Social Studies Education (7–12, B.S.)
Program Requirements
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Intellectual Foundations Requirements | ||
33-39 credit hours 1 | 33-39 | |
Social Sciences Major Requirements (42 credit hours) | ||
History of the Western Hemisphere (12 credit hours) | ||
Basic U.S. History | ||
HIS 106 | HISTORY OF AMERICAN LIFE I | 3 |
HIS 107 | HISTORY OF AMERICAN LIFE II | 3 |
HIS 415 | HISTORY AND GOVERNMENT OF NEW YORK STATE | 3 |
Upper-division elective (any U.S., Canadian, or Latin American history course) | 3 | |
History of the Eastern Hemisphere (12 credit hours) | ||
HIS 230 | WORLD CIVILIZATIONS I | 3 |
One World History elective (any Asian, African, or Middle Eastern would history course) | 3 | |
Select two from the following: | 6 | |
FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION | ||
EUROPE SINCE 1500 | ||
TWENTIETH-CENTURY EUROPE | ||
Geography (6 credit hours) | ||
GEG 300 | WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY | 3 |
Select one from the following: | 3 | |
HUMAN GEOGRAPHY | ||
GEOGRAPHY OF NEW YORK STATE | ||
URBAN GEOGRAPHY | ||
GEOGRAPHY OF ASIA | ||
GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA | ||
GEOGRAPHY OF EUROPE | ||
Political Science (3 credit hours) | ||
Select one from the following: | 3 | |
INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | ||
U.S. CIVIL LIBERTIES | ||
Economics (3 credit hours) | ||
Select one from the following: | 3 | |
THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM | ||
PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS | ||
PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS | ||
Upper-Division Social Science Elective | ||
3 credit hours | 3 | |
Seminar (3 credit hours) | ||
HIS 300 | RESEARCH AND WRITING SEMINAR | 3 |
Professional Education Requirements (30 credit hours) | ||
SPF 303 | EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: MIDDLE AND SECONDARY EDUCATION | 3 |
EDU 416 | TEACHING LITERACY IN MIDDLE AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS | 3 |
ENG 309 | TEACHING AND EVALUATING WRITING | 3 |
or EDU 417 | ADOLESCENT LITERACY | |
EXE 100 | NATURE AND NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS | 3 |
or EXE 372 | FOUNDATIONS OF TEACHING ADOLESCENTS WITH DISABILITIES | |
PSY 357 | ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULT DEVELOPMENT | 3 |
SSE 200 | INTRODUCTION TO SECONDARY TEACHING | 3 |
SSE 303 | METHODS AND MATERIALS IN TEACHING MIDDLE SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES | 3 |
SSE 309 | METHODS AND MATERIALS IN TEACHING HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES | 3 |
SSE 370 | COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM | 3 |
SSE 402 | HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL EDUCATION | 3 |
or SSE/HIS 407 | THE TEACHING OF HISTORY | |
Student Teaching Requirements (12 credit hours) | ||
SSE 409 | STUDENT TEACHING OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL | 6 |
SSE 410 | STUDENT TEACHING OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL | 6 |
One Year (or Equivalent) of a Foreign Language (0-3 credit hours) | ||
Total Credit Hours | 120 |
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Program majors should enroll in an introductory psychology course, such as PSY 101, to satisfy their Intellectual Foundation requirements. It is recommended that majors take history courses to meet their Foundations of Civilizations requirements.