Teaching
Interdisciplinary Minor
Maximize your Mines degree
Teach@Mines, situated within the University Honors and Scholars Programs, offers a minor in the practice of teaching. This is an interdisciplinary program designed to prepare students to teach K-12 or at the college level and is designed to complement any bachelor degree program at Mines. The coursework prepares students to teach a range of students using best-practices from mathematics, science, engineering, and computer science education research.


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Go farther with a specialization
The teaching interdisciplinary minor will enhance undergraduates’ technical expertise and problem-solving abilities while preparing them to meet the industry’s challenges. Undergraduate students have the following degree options:
- Minor (18 credits)
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