Interdisciplinary Studies, Educational and Community Leadership Concentration, BA (SJSU Online)

Fully Online Degree Completion Program

The mission of SJSU Online is to expand higher education access and degree attainment for learners requiring a fully online degree pathway. This upper division degree completion program is offered through a special session that requires a separate application process.

The Interdisciplinary Studies BA Concentration in Educational and Community Leadership, offered by the Department of Educational Leadership , empowers students to take a role in promoting change for social justice in their communities. The program is designed to enhance students’ opportunities for professional advancement in careers in the fields of education, child and youth services, community organizations, and social services with a curriculum that brings together a variety of academic disciplines that explore societal inequities and methods to accentuate strengths of a community and of its members.

Program Learning Outcomes

Program Delivery

The program is delivered completely online. Classes will be delivered fully online both asynchronously (no designated days/times) and synchronously (designated days/times).

Program Roadmaps

The 2-Year and 3-Year Roadmaps are available online. Roadmaps should be used in consultation with the catalog and your advisor to identify additional requirements for completing the major (for example, course grade minimums).

Transfer Units (60 units)

All applicants are required to have completed at least 60 transferable semester or 90 quarter units with an overall grade point average of 2.0 or better. Applicants must also have completed the Core Lower Division General Education Requirements (34 units), including all four CSU-approved Basics Skills courses, each with a C- or better:

GE Area 1A (Formerly Area A2) Written English Composition
GE Area 1B (Formerly Area A3) Critical Thinking/Logic
GE Area 1C (Formerly Area A1) Oral Communication/Speech
GE Area 2 (Formerly Area B4) Math/Quantitative Reasoning (above the level of intermediate algebra)

GE Area 6 (Formerly Area F) - Ethnic Studies must be completed with a C- or better to meet the requirement at San Jose State University.

Applicants interested in selecting the Early Childhood Education Specialization must have or find access for field placement in a suitable early childhood setting.

1. Complete the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements

Students must satisfy the specific degree requirements for their undergraduate major and fulfill the following University degree requirements:

Academic (program total units with an average 2.0 GPA - “C” or better)
General Education (GE) (34 Lower Division + 9 Upper Division)
American Institutions (AI) (0-6 units) (may be satisfied in GE Areas 3B, 4, UD 3, UD 4)
Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) (3 units)
Physical Education (PE) (0-2 units)
Units in Residence (30 units, including 24 upper division and 12 in major)
Upper Division Units (40 units, including 12 upper div in major for BA, 18 upper div in major for BS)
Undergraduate Policies & Procedures
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Information about the Commencement Ceremony and Conferral of the Degree

Exceptions for University Graduation Requirements including exemptions and waivers, are approved for specific majors and on a case-by-case evaluation only.

Summary of Degree Units

Transfer Units: 60 (Note: Applicants must have completed the 34 Core Lower Division GE Requirements and Physical Education Requirement)

Upper Division GE: 9

GWAR / WID: 0 (3 units satisfied by CHAD 100W )

Major Requirements: 36

University Electives: 15

Total: 120

2. Major Requirements (36 units)

Required Core (21 units)

CHAD 100W - Writing Workshop 3 unit(s) (WID)
CHAD 101 - Research Methods in Developmental Science 3 unit(s)
EDSE 241 - Applying Assistive & Instructional Technology 3 unit(s)
EDLD 110 - Introduction to Educational and Community Leadership 3 unit(s)
EDLD 120 - The Right to Learn: Language, Dignity, and Education 3 unit(s)
EDLD 140 - Identity, Solidarity, and Social Justice Leadership 3 unit(s)
EDSP 150 - Communication, Leadership, and Social Justice 3 unit(s)

Specialization (15 units)

Complete one of the following specialization:

Early Childhood Education

Must have or find access for field placement in a suitable early childhood setting to complete this specialization.

CHAD 60 - Child Development 3 unit(s)
CHAD 152 - Foundations for Early Childhood Curriculum 3 unit(s)
CHAD 160 - Practicum in Early Childhood Education 3 unit(s)
CHAD 161 - Administration of Early Childhood Programs 3 unit(s)
CHAD 164 - Contemporary Parenting 3 unit(s)

Inclusive Education

EDEL 102 - Psychological Foundations of Education 3 unit(s)
EDEL 108E - Teaching Reading in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Classrooms 3 unit(s)
EDSP 110 - Survey of Communication Disorders 3 unit(s)
EDSE 224 - Methods for Emergent Bilinguals with Disabilities 1-3 unit(s) (3 units required)
EDSE 228A - Topics in Collaboration and Transition 3 unit(s)

3. University Electives (15 units)

9 units must be upper division.

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