Educational Policy and Community Studies Courses
ED POL 100 Prior Professional Education Experience
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Allows Community Engagement & Education majors only to earn credits for their prior professional education experiences. Course credits may only be used towards lower electives.
Prerequisites: Admis to CEED.
Course Rules: Cr/no cr only.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 101 Prior Professional Education Experience Topics
1-42 cr. Undergraduate.
Second semester lower division curriculum: includes development of prior educational experience statement, personal goal analysis, learning agreement, continued acquisition of skills and understandings leading to competence, practice.
Prerequisites: ED POL 100 or consent of instructor.
Course Rules: Less than 42 cr available to students possessing some equivalent skills and/or understandings.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 111 Introduction to Community Action and Change
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Basic concepts and strategies for fostering collective action and change in communities and neighborhoods.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 112 Introduction to Community Education, Engagement, and Development
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Examines the strategies for community education, engagement, and development and discusses the different roles of education within a community setting.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 113 The Milwaukee Community
3 cr. Undergraduate.
An overview of communities and neighborhood groups in Milwaukee.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: SS
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 114 Community Issues, Policies, and Solutions
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Examines how social issues impact communities and neighborhoods while exploring strategies for change.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 179 Special Topics in Community Education:
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/content chg to 12 cr max.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 200 Community Education III
1-15 cr. Undergraduate.
Third semester lower division curriculum: emphasizes acquisition of skills and understandings leading to basic competence as set forth in student learning agreements. Includes fieldwork practice.
Prerequisites: Ed Pol 101 or cons instr.
Course Rules: Variable cr based on skills & understanding to be acquired & nature of practice.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 201 Community Education IV
1-15 cr. Undergraduate.
Fourth semester of lower division curriculum: emphasizes final development of skills and understandings leading to basic competence as set forth in student learning agreements and continuation of fieldwork practice. Includes final evaluation of basic competence.
Prerequisites: Ed Pol 200 or cons instr.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 202 Community Service Volunteer
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Cr/no cr only. May be retaken to max of 6 cr.
Last Taught: Spring 2023, Spring 2020, Fall 2019, Summer 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 203 Communities and Neighborhoods in America
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Students will construct a survey of their neighborhoods, examine theories of community structure, and analyze neighborhood improvement movements. Fulfills Ed Pol 113 req for CED.
Prerequisites: none.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 208 Experiential Learning Professional and Civic Development Course
1 cr. Undergraduate.
Examination of students' internships in the local context of the Milwaukee metropolitan area, exploring both current and historic themes.
Prerequisites: an internship experience is required in conjunction with this course.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 279 Current Topics in Educational Policy and Community Studies:
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Variable content course. Specific topic announced in the Schedule of Classes.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to max of 9 cr.
Last Taught: Fall 2021, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 297 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: consent of instructor; acceptance for Study Abroad Program.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 299 Independent Reading
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
For the benefit of undergraduate students unable to secure needed content in regular courses.
Prerequisites: cons instr.
Course Rules: May be retaken to max of 6 cr.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Summer 2018, Spring 2017, Spring 2015.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 302 Approaches to Relationships in the Child Care Setting
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Communication and conflict resolution in relationships in the child care setting, emphasizing parent-child, teacher-child, teacher-teacher and parent-teacher relationships.
Prerequisites: consent of advisor if admitted to the Community Education program; junior standing or consent of instructor for all other individuals.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Fall 2019, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 315 Group Process and Civic Engagement:
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Explore group process and identity and relate these issues to future civic engagement for emerging student leaders.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: Not open to students with cr in ED POL 279 Emerging Leaders topics. May be retaken to 4 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Fall 2017, Fall 2016, Fall 2015.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 375 Cultural Foundations of Education
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Critical examination of cultural influences in American society as they affect education.
Prerequisites: soph st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 377 Conceptual and Development Formulation for Prior Educational Experience
3-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Prerequisites: C/NC only. May be retaken to 12 cr max.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 379 Current Topics in Community Education:
1-6 cr. Undergraduate.
The specific topics and prerequisites will be announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the course is offered.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to max of 12 cr.
Last Taught: Summer 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 1999, Fall 1998.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 381 Introduction to Child Care:
3 cr. Undergraduate.
An introductory course for students who are new to the field of child care. Enables students to begin working effectively with young children.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Fall 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 383 Child Care Programming:
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Study of child care programming as it relates to the child's social milieu: family, community, and child care center. Comparative examination of child care programs and their supporting theories.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: May be retaken w/chg in topic to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Spring 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 416 Analysis of Child Care Environments
3-6 cr. Undergraduate.
