Program Details
Next Start Date: January 8
Credit Hours: 120
Course Length: 16 weeks
Estimated Program Length: 48 months
The fully online bachelor’s degree program with interdisciplinary social sciences community education specialization from the University of West Florida provides a broad view of issues related to educating children and youth in high-poverty communities.
Why Study Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at UWF?
The Community Education specialization provides you with a framework to address the diverse learning needs of underprivileged children and youth while evaluating programming used in community education. Throughout your degree program, you will learn to apply universal design for learning to create educational programming that ensures accessibility to learners of all ages with diverse needs.
Experience high-impact practices, including a capstone course that is designed around your area of interest. High-impact practices emphasized in the ISS community education degree include:
- Collaboration: Participate in collaborative learning experiences and activities as you develop knowledge of informal education—UDL principles in particular
- Service Learning: Engage in service learning in an informal and community-based setting of your choice
- Field Instruction: Develop an awareness and appreciation of the unique features of each community and educational context
- Diversity: Explore diversity in the cultures, languages and needs of participants in informal and community-based settings
What You Will Learn
Graduates of this specialization are prepared to work in a variety of community-based settings or agencies that provide educational programming for children and youth. You will be able to plan and deliver flexible educational programs in informal and community-based educational settings. Some of these settings include museums, environmental education centers, summer camps, after-school programs, houses of worship and nonprofit organizations.
By completing this degree, you will be able to:
- Plan developmentally appropriate interactions based on goals identified for all learners in community environments
- Use critical thinking skills to evaluate environments and to demonstrate decision-making and problem-solving skills
- Model clear and acceptable oral and written communication
- Meet community needs while demonstrating ethical and professional practices, leadership and collaborative skills with colleagues and community members
This program does not lead to teacher certification in the state of Florida.