Social Studies Group Major: Secondary Education

Students pursuing this group major must also complete either a history major or a minor in economics, geography, or political science. Courses may simultaneously fulfill requirements in both majors, or the major and minor.

Program Requirements

ECON 151 - Principles of Economics
(economics minors substitute ECON 221 - Principles of Microeconomics )
GEO 200 - People, Place, and Community
GEO 243 - The United States and the World
HIST 151 - History of the West and the World I
HIST 152 - History of the West and the World II
HIST 229 - U.S.A.
HIST 359 - Seminar in the Teaching of Secondary Social Studies
IDIS 205 - Societal Structures and Education
IDIS 375 - Methods and Pedagogies for Secondary Social Studies
POLS 101 - Ideas and Institutions in American Politics
POLS 202 - Democracy in America: State and Federal Government
POLS 212 - American Public Policy OR POLS 218 - American Foreign Policy

Social Studies Group Major: Secondary Education

Program Requirements

Total Semester Hours: 37