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Sociology, Social Studies, Secondary Education Emphasis, B.A.

Course Number and Title

Credits

Foundational Studies Program requirements indicated in bold.

ENGL 101 Introduction to College Writing

3

ENGL 102 Intro to College Writing and Research

3

UF 100 Intellectual Foundations

3

UF 200 Civic and Ethical Foundations

3

DLM Mathematics

3-4

DLN Natural, Physical, & Applied Sciences course with lab

4

DLN Natural, Physical, and Applied Sciences course

3-4

DLV Visual and Performing Arts

3

DLL Literature and Humanities

3-4

DLS ECON 202 Principles of Microeconomics

3

DLS SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology

3

EDTECH 202 Teaching and Learning in a Digital Age

3

ED-CIFS 201 Foundations of Education

3

ED-CIFS 301* Teaching Experience I

1

ED-CIFS 302* Learning and Instruction

4

ED-CIFS 401* Professional Year, Teaching Experience II

2

ED-CIFS 405* Teaching Secondary Social Studies

3

ED-LTCY 444* Content Literacy for Secondary Students

3

ED-SPED 350* Teaching Students with Exceptional Needs at the Secondary Level

3

Teaching Experience III/IV*

16

*You must apply for admission to secondary teacher education in order to enroll in these upper-division education courses.

Completion of all requirements for graduation with a secondary education option may require more than 120 credit hours. See Department of Curriculum, Instruction, and Foundational Studies for more information.

HIST 111/211 United States History

3

HIST 112/212 United States History

3

U.S. History

3

World History (Any non-U.S. History course)

(Must complete 9 credits U.S. History and 3 in World History)

3

POLS 101 American National Government

3

POLS 102 State and Local Government

3

Comparative Government chosen from:

POLS 305 Introduction to Comparative Politics

POLS 420 Comparative Foreign Policy

POLS 422 Politics in Russia and Eastern Europe

POLS 423 Latin American Politics

POLS 426 European Politics

3

Social Studies Requirement

(Social Studies State Certification requires that at least one course be completed in each of the following disciplines: economics, geography, psychology)

12

SOC 210 Computer Applications in Social Sciences

3

SOC 301 Sociological Theory I

3

SOC 302 Sociological Theory II

3

SOC 310 Elementary Social Statistics

3

CID SOC 311 Social Research

3

FF SOC 498 Sociology Seminar

3

Upper-division Sociology courses

10

Total

133-137