Introduces students to a variety of special designs for child care settings and to an understanding of evaluation process for environmental changes.
Prerequisites: consent of advisor if admitted to the Community Education program; junior standing or consent of instructor for all other individuals.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Summer 2020, Spring 2020, Summer 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 460 The Chicano Experience
3 cr. Undergraduate.
This course surveys important issues shaping the Chicano experience in U.S. society by focusing on immigration, the Barrio, Repatriation, Zoot Suit, Chicano-police riots, etc.
Prerequisites: none.
General Education Requirements: CD, HU
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 497 Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: junior standing, consent of instructor; acceptance for Study Abroad Program
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Spring 2010.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 497G Study Abroad:
1-12 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Designed to enroll students in UWM sponsored program before course work level, content, and credits are determined and/or in specially prepared program course work.
Prerequisites: junior standing, consent of instructor; acceptance for Study Abroad Program
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic.
Last Taught: Fall 2014, Spring 2010.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 499 Independent Reading
1-3 cr. Undergraduate.
Prerequisites: jr st; cons instr.
Course Rules: May be retaken for cr.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2023, Summer 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 500 Sociology and Policy of Urban Communities and Schools
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected contemporary social issues analyzed for their bearing on urban communities and schools.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Summer 2006, Summer 2005.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 500G Sociology and Policy of Urban Communities and Schools
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Selected contemporary social issues analyzed for their bearing on urban communities and schools.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Summer 2006, Summer 2005.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 501G Community Change and Engagement
3 cr. Graduate.
Concepts and strategies for community change and engagement in low-income urban settings.
Prerequisites: grad st or cons instr.
Course Rules: Not open to students with credit for ED POL 111.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 506 Research Techniques for Community Organizers and Community Educators
3 cr. Undergraduate.
Introduction to basic research techniques and the specific skills needed for the community organizer and/or educator.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 507 Action Research on Milwaukee Institutions
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examination and analysis of the organization, philosophy, and history of specific Milwaukee institutions. Emphasis placed on how these institutions affect the lives of community residents and appropriate alternatives to current arrangements.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2012, Spring 2011.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 507G Action Research on Milwaukee Institutions
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examination and analysis of the organization, philosophy, and history of specific Milwaukee institutions. Emphasis placed on how these institutions affect the lives of community residents and appropriate alternatives to current arrangements.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2012, Spring 2011.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 509 Fieldwork/Practicum in Education and the Community
1-3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Advanced fieldwork/practicum for students to acquire skills for educational and community practice.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: May be retaken to 6 cr max. Fieldwork hours correspond to credit value; 50 hours for 1 cr, 75 hours for 2 crs, 100 hours for 3 crs.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Summer 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 509G Fieldwork/Practicum in Education and the Community
1-3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Advanced fieldwork/practicum for students to acquire skills for educational and community practice.
Prerequisites: none.
Course Rules: May be retaken to 6 cr max. Fieldwork hours correspond to credit value; 50 hours for 1 cr, 75 hours for 2 crs, 100 hours for 3 crs.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Summer 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 520 Peace Education
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Discusses how education and community education can address the threats of violence and prepares students to teach about peace, nonviolence, and conflict resolution.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr. Minimum of 9 hrs Soc Sci division course work.
Last Taught: Summer 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 520G Peace Education
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Discusses how education and community education can address the threats of violence and prepares students to teach about peace, nonviolence, and conflict resolution.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr. Minimum of 9 hrs Soc Sci division course work.
Last Taught: Summer 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 531 Alternative Schools
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examine the alternative schools movement.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Ed Pol 330.
Last Taught: Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 531G Alternative Schools
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examine the alternative schools movement.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of Ed Pol 330.
Last Taught: Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 534 Students Placed At Risk: Deconstructing Risk, Defining Promise
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Helps teachers to identify and understand the personal, social, cultural and community contexts which contribute to risk discourse and the labeling of public school students.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 534G Students Placed At Risk: Deconstructing Risk, Defining Promise
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Helps teachers to identify and understand the personal, social, cultural and community contexts which contribute to risk discourse and the labeling of public school students.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 535 Educating Students Placed At Risk: Pedagogies of Engagement
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Development of skills and techniques to enable teachers to be instructionally effective with students placed at risk.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 535G Educating Students Placed At Risk: Pedagogies of Engagement
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Development of skills and techniques to enable teachers to be instructionally effective with students placed at risk.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 575G Foundations of Education
3 cr. Graduate.
