Berkeley School of Education

Students must obtain a minimum C grade (2.0 gpa) in the core course for it to count for the Minor.

For the core course requirement, all students will now choose between:

EDUC 130: Knowing and Learning in Mathematics and Science 
Or 
EDUC W140 / 140AC: The Art of Making Meaning: Educational Perspectives on Literacy and Learning in a Global World. 

Recent Core Course Policy Changes: 

F25: EDUC W190A/190AC/W190 

Note: if this taken in Fall 2025 or a later term, this course does not satisfy the Ed Minor core course requirement.
The department will still recognize EDUC 190 as fulfilling the core course requirement of the Education minor, if the course was taken Summer 2025 or earlier. After summer 2025, EDUC 190 will be recognized as an elective and only EDUC 130 and EDU 140 will count toward the core course requirement. 

Educ 190: Critical Studies in Education, is currently offered fall, spring and summer semesters. It examines how learning environments can empower and disempower individuals and explores the role of education in the social construction of hierarchy, inequality, difference, identity, and power. It embodies a democratic philosophy and practice, creating a learning community that encourages students to take responsibility for their own education and learn through theory, experience, and dialogue.

There are three versions of the core course: EDUC W190A, the online version; and EDUC 190AC, a hybrid version; and each are 4 units, offered fall and spring semesters. Both include a project that counts as 1 unit of fieldwork for the minor. EDUC W190 is the online version of the core course offered in the summer semester, is only 3 units and does not have the equivalent of 1 unit of fieldwork for the minor.

EDUC W190 is the online version of the core course offered in the summer semester, is only 3 units.

Three (3) units of minor approved field work are required of all Education minor students. Fieldwork counting towards the Education Minor may not count towards another major or minor (may not overlap). 

• Visit our Education Fieldwork Website to learn how to obtain fieldwork units. 

• EDUC W144 units are repeatable, variable unit courses, which can be taken for a letter grade or for P/NP for the Education Minor. 
• Questions? Contact BSE's Undergraduate Advising team at bse-ugrad@berkeley.edu.

Students are required to complete three (3) elective courses that amount to at least 9 academic units, chosen from the Education minor Approved Course List (see link below). The document below lists all the courses that are currently approved for the minor. However, not all the elective courses on this list are offered every semester. Therefore, course lists for each semester are also posted below and should be reviewed carefully before selecting courses for a specific semester.

Please note the following elective course policies:

• Elective courses must be offered for at least 3 units. Exception: Graduate level courses in Education may be used to meet the elective requirement, even if they are 2-unit courses. 

• A maximum of two (2) graduate level courses in Education may be used to meet the elective requirement.

• Electives must amount to a total of 9 units. If students enroll in 2-unit courses, they must verify that their total elective units still amount to 9 units. 

• Students who have completed or plan to complete an Education course as part of a Berkeley Education Abroad program, may be able to have it count toward the Education minor elective requirement. The course must be in the Education Department of the university abroad and equivalent to 3 semester units. There also may be courses offered outside an Education Department at an abroad university that have significant Education content that could be petitioned to count as an Ed Minor elective. Notify the Undergraduate Advisor if you would like to take advantage of the study abroad option.

• From time to time, a course may be offered on campus that has significant educational content but is not on the minor approved course list. If you have found such a course and would like to have it considered for one of your electives for the minor, please contact the Undegraduate Advisor about petitioning the course. A syllabus will be required.

• All minor requirements must be completed by your degree date. Courses completed after your degree date can not be used for the Education minor. If you anticipate getting an Incomplete in a course required for the minor, you can remove yourself from the current degree list by the end of the semester and add yourself to the degree list when you expect all requirements to be complete.

• All course work must be taken at UC Berkeley. 

• Three of the five courses taken for the minor must be upper-division courses (courses numbered 100 and above). Please note that the three units of required field work are considered as one of the 5 courses.

• EDUC 190 and all elective courses for the minor must be taken for a letter grade.

• Courses for the minor must have a minimum overall grade-point average of 2.0.

• EDUC 98/198 and EDUC 199 may NOT be used to satisfy any requirement for the Minor.

• Overlap policy - Only one (1) course may be used to satisfy course requirements for both the student's major and the Education minor OR between the Education minor and a second minor. In other words, out of the five required courses for the Education minor, four of them must be distinct and not being used by any other program at Berkeley. Please note that per L&S policy, no courses in the Ed Minor may overlap with another L&S minor requirement. Fieldwork for the Education Minor may not count towards another major or minor (may not overlap). 

Contact the Undergraduate Advisor: School of Education, 2121 Berkeley Way, 4th floor; bse-ugrad@berkeley.edu