Adolescence Education- Social Studies
I. Professional Education Sequence  
  EDUC 106  Issues in Education 3 s.h.
  EDUC 201  Diversity and Teaching 3 s.h.
  EDUC 206 Philosophy & Foundations 3 s.h.
  EPSY 275 Psych. Foundations of Education: Learning and Motivation 3 s.h.
  EPSY 250 Adolescent Growth & Development 3 s.h.
  EPSY 229 Survey of Exceptional Children 3 s.h.
  SSED 392 Research, Theory and Practice in Middle and High School Social Studies 4 s.h.
  SSED 396 Student Teaching in Secondary Social Studies 12 s.h.
  SSED 398 Seminar in Middle and High School 3 s.h.
                                                                                                                           Sub total 37 s.h.
       
II. Content Courses   
  History and Geography of the United States and World  
  HIST 100 Western Civilization I or 3 s.h.
  HIST 101 Western Civilization II or  
  HIST 120  Making of the Modern World   
  HIST 144 U.S. History I or 3 s.h.
  HIST 145 U.S. History II  
  GEOG 100 Introductory Geography  3 s.h.  
  GEOG 250 Historical Geography of the United States or 3 s.h.
  GEOG 260 Geography of Anglo-American  
  Selections* (upper level HIST or GEOG United States Only)  9 s.h.  
  Selections* (upper level HIST or GEOG World Only)   9 s.h.
       
  Economics    
  ECON 110 Principles of Economics or 3 s.h.
  ECON 111  Principles Microeconomics   
  ECON Selection* Select one by advisement  3 s.h.
       
  Civics, Citizenship, and Government  
  POLS 121   U.S. Government   3 s.h.
  POLS Selections (upper level)  Select 2 by advisement 6 s.h.
       
  Social Science Elective  
  ANTH, ECON, GEOG, HIST, POLS, SOCL 3 s.h.
                                                                                                                           Sub total 48 s.h.
  42 hours in major field must be completed prior to student teaching  
  *Specific course selection by advisement from approved list.  
       
III. Related Work    
  Education      
  EDUC 246 Development of Language and Literacy 3 s.h.
  EDUC 346  Teaching Reading in Content Area  3 s.h.
       
  Health    
  EDUC 213 Education Law Requirements Related to Health and Safety Issues 1 s.h.
       
  Technology    
  EDUC 254 Integrated Technology: Middle/High School Curriculum 3 s.h.
    or CSCI 100 Intro to Computing Technology 3 s.h .
  or  Choose 3 from the following (each 1 s.h.)  
  INTD 106 Fundamentals of Word Processing    
  INTD 107 Introduction of Spreadsheet Applications    
  INTD 108  Introduction to Database Applications  
  INTD 150 Library and Internet Research    
       
  Foreign Language Requirement    0-6 s.h.  
                                                                                                                          Sub total 10-16 s.h.
       
IV.  General Education 21-24 s.h.
  Electives   0-6 s.h.
                                                                                                                              Total 122 s.h.

              

September 2008       

National Council for Accreditation
of Teacher Education