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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog

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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Social Studies Education (BS Degree)

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A major in Social Studies Education consists of 76 hours and does not require a minor.

[Certification Program for Grades 9 – 12]

Social Studies Education (76 hours) + Liberal Arts Core (47 hours)

Liberal Arts Core (47 hours)

ENGL 111 - English Composition and Rhetoric I (3 hours)
ENGL 112 - English Composition and Rhetoric II (3 hours)
COMM 110 - Public Speaking (3 hours)
ENGL 202 - Survey of American Literature (3 hours) or
ENGL 203 - Survey of English Literature I (3 hours) or
ENGL 204 - Survey of English Literature II (3 hours)
EDUC 221 - Technology for Teachers (3 hours)
ART 201 - Art Appreciation (3 hours) or
ART 202 - Art Appreciation (3 hours) or
MUSI 171 - Music Appreciation (3 hours)
RELI 111 - Survey of the Old Testament (3 hours)
RELI 112 - Survey of the New Testament (3 hours)
HIST 113 - Perspectives on World Civilizations III (3 hours)
HIST 211 - American History I (3 hours)
KINE 201 - Personal and Community Health (3 hours)
MATH 111 - College Algebra (3 hours) or higher

Foreign Language or Language Literature (choose one):

FREN 213 - French Literature in Translation (3 hours)
SPAN 213 - Spanish Literature in Translation (3 hours)
WRLD 213 - World Literature in Translation (3 hours)
or 200-level foreign language course

Natural Science

(Any 8 hours with at least one course from Biology and one course from Physics, Geology, or Chemistry)

Major Studies (76 hours)

History (39 hours)

ECON 211 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 hours)
ECON 212 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 hours)
GEOG 200 - Introduction to Geography (3 hours)
HIST 111 - Perspectives on World Civilizations I (3 hours) or
HIST 112 - Perspectives on World Civilizations II (3 hours)
HIST 212 - American History II (3 hours)
SOCI 101 - Principles of Sociology (3 hours)
or
SOCI 205 - Anthropology (3 hours)
POLI 101 - Introduction to Political Science (3 hours)
POLI 201 - American National Government (3 hours)
PSYC 110 - General Psychology (3 hours)

Choose 1 from each Group A – D:

Group A (3 hours from)

HIST 318 - African-American History (3 hours)
HIST 417 - Women’s History (3 hours)
PSYC 275 - Introduction to Psychopathology (Abnormal) (3 hours)
SOCI 250 - Social Psychology (3 hours) or
PSYC 250 - Social Psychology (3 hours)

Group B (3 hours from)

HIST 374 - Colonial History (1492-1756) (3 hours)
POLI 311 - Comparative Politics (3 hours)
POLI 413 - Western Political Thought (3 hours)
POLI 415 - Contemporary Political Thought (3 hours)

Group C (3 hours from)

HIST 327 - Europe: 1400-1600 (3 hours)
HIST 328 - Europe: 1600-1789 (3 hours)
HIST 329 - Europe: 1789-1914 (3 hours)
HIST 378 - America in the Gilded Age (1865-1909) (3 hours)
SOCI 336 - Technology and Behavior (3 hours)

Group D (3 hours from)

HIST 315 - Latin America (3 hours)
HIST 412 - Asia (3 hours)
HIST 414 - Middle Eastern History (3 hours)
POLI 312 - International Relations (3 hours)

Education (39 hours)

Professional Foundations

EDUC 201 - Principles and Philosophy of Education (3 hours)
EDUC 300 - Psychology Applied to Effective Teaching (3 hours)
EDUC 313 - Introduction to Human Growth and Development (3 hours)
EDUC 361 - Strategies for Managing Individual Differences (3 hours)

Professional Studies

Requires Admission to the School of Education

EDUC 325 - Teaching Reading in the Content Areas (3 hours)
EDUC 405 - School, Parent, and Community Relations (3 hours)

The following three courses to be taken concurrently (in the Fall Semester):

Requires Admission to Clinical Practice

EDUC 095 - Praxis II (0 hours)
EDUC 440 - Clinical Practice in the Secondary School (12 hours)

Note:

All students must have at least 125 hours to graduate. Students must meet the Residency Requirements described in this catalog.

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