# Education (EDUC) courses

Napa Valley College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 1 courses

Source: https://catalog.napavalley.edu/courses/educ/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026, Spring 2027.

### EDUC-100 — Teaching as a Profession

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 36 hours lecture; 54 hours lab; 90 hours total
- **Transfers to:** UC, CSU
- **Offered:** Spring 2027, 1 section (/c/napa-valley-college/schedule/spring-2027/educ.md)

This course explores teaching as a profession in K-12 education. Topics include teaching as a profession and career, historical and philosophical foundations of the American education system, contemporary educational issues, California's content standards and frameworks, and teacher performance standards. In addition to class time, the course requires a minimum of 54 hours of structured fieldwork in public school elementary classrooms that represent California's diverse student population, and includes cooperation with at least one carefully selected and campus-approved certificated classroom teacher.