Social Sciences, B.S.ED.

Liberal Studies Hours: 42

Liberal Studies Program Requirements 

Professional Education Sequence Core (25 or 27 hours)

• EDCI 201 - Teacher Leadership in a Diverse Society Credits: (3)
• EDSE 484 - Supervised Internship I Credits: (1-3)
• EDSE 485 - Internship II Credits: (6)
• EDSE 495 - Seminar Credits: (3)
• HIST 405 - Methods for Teaching Social Sciences Credits: (3)
• HIST 491 - Supervised Student Teaching in Social Sciences, 9-12 Credits: (3)
• PSY 323 - Psychology Applied to Learning and Teaching Credits: (3)
• SPED 339 - Designing Classrooms as Responsive Learning Communities Credits: (3)

Major Requirements for Social Science (29 hours)

All Social Science B.S.Ed. students pursue a double degree (Social Sciences and History).

I. Modern Foreign Languages: 3 Hours

• MFL 102- Modern Foreign Language Credits: (3) 

II. Methods (8 hours)

• HIST 310 - Teaching World History Credits: (1)
• HIST 395 - Building a Democratic Classroom Credits: (3)
• HIST 405 - Methods for Teaching Social Sciences Credits: (3)
• PSC 406 - Teaching Civics and Economics Credits: (1)

III. Social Science Courses (18 hours)

• GEOG 350 - Economic Geography Credits: (3)

• or

• GEOG 440 - Regional Geography Credits: (3, R12)
• ECON 231 - Introductory Microeconomics and Social Issues Credits: (3)

• or

• ECON 232 - Introductory Macroeconomics and Social Issues Credits: (3)

• PSC Upper Division Electives (12 hours) from the following:

• PSC 303 - State and Local Government Credits: (3)
• PSC 305 - Congress Credits: (3)
• PSC 306 - American Presidency Credits: (3)
• PSC 310 - Constitutional Law: Structure and Powers Credits: (3)
• PSC 347 - American Social and Political Eras Credits: (3)

Additional Requirements

Students must have a 3.0 GPA in both degrees, excluding the Professional Education Sequence and Liberal Studies.

Students must achieve a C or better in HIST 395 to take HIST 405.

Students must complete a two semester internship.

Students seeking licensure must enroll simultaneously and complete the BSEd and the BS or BA in History.

No grade lower than a C in courses in either major will count toward the degrees.