Social Studies Education
Required Credits: 86
Required GPA: 2.5
Note: No grade below a “C” may be used to meet program requirements.
I ECONOMICS COURSES
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
- ECON 2000 Markets and Resource Allocation (3 credits)
- ECON 2100 Macroeconomics and the Business Cycle (3 credits)
II GEOGRAPHY COURSES
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
- GEOG 2100 Introduction to Physical Geography (3 credits)
- GEOG 2200 Introduction to Human Geography (3 credits)
- GEOG 3410 Geography of North America (3 credits)
III HISTORY COURSES
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
- HST 1114 United States History I, to 1877 (3 credits)
- HST 1115 United States History II, since 1877 (3 credits)
- HST 1304 World History I, Prehistory-1500 (3 credits)
- HST 1305 World History II, 1500-Present (3 credits)
- HST 2610 Minnesota History (3 credits)
IV POLITICAL SCIENCE COURSES
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES
- POL 1200 Introduction to American Politics (3 credits)
- POL 1300 Introduction to International Relations (3 credits)
SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES (3 CREDITS MINIMUM):
- POL 3100 American Foreign Policy (3 credits)
- POL 3130 Asian Political Development (3 credits)
- POL 3140 Canadian Politics (3 credits)
- POL 3150 Topics in Political Science (1-3 credits)
- POL 3160 Comparative European Politics (3 credits)
- POL 3170 International Relations (3 credits)
- POL 3180 International Law and Organization (3 credits)
- POL 3190 International Political Economy (3 credits)
- POL 3200 Minnesota Politics (3 credits)
- POL 3210 Public Administration (3 credits)
- POL 3230 Environmental Politics (3 credits)
- POL 3410 Legislative and Executive Relations (3 credits)
- POL 3420 Campaigns and Elections (3 credits)
- POL 4200 Constitutional Law (3 credits)
V PSYCHOLOGY COURSE
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSE:
- PSY 1100 Introductory Psychology (4 credits)
VI SOCIOLOGY COURSES
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
- SOC 1104 Society and Social Issues (3 credits)
- SOC 3010 Social Theory (3 credits)
or SOC 3050 Environmental Sociology (3 credits)
VII SOCIAL STUDIES METHODS COURSE
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSE:
- GEOG 3460 Teaching of Middle and Secondary School Social Studies (4 credits)
REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COURSES
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:
- ED 5000: Introduction to FasTrack (1 credit)
- ED 5100 Introduction to the Foundations of Public School Education (3 credits)
- ED 5110 Educational Psychology (3 credits)
- ED 5140 Human Relations In Education (3 credits)
- ED 5350 Pedagogy: Planning for Instruction (3 credits)
- ED 5780 Adaptation and Management: Designing the Learning Environment (3 credits)
- ED 5737 Content Area Reading (3 credits)
- ED 5799 The Professional Teacher (1 credit)
- HLTH 5400 Health and Drugs in Society (2 credits)
Complete 12 credits of student teaching:
- ED 5830 Student Teaching – Secondary (1-12 credits)