Social Studies Group Major: Secondary Education

Students pursuing this group major must also complete either a history major or a minor in economics, geography, political science, or psychology. 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 101 - 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 - Seminar in United States History
HIST 359 - Seminar in Secondary Social Studies Pedagogy
IDIS 205 - Societal Structures and Education
IDIS 375 - Methods and Pedagogies for Secondary Social Studies
POLS 202 - Democracy in America: State and Federal Government
POLS 212 - American Public Policy
OR POLS 218 - American Foreign Policy
POLS 234 - The President and Congress
OR POLS 237 - Parties and Interest Groups
OR POLS 238 - American Elections and Mass Media

Social Studies Group Major: Secondary Education

Program Requirements

Total Semester Hours: 37