History, BA, Concentration: Social Studies Teaching

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):  MA 15300 - College Algebra , ECON 25100 - Microeconomics , or ECON 25200 - Macroeconomics  
• Natural Sciences (3 Credits): EAS 10000 - Planet Earth  
• Technology (3 Credits): EDCI 32300 - Educational Technology For Teaching And Learning  
• Humanities (3 Credits): PHIL 11100 - Ethics  or PHIL 32400 - Ethics For The Professions  
• Social Sciences (3 Credits): SOC 10000 - Introductory Sociology  or PSY 12000 - Elementary Psychology  
• Additional Credits (3 Credits): POL 10100 - American Government And Politics  or ECON 25100 - Microeconomics  
• First-Year Experience (FYE) (3 Credits): Select from Gen Ed Core list , must be 3 Credits
  • HIST 10600 - Introduction To History And Social Studies  or POL 20000 - Introduction To The Study Of Political Science  recommended

Major Core (39 Credits)

• HIST 10400 - Introduction To The Modern World
• HIST 10500 - Survey Of Global History
• HIST 11000 - The Pre-Modern World
• HIST 15100 - American History To 1877
• HIST 15200 - United States Since 1877
• HIST 29500 - Research And Writing In History
• HIST 37600 - History Of Indiana
• 30000-level or above US History course - select from list  
• 30000-level or above non-US History course - select from list 
• Modern Language Level I
• Modern Language Level II
• Modern Language Level III
• Modern Language Level IV

Concentration Core (36 Credits)

• 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 (9 Credits)
• EDPS 22000 - Psychology Of Learning
• EDPS 26000 - Introduction To Special Education
• EDPS 28500 - Diversity And Education
• EDPS 37000 - Teaching Students With Diverse Learning Needs In K-12 Class

Social Studies Intense Areas (18-24 Credits)

Choose 15 credit hours in two of the following intense areas: Economics, Government, Geography, Psychology, or Sociology. Some courses listed here are completed as Gen. Ed. requirements, or can be completed within the Major Core, making the total 18-24.

Economics

• ECON 10100 - Survey Of Economics  or ECON 21000 - Principles Of Economics  
• ECON 25100 - Microeconomics  
• ECON 25200 - Macroeconomics  
• ECON 24000 /FIN 24000 - Personal Financial Management  or FIN 44200 - Personal Finance  
• One of the following:
  • ECON 31100 - Environmental Economics  
  • ECON 35200 - Intermediate Macroeconomics  
  • ECON 37500 - United States Economic History  or HIST 37400 - United States Economic History *
  • ECON 38000 - Money And Banking  
  • ECON 38500 - Labor Economics  
  • ECON 41900 - Managerial Economics  
  • ECON 42200 - Public Finance And Taxation  
  • ECON 43400 - International Trade  
  • ECON 45600 - Urban Economics  
  • ECON 46500 - Economic Forecasting Techniques  
  • ECON 46700 - Economics And The Law  

*ECON 37500 United States Economic History or HIST 37400 United States Economic History would also satisfy Major Core requirement.

Government

• POL 10100 - American Government And Politics  
• POL 13000 - Introduction To International Relations  or POL 14100 - Governments Of The World  
• POL 30000 - Introduction To Political Analysis  
• POL 34600 - Law And Society  or POL 35400 - Civil Liberties And The Constitution  
• One of the following:
  • POL 31100 - Congress And The President  
  • POL 31200 - American Political Thought  
  • POL 31500 - Public Opinion And Elections  
  • POL 33300 - Political Movements  
  • POL 36000 - Women And The Law  
  • POL 36400 - Law, Ethics, And Public Policy  
  • POL 37000 - Introduction To Comparative State Politics  
  • POL 37200 - Indiana Government And Politics  
  • POL 41000 - Political Parties And Politics  

Geography

• GEOG 11000 - Human Geography  
• GEOG 13000 - Regions Of The World  
• Two of the following:
  • EAS 10000 - Planet Earth  
  • EAS 12000 - Introduction To Geography  
  • EAS 22000 - Survey Of Physical Geography  
• One of the following:
  • HIST 36110 - Environmental History Of Latin America  **
  • HIST 38000 - American Environmental History  **
  • HIST 39300 - Historical Geography  ***
  • HTM 37200 - Global Tourism Geography  
  • ECON 31100 - Environmental Economics  
  • ECON 40600 - Natural Resource And Environmental Economics  
  • GEOG 39000 - Topics in Geography  

**HIST36110 Environmental History of Latin America, HIST38000 American Environmental History or HIST39000 Historical Geography would also satisfy one of the Major Core requirements.

Psychology

• PSY 12000 - Elementary Psychology  
• PSY 36000 - Developmental Psychology  
• PSY 24000 - Introduction To Social Psychology  
• PSY 35000 - Abnormal Psychology  
• One of the following:
  • PSY 31000 - Sensory And Perceptual Processes  
  • PSY 31100 - Human Memory  
  • PSY 32200 - Neuroscience Of Motivated Behavior  
  • PSY 33400 - Cross Cultural Psychology  
  • PSY 33500 - Stereotyping And Prejudice  
  • PSY 34200 - Introduction To Psychology Of Personality  
  • PSY 38000 - Behavior Change Methods  

Sociology

• SOC 10000 - Introductory Sociology  
• SOC 22000 - Social Problems  
• SOC 31000 - Racial And Ethnic Diversity  or SOC 31400 - Race And Ethnic Relations  
• SOC 35000 - Social Psychology Of Marriage  
• One of the following:
  • SOC 30200 - Group Processes  
  • SOC 30300 - Sociology Of Violence  
  • SOC 31501 - Gender In Society  
  • SOC 32400 - Criminology  
  • SOC 32500 - Social Forces And Social Movements  
  • SOC 33400 - Urban Sociology  
  • SOC 36400 - Child And Family Welfare  

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 minimum grade of B-; Minimum grade of B- required for EDCI 30900, EDCI 32300, EDCI 34700, EDCI 35500, EDCI 36600, and EDCI 37000; minimum grade of C required for EDPS 22000, EDPS 26000, EDPS 28500; 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: Students must take four levels of same language; Any language is accepted.

Note 2: EDCI 35500 – Admission to Gate 2 courses requires screening by the Department of Teacher Preparation Advisor. Courses marked with (f) require field observations.

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

Note 4: In place of HIST 11000, students may take both HIST 10200 and HIST 10300.  This will increase the number of credit hours required to complete the degree.

Note 5: Students whose Intense Area 3 is Geography and who take either HIST 36100 Environmental History of Latin America, HIST 38000 American Environmental History, or HIST 39300 Historical Geography for either their U.S. History course or non-U.S. History course may also count that course as a requirement for their Intense Area Course