Program: Social Studies Education (BS Degree) - Charleston Southern University

Apr 07, 2025

2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog

A major in Social Studies Education consists of 84 hours and does not require a minor. A grade of “C” or better is required in all courses in the major.

[Certification Program for Grades 9 - 12]

Social Studies Education (84 hours) + Liberal Arts Core (47 hours)

Liberal Arts Core for Education with Math 110 or higher (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)
EDUC 221 - Technology for Teachers (3 hours)
CHST 111 - Survey of the Old Testament (3 hours)
CHST 112 - Survey of the New Testament (3 hours)
MATH 110 - Extended College Algebra (4 hours) or higher

Literature (3 hours)

Choose 3 hours from:

Foreign Language/Literature (3-6 hours)

Choose 3-6 hours from:

FREN 201 - Intermediate French I
SPAN 201 - Intermediate Spanish I
Any other foreign language at the 200 level (3 hours)

Art and Aesthetics (3 hours)

Choose 3 hours from:

Perspectives on World Civilization (3 hours)

Choose 3 hours from:

Another History course or POLI 201 (3 hours)

Choose 3 hours from:

POLI 201 - American National Government
or any other History course

Social Science (3 hours)

Choose three hours from:

Lab Sciences (8 hours)

8 hours, from any two areas listed; limit one science (4 hours, including lab) per category: Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Physics

Major Studies (84 hours)

Social Studies (45 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) *
HIST 112 - Perspectives on World Civilizations II (3 hours)
HIST 113 - Perspectives on World Civilizations III (3 hours)
HIST 211 - American History I (3 hours) *
HIST 212 - American History II (3 hours)
HIST 421 - U.S. Since 1945 (3 hours)
HIST 450 - Historiography (3 hours)
HIST 315 - Latin America (3 hours) or
HIST 412 - Modern East Asia (3 hours) or
HIST 414 - Middle Eastern History (3 hours)
HIST 327 - Renaissance and Reformation Europe (1347-1588) (3 hours) or
HIST 328 - Europe in the Age of Transformation (1588-1789) (3 hours) or
HIST 329 - Europe in the Age of Revolution (1789-1914) (3 hours)
POLI 101 - Introduction to Political Science (3 hours) *
POLI 201 - American National Government (3 hours)
POLI 413 - Western Political Thought (3 hours) or
POLI 415 - Contemporary Political Thought (3 hours)
PSYC 110 - General Psychology (3 hours)
SOCI 101 - Principles of Sociology (3 hours)
SOCI 205 - Anthropology (3 hours)
* Course will also count in the Liberal Arts Core

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 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.