Master of Science in Education: Social Studies Adolescence
The Master of Science in Education-Social Studies Adolesence program has been suspended and does not admit students at this time.
The Master of Science in Education, Social Studies Adolescence is a program in the History Department is designed to prepare future high-school and middle-school teachers. The Social Studies portion of the major is grounded in the Department of History's pioneering program in world history.
Although the Social Studies major has a vocational focus that the history major does not, both are designed to train students in the fundamental habits of mind of the historian's craft-skills and attitudes that will provide a foundation for excellence in a wide variety of careers and professions, including teaching, law, journalism, business, public history, and government.
Because of the heavy emphasis on both United States and Global history in the New York State secondary social studies curriculum, the program requires significant course work in U.S. and Global history. Applicants who have fewer than 21 undergraduate hours in history may be required to supplement their undergraduate course work before admission to the program. Candidates for the Master of Science in Education, Social Studies Adolescence will be required to complete a capstone project, the creation of comprehensive curricular materials relating to a specific topic. Candidates will develop these materials in consultation with an advisor in the history department.
Admission Requirements
- Initial or Provisional Certification in Secondary and/or Adolescence Social Studies Education.
- Twenty-seven (27) undergraduate credit hours in the social sciences, with 21 of those credit hours in history.
- At least a 2.75 grade point average in all undergraduate courses. Once accepted into the program, candidates must maintain a 3.0 GPA to remain in the program.
- Satisfactory scores on the general aptitude sections of the Graduate Record Examination. Candidates applying for financial aid must include GRE scores with initial application.
- Applicants who fail to meet the requirements may be considered for conditional admission to the program.
- A completed graduate application.
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