Informal Education Minor
The minor in Informal Education, which includes a practicum experience, provides an option for undergraduate students to have the opportunity to explore the potential for a career in informal education and/or the possibilities for schools to build stronger partnerships with informal sites (which includes museums, zoos, historical sites, state/national parks, etc.). It is a joint program offering in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education and the Department of Museum Studies in Arts and Sciences. The minor requires a total of 18 semester hours, with 9 hours of Museum Studies courses, 6 hours of Education courses, and one 3-hour course that is a collaborative/joint course offering that includes a practicum.