Social Sciences, B.S.ED.

Liberal Studies Hours: 42

Liberal Studies Program Requirements 

Professional Education Sequence Core: 25 or 26 hours

• EDCI 231 - Historical, Social, and Philosophical Foundations of Education Credits: (3)
• EDSE 322 - Principles and Methods of Teaching Credits: (2)
• PSY 320 - Child and Adolescent Development Credits: (3)

• or

• PSY 322 - Adolescent Development: Problems and Achievements Credits: (3)
• PSY 321 - Educational Psychology Credits: (3)
• SPED 335 - Teaching Exceptional Children Credits: (2)

• or

• SPED 336 - Teaching Exceptional Children in Secondary Education Credits: (3)
• EDSE 490 - Supervised Student Teaching Credits: (6)
• EDSE 495 - Seminar Credits: (3)
• HIST 491 - Supervised Student Teaching in Social Sciences, 9-12 Credits: (3)

Major Requirements

All Social Science B.S.Ed. students double major (Social Sciences and History or Political Science). The major requires 57-60 hours as follows:

I. Modern Foreign Language: 6 Hours

Six hours in one language beyond the Liberal Studies requirement.

II. Core Hours: 33 Hours

Choose History or Political Science major.  As part of major, choose:

• HIST 405 - Methods for Teaching Social Sciences Credits: (3)

• or

• PSC 405 - Methods for Teaching Social Sciences Credits: (3)

III. Social Sciences: 9 Hours

IV. Guided Advanced Electives: 6 Hours

Choose 300-400 level courses from one of the following: History, Political Science, or Geography (Can not be same area as core major).

V. Surveys: 3-6 Hours

Choose from outside the core major:

Additional Requirements

A minimum of 3 hours of upper division course work in II, III, or IV above must focus on non-Western culture (Asia, Africa, Latin America, or the Middle East).

Students must maintain a minimum 2.75 GPA in the major (I, II, III, IV, and V above), and no grade below a C (2.0) for any required course in the double major will be accepted.

General electives (1-4 hours) are required to complete the program.

Visit the department’s website at http://www.wcu.edu/as/history/ to view the 8 semester curriculum guide.