Education
4 courses · Cuesta College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Summer 2026 · Fall 2026
EDUC 200 INTRODUCTION TO THE TEACHING PROFESSION
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 5 hours per week: (2.00 lecture hours/3.00 lab hours)
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- EDUC 200
Examines concepts and issues related to teaching diverse learners in today's contemporary schools. Provides a minimum of 45 hours of supervised observation and participation in cooperating public schools. Discussion focuses on California's content standards and frameworks, instructional practice, historical, philosophical and social foundations of American public education. Examines opportunities, requirements, responsibilities, new directions, and rewards in teaching. Places students in a more informed position regarding the decision to pursue a career in education.
EDUC 210 ETHNIC STUDIES FOR EDUCATORS
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)
- Transfers to
- CSU
Prepares students to utilize the concepts and methods of Ethnic Studies in teaching and pedagogical practice in K-12 education. Discusses the role of intersectionality, identity, and collective struggle in educational institutions, focusing on Native American, African American, Asian American and Latina and Latino American communities. Covers the historical inequalities reproduced within education and schools, the knowledge produced by these communities and the strategies used for resistance and liberation. Same as ETHN 210.
EDUC 220 INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION AND THE PARAEDUCATOR PROFESSION
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours/0.00 activity hours)
- Transfers to
- CSU
Introduces students to Special Education and the paraeducator professions. Prepares students to work as paraeducators in local schools for which there is a high demand. Supports students pursuing all five teacher pathways and is foundational to the Special Education Teacher Preparation Pathway.
EDUC 252 WORK EXPERIENCE IN EDUCATION
- Units
- 0.5 to 4.5
- Hours
- 1.5 to 13 hours per week: (0.00 - 0.00 lecture hours/0.00 - 0.00 lab hours/1.50 - 12.00 work experience hours)
- Transfers to
- CSU
Provides opportunities for students in Education to connect academic curricula to experiential learning in the workplace as an internship, Service Learning placement or general employment. Allows students to develop and work on learning objectives in workplace competencies and technical skills relevant for their course of study and career pathway. Students must work 54 hours for each unit of credit earned, in half-unit increments (27 hours), up to a maximum of 4 units. Employment can be paid or unpaid.