FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN EDUCATION

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze range of perspectives on family and community engagement in education Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explain how family and community engagement are shaped by historical, social, cultural, and political contexts Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Connect course content to personal experiences and apply a growing understanding of family and community engagement to one’s past, current, and future roles as an education stakeholder Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Improve critical reading, research, writing, oral presentation, and other academic literacy skills Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Utilize theoretical and methodological approaches to studying family and community engagement in education Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Analyze range of perspectives on family and community engagement in education Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 2. Explain how family and community engagement are shaped by historical, social, cultural, and political contexts Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 3. Connect course content to personal experiences and apply a growing understanding of family and community engagement to one’s past, current, and future roles as an education stakeholder Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 4. Improve critical reading, research, writing, oral presentation, and other academic literacy skills Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad 5. Utilize theoretical and methodological approaches to studying family and community engagement in education Audience: Graduate