Focuses on the development of public schooling in the US, particularly large urban districts, and contexts of foundations of education. Explores the school-society relationship from critical, normative, and interpretive perspectives.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: Counts as repeat of ED POL 375 taken at the undergraduate level.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 579 Current Topics in Cultural Foundations of Education:
1-6 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Specific topics and any additional prerequisites will be announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the course is offered.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to max of 9 credits, including credits earned under ED POL 779.
Last Taught: Summer 2024, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 579G Current Topics in Cultural Foundations of Education:
1-6 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Specific topics and any additional prerequisites will be announced in the Schedule of Classes each time the course is offered.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Course Rules: May be retaken with change in topic to max of 9 credits, including credits earned under ED POL 779.
Last Taught: Summer 2024, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 580 An Overview of Child/Youth Care
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Survey of skills, theories and approaches of the youth work field. Emphasis on interactive, developmental and relationship-building approaches in a variety of settings.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Course Rules: Ed Pol/ExcEduc/Soc Wrk 580 are jointly offered & count as repeats of each other.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2015.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 580G An Overview of Child/Youth Care
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Survey of skills, theories and approaches of the youth work field. Emphasis on interactive, developmental and relationship-building approaches in a variety of settings.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Course Rules: Ed Pol/ExcEduc/Soc Wrk 580 are jointly offered & count as repeats of each other.
Last Taught: Fall 2016, Fall 2015.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 581 Youth Work Practice
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Applies the skills, theories and approaches of the youth work field to settings such as schools, community centers, and residential programs.
Prerequisites: jr st; Ed Pol/Soc Wrk 580(P); or grad st or cons instr.
Course Rules: Ed Pol/Soc Wrk 581 are jointly offered & count as repeats of each other.
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Spring 2016.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 581G Youth Work Practice
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Applies the skills, theories and approaches of the youth work field to settings such as schools, community centers, and residential programs.
Prerequisites: jr st; Ed Pol/Soc Wrk 580(P); or grad st or cons instr.
Course Rules: Ed Pol/Soc Wrk 581 are jointly offered & count as repeats of each other.
Last Taught: Spring 2017, Spring 2016.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 582 Operations Management in Early Childhood Programs
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
An introduction to systems and operations theory. Students explore and apply management concepts, systems, policies, and procedures to improve the quality of programs and services.
Prerequisites: junior standing; AD LDSP 581(P); or consent of instructor.
Course Rules: AD LDSP 582 and ED POL 582 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 582G Operations Management in Early Childhood Programs
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
An introduction to systems and operations theory. Students explore and apply management concepts, systems, policies, and procedures to improve the quality of programs and services.
Prerequisites: junior standing; AD LDSP 581(P); or consent of instructor.
Course Rules: AD LDSP 582 and ED POL 582 are jointly offered and count as repeats of one another.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Spring 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 584 Early Childhood Programs and the External Environment
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examines external influences that impact daycare. Students explore issues of culture, community, diversity, and policy as well as technical issues related to program quality.
Prerequisites: junior standing and AD LDSP 581(P); or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Summer 2021, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 584G Early Childhood Programs and the External Environment
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examines external influences that impact daycare. Students explore issues of culture, community, diversity, and policy as well as technical issues related to program quality.
Prerequisites: junior standing and AD LDSP 581(P); or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Summer 2021, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 585 Supervised Practicum in Child and Youth Care
2-4 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Supervised practicum in residential agencies and settings which utilize child and youth care workers and serve behaviorally, cognitively and/or physically disabled youth.
Prerequisites: jr st; ED POL 580/EXCEDUC 580/SOC WRK 580(P), or grad st; cons instr.
Course Rules: ED POL 585/EXCEDUC 585 are jointly offered & count as repeats of each other.
