Social Studies Group Major: Elementary Education

Program Requirements

• ECON 151 - Principles of Economics
• EDUC 305 - Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary and Middle School
• 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
• IDIS 205 - Societal Structures and Education
• 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 

Choose one

• ECON 236 - Emerging Economies
• ECON 237 - Regional Economies of the World
• ECON 330 - Urban Growth and Development
• GEO 230 - The Global Economy
• GEO 242 - Geography of Africa
• HIST 356 - American Social and Cultural History
• POLS 207 - International Cooperation and Conflict
• POLS 322 - Global Democratization

Total Semester Hours: 36*

*In some cases, an additional elective, approved by the advisor, may be necessary to reach a minimum of 36 semester hours.