Courses in each program are organized into four categories: Foundations, Content Pedagogy, Clinical Practice, and Flex. While some courses may fit into more than one category, most have a distinct course type. Although each course category emphasizes specific Relay competencies, the overall progression spans across course categories. 

• Foundations courses introduce concepts that are foundational to success with learners across grades and content areas, and include specific coursework on students with disabilities and multilingual learners. These concepts are then reinforced in Content Pedagogy, Clinical Practice, and Flex courses. In these courses, Relay students broaden perspectives through collaboration across grade bands and content areas. The course prefix for many Foundations courses begins with “EDU.” Additionally, TEL-500 and CLD-501 are considered foundation courses. 
• Content Pedagogy courses connect Relay students’ foundational understanding of learners to the content and context of their specific classrooms. Engaging in repeated cycles of planning, teaching, assessing, and reflecting, Relay students apply content knowledge to content-specific pedagogies grounded in culturally responsive and inclusive practices. The course prefix for all content pedagogy courses indicates the content area and are as follows: ECE for Early Childhood, ELEM for elementary, ELA for English language arts, MATH for mathematics, SCI for science, SS for social studies, GEN for middle grades education, TEL for Teaching Exceptional Learners, and CLD for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse learners. 
• Clinical Practice (CP) connects theory to the classroom context, focusing on the development of the knowledge, skills, and mindsets required to be a culturally responsive and inclusive educator through ongoing cycles of practice (both during class and in PK–12 schools), feedback, and reflection. Students receive observation-based feedback from faculty and peers as part of their CP coursework and learn as part of a collaborative cohort committed to continuous improvement. The course prefix for Clinical Practice courses is “CLIN.”
• Flex courses focus on more specialized topics and may vary by program and/or candidate. In some programs, students will have the opportunity to choose between several Flex course options. In others, Flex courses are preselected in order to meet state- and program-specific requirements for certification/licensure. 

For individual course descriptions see Course Descriptions.