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Contact Dr. Elizabeth McRae (Director of Social Science Education) for more information.

BS ED Social Science Education Check Sheet

Major in Social Sciences, B.S.Ed. Degree

Liberal Studies, 42 hours

All Social Science B.S.Ed. students double major (Social Sciences and History or Political Science). The major requires 57-60 hours as follows:

  1. Modern Foreign Language. Six hours in one language beyond the Liberal Studies requirement.
  2. Core. Choose History or Political Science major (must include HIST 405 or PSC 405) (33 hours).
  3. Social Sciences. Choose Geography 350 or 444; Anthropology 260, or 300-400 level elective in Anthropology, or 300-400 level elective in Sociology; Economics 231 or 232 (9 hours).
  4. Advanced Electives. Choose 300-400 level courses from one of the following: History, Political Science, or Geography (Can not be same area as core major) (6 hours).
  5. Surveys. Choose History 221-222; or History 231-232; or one from PSC 150, 303, 305, and 306 (selected from outside the core major above) (3-6 hours).

A minimum of 3 hours of upper division course work in II, III, or IV above must focus on non-Western culture (Asia, Africa, Latin America, or the Middle East).

Students must maintain a minimum 2.75 GPA in the major (I, II, III, IV, and V above), and no grade below a C (2.0) for any required course in the double major will be accepted.

The Professional education sequence (25 hours) for secondary and special subject teaching and general electives (1-4 hours) are required to complete the program.

     
     
 
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