
Social Studies: Adolescence Education Program at Fredonia
Fredonia’s Social Studies Adolescence Program allows you to combine two of your passions; your love of history and social studies, and your ambition to shape and develop young minds. This program prepares students to teach Social Studies to middle and high school students, and leads to New York State certification grades 7-12. Fredonia will help future social studies teachers develop the ideas and practices that will make you effective in the classrooms of an increasingly complex and diverse society.
The Fredonia Difference
Fredonia offers students three field experiences, one per year, as part of your undergraduate curriculum, followed by a student-teaching opportunity during the senior year. Fredonia’s ambitious philosophy helps you discover early if this major is right for you.
Career Opportunities for Social Studies: Adolescence Education
- Social Studies middle or high school teacher
- International education
- Curriculum development
- School administrators
- Non-profit project management
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Sample Courses
EDU 105 Introduction to Contemporary Inclusive Education
This course sequence provides students with an introduction to childhood and early childhood education, its principles and practices. Organization of planning, teaching styles, classroom management, and instructional materials are among the topics considered. It also provides students an opportunity to observe classroom operations, observe and describe the many roles of teachers, conduct focused observations and interviews, conduct two formal lessons with individuals, and small or large groups of children on a teaching learning project.
HIST 201 Doing History
For future educators, this course will help you develop the skills you will be teaching in your classroom. Students learn the methods and skills of historical analysis and storytelling. They will learn how to do basic historical research; how to assess and interpret historical evidence; and how to organize and present historical information through different types of historical writing.
POLI 352 World Political Geography
Examination of the ways humans have arranged the territory of the Earth's surface, including how personal space, territoriality, and perception inform an understanding of politics; the analysis of countries within a geopolitical framework; case studies of how geography has impacted empires, civil divisions, and international relations; comparison of distribution of major political systems and their applications to territory.
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