Last Taught: Spring 2021, Fall 2020.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 597 Public Schools, Church-State Issues: Educational Foundations
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examination of the intersection between church and state in public education, including historical, legal, and moral issues; discussions of religious conflicts.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 597G Public Schools, Church-State Issues: Educational Foundations
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examination of the intersection between church and state in public education, including historical, legal, and moral issues; discussions of religious conflicts.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 601 Foundations of Community-Based Organizations
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Overview of community based organizations, their structures, functions, & administration. Students will also be taught proposal writing skills.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 601G Foundations of Community-Based Organizations
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Overview of community based organizations, their structures, functions, & administration. Students will also be taught proposal writing skills.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 602 Proposal Writing and Fundraising Skills for Community-Based Organizations
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Course prepares students to research, identify and apply for government funded community programs.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 602G Proposal Writing and Fundraising Skills for Community-Based Organizations
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Course prepares students to research, identify and apply for government funded community programs.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 604 Marketing for Community-Based Organizations
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Basic theories of marketing and the application of marketing strategies used by community-based organizations.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2017.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 604G Marketing for Community-Based Organizations
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Basic theories of marketing and the application of marketing strategies used by community-based organizations.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2019, Fall 2017.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 605 Community-Based Organization Funding
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Overview of basic fiscal issues (funding types and sources, accountability issues, oversight systems, etc) impacting community-based organizations.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Spring 2017.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 605G Community-Based Organization Funding
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Overview of basic fiscal issues (funding types and sources, accountability issues, oversight systems, etc) impacting community-based organizations.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2018, Spring 2017.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 607 Service Learning and Community Engagement
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examines theories and practices of Service Learning and Community Engagement. Provides frameworks for reflection and action. Explores power, inequality and approaches to social justice.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Course Rules: Part of concentration in Community Engagement and Partnerships.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 607G Service Learning and Community Engagement
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examines theories and practices of Service Learning and Community Engagement. Provides frameworks for reflection and action. Explores power, inequality and approaches to social justice.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Course Rules: Part of concentration in Community Engagement and Partnerships.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 608 Social Media and Technology for Community Engagement
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Introduces a variety of current visions of social media and approaches to community informatics.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 608G Social Media and Technology for Community Engagement
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Introduces a variety of current visions of social media and approaches to community informatics.
Prerequisites: jr st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 609 Community Partnerships
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Explores different partnership environments, including: community-campus partnerships, inter-agency non-profit partnerships; governmental-non-profit partnerships; and public-private partnerships through theory and practice.
Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 609G Community Partnerships
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Explores different partnership environments, including: community-campus partnerships, inter-agency non-profit partnerships; governmental-non-profit partnerships; and public-private partnerships through theory and practice.
Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 610 Reproduction of Minoritized Communities
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Analysis of the social, economic, and cultural forces behind the formation and reproduction of minoritized communities in the United States.
Prerequisites: junior standing; or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 610G Reproduction of Minoritized Communities
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Analysis of the social, economic, and cultural forces behind the formation and reproduction of minoritized communities in the United States.
Prerequisites: junior standing; or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 613 Context and Foundations of Educational Policy
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Defines educational policy, studies philosophical, historical, and social contexts of educational policy, examines context of educational policy, and presents contemporary educational concerns.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2012, Spring 2012.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 613G Context and Foundations of Educational Policy
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Defines educational policy, studies philosophical, historical, and social contexts of educational policy, examines context of educational policy, and presents contemporary educational concerns.
Prerequisites: jr st.
Last Taught: Fall 2012, Spring 2012.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 627 Theories and Issues of Racial Justice in Education
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Explores the tenets and application of Critical Race Theory in the field of education including relevant application to Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in schools.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of and not open for credit to students with credit in ED POL 579 with topic Critical Race Theory/Schools/Culturally Relevant Pedagogy.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 627G Theories and Issues of Racial Justice in Education
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Explores the tenets and application of Critical Race Theory in the field of education including relevant application to Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in schools.
Prerequisites: junior standing.
Course Rules: Counts as a repeat of and not open for credit to students with credit in ED POL 579 with topic Critical Race Theory/Schools/Culturally Relevant Pedagogy.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 630 Race, Ethnicity, and Public Policy in Urban America
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examination of the relationship between race, ethnicity, and public policy with emphasis on issues (housing, crime, welfare reform, poverty, employment, discrimination, etc.) impacting urban communities.
Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 630G Race, Ethnicity, and Public Policy in Urban America
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Examination of the relationship between race, ethnicity, and public policy with emphasis on issues (housing, crime, welfare reform, poverty, employment, discrimination, etc.) impacting urban communities.
Prerequisites: junior standing or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Spring 2025.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 633 Community Development: History, Structure, Process-Empowering Communities
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Introduction to the principles, ideas, and techniques of community empowerment and the development of minoritized communities.
Prerequisites: junior standing; or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 633G Community Development: History, Structure, Process-Empowering Communities
3 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Introduction to the principles, ideas, and techniques of community empowerment and the development of minoritized communities.
Prerequisites: junior standing; or consent of instructor.
Last Taught: Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 688 Fieldwork in Multicultural Education
1-6 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Fieldwork in multicultural settings appropriate for cultural research, analysis and study. Individualized requirements and evaluation criteria to be determined by faculty on individualized bases.
Prerequisites: jr st; cons instr.
