Social Studies Adolescence Education Bachelor of Arts degree

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social Studies Adolescence Education (leading to initial certification)

Responsibility for the B.A. in Social Studies Adolescence Education is shared by the College of Education and the Department of History. Students are encouraged to double major in History (or another field) in order to enhance their understanding of the discipline and their future employment opportunities. Requirements beyond those of the College Core Curriculum include:

I. Professional Education Courses (39 credit hours required)

EDU 105	Introduction to Contemporary Education (recommended for freshmen)
EDU 106	Introduction to Contemporary Education-Field Experience
EDU 224	Adolescent Development (recommended for sophomores)
EDU 250	Introduction to the Exceptional Learner (recommended for sophomores)
EDU 251	Introduction to the Exceptional Learner-Field Experience
EDU 276	Literacy and Technology in Inclusive Educational Settings
EDU 301	Safe Schools/Healthy Students: Child Abuse and Child Abduction
EDU 302	Safe Schools/Healthy Students: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Abuse
EDU 303	Safe Schools/Healthy Students: Safety Education/Fire and Arson/School Violence
EDU 305	Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in the Classroom (recommended for juniors)
EDU 313	Cultural and Linguistic Diversity-Field Experience
EDU 349	Educational Psychology (recommended for juniors)
EDU 419	Secondary School (Adolescence) Methods—Social Studies (senior year/offered fall semester only)
EDU 430	Student Teaching in the Secondary School (senior year/generally offered Spring semester only) (Capstone experience)

II. Social Studies Course Work (51 credit hours required)

Group I: Basic Knowledge (all courses required, 21 credit hours)

HIST 101	World History I
HIST 102	World History II
HIST 105	U.S. History I
HIST 106	U.S. History II

HIST 115	Western Civilization II
or
HIST 116	Western Civilization II

POLI 120	American Politics

SOC 116	Introduction to Sociology
or
PSY 129	Introduction to Psychology
or
ANTH 115	Introduction to Anthropology

Group II: Methodologies (10 credit hours)

HIST 100	History Freshman Seminar
HIST 201	Doing History (normally taken during the sophomore year)

SSED 205	Economics for Educators
or
ECON 201	Principles of Macroeconomics

SSED 204	World Regional Geography
or
POLI 352	World Political Geography

Group III: Cultures and Civilizations (9 credit hours)

A. American Minorities

Any one of the following:

HIST 359	Ethnicity and Race
HIST 333	African American History to 1877
HIST 334	African American History since 1877
HIST 336	African American/Black Women's History
HIST 343	Civil Rights Movement
HIST 345	Asian American History
HIST 356	American Indian History
HIST 357	Indians and Europeans in Early America
SOC 316	Minority Groups (prerequisite: SOC 116)

Note: Students seeking a double major in Social Studies and History should take a history course in this category.

B. World Regional Civilizations

Two 200-level world regional civilization courses in Asian, African, Atlantic World, Latin American, or Middle Eastern history. These courses must cover different regions.

Group IV: Building Knowledge, Connections, and Arguments (15 credit hours)

Five courses at the 300-level or above: four History courses, including two with focus on U.S. History (one pre-1877, one post-1877); one focusing on European History; and one on global/non-western history; one course in a social studies field other than History (ANTH, ECON, POLI, PSY, SOC).

Foreign Language (0-6 credit hours)

Candidates in all education programs are required to demonstrate competence in a foreign language. This requirement must be satisfied in any one of the following ways:

Social Studies Adolescence Education Bachelor of Arts degree

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