Teacher Education Minor

Admission Requirements

To be admitted into a Minor program in the School of Education a student must meet the following requirements:

• Have a declared major at the University of Pittsburgh
• Minimum of 2.0 cumulative GPA
• Complete an application for the selected academic minor

Curriculum

The Teacher Education Minor requires 15 undergraduate credits. 9 credit hours must have the TLL prefix.

• TLL 1000 - INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING
• TLL 1041 - INTRO TO EARLY CHILDHOOD ED
• TLL 1042 - LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE FOR THE YOUNG CHILD
• TLL 1203 - LANGUAGE AND LANGUAGE SYSTEMS
• TLL 1257 - TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
• TLL 1502 - SUPPORTING STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS
• TLL 1505 - AUTISM: CHARACTERISTICS AND INTERVENTIONS
• TLL 1509 - APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AND POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT
• TLL 1520 - SUPPORTING LITERACIES IN INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS
• TLL 1580 - FOUNDATIONS OF SPECIAL EDUC
• TLL 1581 - CRITICAL HISTORIES OF EDUCATION
• TLL 1582 - CULTURES, KNOWLEDGE TRADITIONS, AND SOCIAL SYSTEMS OF SCHOOLING I
• TLL 1701 - EARLY FIELD EXPERIENCE-SECONDARY
• TLL 1702 - DIGITAL LITERACIES AND LEARNING ACROSS EDUCATIONAL CONTEXTS
• TLL 1704 - CURRENT ISSUES IN SECONDARY EDUCATION
• TLL 1907 - COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH FAMILIES AND THE COMMUNITIES
• EFOP 1001 - SOCIAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION
• HHD 1001 - INTRO EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
• HHD 1002 - DEVELOPMENT: CONCEPTION THROUGH EARLY CHILDHOOD
• HHD 1003 - DEVELOPMENT: MIDDLE CHILDHOOD THROUGH ADOLESCENCE

Graduation Requirements

• Students must earn a C- or higher in a class for it to satisfy minor requirements.
• The minor GPA requirement to graduate is 2.0.
• No more than 50% of minor coursework that has been transferred from another institution may be applied to the minor.
• Completion of all course requirements