History, BA, Concentration: Social Studies Education

PNW General Education Core (30 Credits Minimum)

• English Composition (6 Credits): ENGL 10400 - English Composition I  and ENGL 10500 - English Composition II  
• Speech Communication (3 Credits): COM 11400 - Fundamentals of Speech Communication  
• Quantitative Reasoning (3 Credits):  STAT 13000 - Statistics And Contemporary Life  
• Natural Sciences (3 Credits): Select from the Natural Sciences Core list  
• Technology (3 Credits): CIS 20400 - Introduction To Computer Based Systems  
• Humanities (3 Credits): HIST 15100 - American History To 1877  
• Social Sciences (3 Credits): SOC 10000 - Introductory Sociology  
• Additional Credits (3 Credits): SCI 10300 , SCI 10400 , SCI 10500 , or SCI 11400  
• First-Year Experience (FYE) (3 Credits): HIST 10600 - Introduction To History And Social Studies 

Major Core (57 Credits)

• ECON 10100 - Survey Of Economics
• EDCI 30900 - Reading In Middle And Secondary Schools: Methods And Problems
• EDCI 34700 - Strategies Of Social Studies Instruction In Senior High, Junior High And Middle Schools
• EDCI 35500 - Teaching And Learning K-12 Classroom
• EDCI 36600 - Use Of Assessment In The K-12 Classroom
• EDCI 49700 - Supervised Teaching
• EDPS 22000 - Psychology Of Learning
• EDPS 26000 - Introduction To Special Education
• EDPS 37000 - Teaching Students With Diverse Learning Needs In K-12 Class
• EDST 20000 - History And Philosophy Of Education
• ENGL 23100 - Introduction To Literature
• HIST 10500 - Survey Of Global History
• HIST 11000 - The Pre-Modern World
• HIST 15200 - United States Since 1877
• HIST 29500 - Research And Writing In History
• POL 10100 - American Government And Politics

Other Required Courses (57 Credits)

Requirements

Minimum Grade and Grade Point Average (GPA):  Minimum grade of B required for ENGL 10400, ENGL 10500, and COM 11400; Minimum grade of C required for all Education, History, Intense Area, and Foreign Language courses, with the exception of HIST 10600 which requires a B-; 2.0 GPA

Experiential Learning (EL):  One EL course required.  EL courses are noted by (e) next to the course title.

General Education Core:  General Education notations can be found within the course description.  Please click on a course to see if it meets a Gen Ed requirement.

Milestone Courses noted by (m) next to the course title have been identified as being critical to your success in this field of study. 

Courses that are only offered on one campus will be noted by an (H) for Hammond, or (W) for Westville.

Please see the Additional Information and Guidelines section below for more information.

Additional Information and Guidelines

Note 1: Introduction to Literature – Any literature course is allowed.

Note 2: Philosophy – Any 10000 level Philosophy course except PHIL 15000.

Note 3: Intense Area 2 and Intense Area 3 – Choose 15 credit hours in two of the following intense areas: Economics: ECON 25100 and ECON 25200, Plus 3 of the following: ECON 31100, 32200, 35100, 35200, 37500, 38000, 41900, 43400 46500 or HIST 37400. Government: POL 10100, 13000 or 14100, and POL 20000; Plus two 30000 level or higher courses as approved by the department. Psychology: PSY 12000, 36100 or 36200, 33900 or SOC 34000, PSY 34400 or PSY 42800; Plus one 30000 level or higher PSY course. Sociology: SOC 10000, 22000, plus three 30000 level or higher SOC courses.

Note 4: Aesthetics – choose 1 course from AD 25500, MUS 25000, ENGL 31900, PHIL 10600 or THTR 20100.

Note 5: History Elective (non-American) – Any 3000 level History course (HIST 30600, 31600, 32500, 33600, 36500, 37400, 41000, 42600, 55300, 56400 58400) or any non-American History course approved by the department.

Note 6: EDCI 35500 – Admission to Gate 2 courses requires screening by the Department of Teacher Preparation Advisor. Courses marked with (f) require field observations. Students may not receive more than 2 C’s in the professional education classes.

Note 7: Admission to Gate 3 and beyond requires admission to the Teacher Preparation program and passing of state licensure exams.