Course Rules: May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 688G Fieldwork in Multicultural Education
1-6 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Fieldwork in multicultural settings appropriate for cultural research, analysis and study. Individualized requirements and evaluation criteria to be determined by faculty on individualized bases.
Prerequisites: jr st; cons instr.
Course Rules: May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 698 Fieldwork in International Education
1-6 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Fieldwork in intercultural settings appropriate for cultural research, analysis and study. Requirements and evaluation criteria to be determined by faculty on individualized basis.
Prerequisites: jr st; cons instr.
Course Rules: May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 698G Fieldwork in International Education
1-6 cr. Undergraduate/Graduate.
Fieldwork in intercultural settings appropriate for cultural research, analysis and study. Requirements and evaluation criteria to be determined by faculty on individualized basis.
Prerequisites: jr st; cons instr.
Course Rules: May be retaken to 6 cr max.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2019.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 702 Cultural Foundations of Education Graduate Seminar
3 cr. Graduate.
Introduction to graduate studies. Provides students the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in graduate school.
Prerequisites: grad st
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 705 Sociology of Education and Community Engagement
3 cr. Graduate.
Focus on education and communities as social systems. Examination of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic class, and gender in communities and schools.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 710 Research Methods for Education and Community Engagement
3 cr. Graduate.
Critical examination of historical, philosophical, sociological and comparative research methods and strategies and their implications for community engagement and educational change.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 740 Modern Philosophies of Education and Community
3 cr. Graduate.
Analysis of philosophies of education and of community processes; exploration of beliefs about values and knowledge within cultural contexts.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 750 History of Education in American Communities
3 cr. Graduate.
Study of consensus and conflict in the ideas and issues shaping education and community in the changing U.S. society; includes an emphasis on the education and engagement of immigrants, minorities and women in and outside of mainstream society..
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 780 Urban Education Policies and Community: Problems and Opportunities
3 cr. Graduate.
Issues impacting urban school districts.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 791 Action Research: Capstone Workshop
3 cr. Graduate.
Capstone research course for students in the Cultural Foundations of Education MS program
Prerequisites: grad st; Ed Pol 710 and 705 (P), 740 & 750 (P) or (C) plus 6 addl cr; cons instr.
Course Rules: Open to Cultural Foundations Students only.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 799 Independent Reading
1-3 cr. Graduate.
For benefit of grad students unable to secure needed content in regular courses.
Prerequisites: grad st; cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2023.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 805 Sociology of Education: Seminar
3 cr. Graduate.
Evaluation of theory, scholarly research, and issues in the sociology of education, with emphasis on empirical studies of social stratification and social mobility.
Prerequisites: Doctoral st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2021, Spring 2020, Spring 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 822 Global Educational Studies
3 cr. Graduate.
Study of education worldwide as well as issues that affect education internationally, including inequalities between and within countries. Examination of proposed reforms, innovations and technologies.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Last Taught: Fall 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2012, Fall 2010.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 823 Multicultural Education
3 cr. Graduate.
Study of cultural diversity and its relationship to educational theory and practice. Emphasis upon developing and analyzing programs with a multicultural emphasis.
Prerequisites: grad st; Ed Pol 705(P) or 750(P) or cons instr.
Last Taught: Summer 2014, Summer 2003, Summer 2002, Summer 2001.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 837 Emergent Methods in Qualitative Research for Social Foundations
3 cr. Graduate.
Provides students an advance overview of state-of-the-art qualitative research methods.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 840 Seminar in Educational Theory
3 cr. Graduate.
Examination of prominent theories of education and society and application to current educational issues and contexts.
Prerequisites: Doctoral st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2020, Fall 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 850 Seminar in History of American Education
3 cr. Graduate.
Historical background of contemporary debates and controversies in American education.
Prerequisites: Doctoral st or cons instr.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2021.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 888 Candidate for Degree
0 cr. Graduate.
Available for graduate students who must meet minimum credit load requirement.
Prerequisites: graduate standing.
Course Rules: Fee for 1 cr assessed; unit does not count towards credit load for Fin Aid. Repeatable. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only.
Last Taught: Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2018.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 990 Research or Thesis
1-3 cr. Graduate.
Prerequisites: grad st.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Summer 2024, Spring 2024.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/
ED POL 999 Independent Reading
1-3 cr. Graduate.
Variable content course.
Prerequisites: master's degree.
Course Rules: Retakeable to max of 9 cr.
Last Taught: Spring 2025, Fall 2024, Spring 2023, Fall 2022.
Current Offerings: https://catalog.uwm.edu/course-search/