFE 380  International Course  (1-12 Credits)  
School of Education  
Offered through SUAbroad by educational institution outside the United States. Student registers for the course at the foreign institution and is graded according to that institution's practice. SUAbroad works with the S.U. academic department to assign the appropriate course level, title, and grade for the student's transcript.
Repeatable  
CFE 400  Selected Topics  (1-6 Credits)  
School of Education  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable  
CFE 444  Schooling & Diversity  (3 Credits)  
School of Education  
Cross-listed with WGS 444  
Double-numbered with CFE 644  
Construction of diversity (race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, class, disability, sexual orientation) in schools. Emergence of inequalities based on difference in pedagogy and curriculum. Student resistance in relation to cultural diversity. Teaching for empowerment.
CFE 445  Indigenous Knowledge, Identity, and Learning  (3 Credits)  
School of Education  
Double-numbered with CFE 645  
Examination of issues encountered by Indigenous/Native peoples in education and in society. Exploration of how Indigenous oral histories challenge dominant historical and contemporary narratives about Indigenous peoples. Additional work required for graduate students.
CFE 490  Independent Study  (1-6 Credits)  
School of Education  
Exploration of a problem, or problems, in depth. Individual independent study upon a plan submitted by the student. Admission by consent of supervising instructor(s) and the department.
Repeatable  
CFE 500  Selected Topics  (1-6 Credits)  
School of Education  
Exploration of a topic (to be determined) not covered by the standard curriculum but of interest to faculty and students in a particular semester.
Repeatable