Secondary Education Certification in Social Science (BA) with Social Studies Minor

42 credit hours Bachelor of Arts in Historical Studies

24 credit hours Minor in Social Studies

39-41 credit hours Minor in Secondary Education (9-12)

Requirements

Methods of Teaching

EDU 33500

Secondary Methods of Teaching Social Studies

3

Bachelor of Arts in Historical Studies

Required Courses:

HIST 20100	Historical Methods	3
HIST 24100	Reformation to Revolution	3
HIST 24200	Waterloo to World War II	3
HIST 26300	History of Latin America	3
HIST 48100	Senior Seminar in History	3

Two U.S. courses selected from the following options:

HIST 32100	The Origins of the United States to 1800	3
HIST 32200	The Age of Jackson	3
HIST 32300	The Civil War and Reconstruction	3
HIST 32400	The Growth of Modern America, 1877-1914	3
HIST 32500	The United States 1918-1945: Prosperity, Depression, and War	3
HIST 32600	The United States in the Age of the Cold War	3
HIST 33100	History of Gender in America	3
HIST 33200	A Biography of the Constitution	3
HIST 33300	The American West 1830-1960	3
HIST 33400	History of Race in America	3

One Europe course selected from the following options:

HIST 34100	Church and State in Early Modern Europe	3
HIST 34200	The Civilization of Industrialism	3
HIST 34300	The Soviet Union and European Communism	3
HIST 34400	War and Society in the Twentieth Century	3

One World course selected from the following options:

HIST 36100	Missionaries, Militaries and Merchants in the Early Modern World	3
HIST 36200	The Atlantic World	3
HIST 36300	Revolution in the Modern World	3

Three courses selected from the following options:

HIST 32100	The Origins of the United States to 1800	3
HIST 32200	The Age of Jackson	3
HIST 32300	The Civil War and Reconstruction	3
HIST 32400	The Growth of Modern America, 1877-1914	3
HIST 32500	The United States 1918-1945: Prosperity, Depression, and War	3
HIST 32600	The United States in the Age of the Cold War	3
HIST 33100	History of Gender in America	3
HIST 33200	A Biography of the Constitution	3
HIST 33300	The American West 1830-1960	3
HIST 33400	History of Race in America	3
HIST 34100	Church and State in Early Modern Europe	3
HIST 34200	The Civilization of Industrialism	3
HIST 34300	The Soviet Union and European Communism	3
HIST 34400	War and Society in the Twentieth Century	3
HIST 36100	Missionaries, Militaries and Merchants in the Early Modern World	3
HIST 36200	The Atlantic World	3
HIST 36300	Revolution in the Modern World	3

One course selected from the following options:

GEO 10100	World Regional Geography	3
GEO 10200	Concepts of Geography	3
GEO 10300	Human Geography	3
GEO 11500/ESC 11500	Physical Geography	4
GEO 20000	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems	3
GEO 20700	World Economic Geography	3
GEO 28000-28099	Special Topics	3
GEO 28100-28199	Special Topics	3
GEO 28200-28299	Special Topics	3
GEO 30000/ESC 30000	Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Systems (GIS)	3
GEO 30100	World Historical Geography	3

One course selected from the following options after consultation with your history advisor:

EDU 41000	Student Teaching	12
HIST 30100	Applied History	3-6
HIST 40100	History Internship	3-6

Requirements

A minor in social studies requires 24 credit hours of coursework.

Seven required courses:

ANT 11200	Cultural Anthropology	3
ECON 23010	Survey of Economics	3
GEO 10100	World Regional Geography	3
	or
GEO 10200	Concepts of Geography	3
HIST 15500	US Government: Politics and History	3
	or
PS 15500	American Government: The Nation	3
PS 15600	American Government: The States	3
PSY 10000	Principles of Psychology	3
SOC 10200	Basic Concepts of Sociology	3

One course chosen from the following options:

ANT 21000	Native North American Indians	3
ANT 31700	Social and Cultural Change	3
ANT 32400	The Anthropology of Religion	3
ANT 32700	Environmental Anthropology	3
ECON 23020	Principles of Microeconomics	3
ECON 23030	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
ECON 33037	Current Economic and Social Policy	3
ECON 33060	History of Economic Thought	3
GEO 10300	Human Geography	3
GEO 20000	Introduction to Geographic Information Systems	3
IR 35000	International Relations Theory	3
PS 31000	Congress, the Presidency, and the Party System	3
PS 31500	Capstone I - Political Science and Public Policy Research Methods	3
SOC 30400	The Sociology of Gender Roles	3
SOC 31800/ANT 31800	Race, Ethnicity, and Gender: A Global Perspective	3
SOC 42000/ANT 42000	Sociocultural Theory	3

This minor is recommended for students majoring in history who are seeking certification to teach social studies at the secondary level. See a history advisor about this minor.