Secondary Education Social Studies Major
Students electing a major in Social Studies apply to the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development and meet admission requirements that include a 3.00 in their content grade point average (GPA). Students must maintain the content GPA of 3.00 for retention and, along with satisfactorily completing required courses in secondary education (minimum grade B-), complete the following courses to obtain Social Studies certification:
Requirements
Secondary Education
SED 302 | Teaching and Learning: Humanities in Communities | 2 | Fall. |
SED 314 | Responsive Social Studies Teaching/Learning I | 4 | Spring. |
SED 414 | Responsive Social Studies Teaching/Learning II | 4 | Fall. |
Core Courses
Anthropology
Economics
ECON 200 | Introduction to Economics | 4 | Fall, Spring, Summer. |
| -Or- | | |
ECON 214 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 | Fall, Spring, Summer. |
| -And- | | |
ECON 215 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 | Fall, Spring, Summer. |
Geography
GEOG 200 | World Regional Geography | 4 | Fall, Spring. |
GEOG 401 | Geography for Social Studies Educators | 4 | Spring. |
History Component
HIST 202 | U.S. History: 1800-1920 | 3 | Fall, Spring. |
HIST 203 | U.S. History: 1920 to the Present | 3 | Fall, Spring. |
HIST 281W | History Matters I: Methods and Skills | 3 | Fall, Spring. |
Political Science
POL 202 | American Government | 4 | Fall, Spring, Summer. |
POL 332 | Civil Liberties in the United States | 4 | Fall, Spring. |
ONE COURSE from European History:
HIST 234 | Challenges and Confrontations: Women in Europe | 3 | As needed. |
HIST 308 | Europe in the Age of Revolution, 1789 to 1850 | 3 | As needed. |
HIST 309 | Europe in the Age of Nationalism, 1850 to 1914 | 3 | As needed. |
HIST 310 | Twentieth-Century Europe | 3 | As needed. |
HIST 312 | Russia from Peter to Lenin | 3 | Alternate years. |
HIST 313 | The Soviet Union and After | 3 | Alternate years. |
ONE COURSE from Africa, Asia, Middle East:
HIST 236 | Post-Independence Africa | 3 | Annually. |
HIST 238 | Early Imperial China | 3 | As needed. |
HIST 340 | The Muslim World from the Age of Muhammad to 1800 | 3 | As needed. |
HIST 341 | The Muslim World in Modern Times, 1800 to the Present | 3 | As needed. |
HIST 342 | Islam and Politics in Modern History | 3 | As needed. |
HIST 345 | Conflict, Globalization, and Modern East Asia | 3 | As needed. |
HIST 348 | Africa under Colonial Rule | 3 | Annually. |
Concentrations
Select one concentration area (A, B, C or D) and then one course from the courses listed for your concentration.
A. Anthropology/Sociology (select one course)
ANTH 102 | Introduction to Archaeology | 4 | Fall, Spring. |
ANTH 103 | Introduction to Biological Anthropology | 4 | Spring. |
ANTH 104 | Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology | 4 | Fall. |
SOC 200 | Introduction to Sociology | 4 | Fall, Spring. |
SOC 208 | The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity | 4 | Fall, Spring, Summer. |
B. Geography (select one course)
GEOG 100 | Introduction to Environmental Geography | 4 | Fall, Spring, Summer. |
GEOG 337 | Urban Political Geography | 3 | As needed. |
GEOG 338 | People, Houses, Neighborhoods, and Cities | 3 | As needed. |
GEOG 339 | Metropolitan Providence: Past, Present, and Future | 3 | As needed. |
C. Global Studies (select one course)
GLOB 356 | The Atlantic World | 4 | As needed. |
INGO 301 | Global Development | 4 | Spring. |
POL 203 | Global Politics | 4 | Fall, Spring. |
POL 342 | The Politics of Global Economic Change | 4 | Every third semester. |
D. Political Science (select one course)
POL 203 | Global Politics | 4 | Fall, Spring. |
POL 204 | Introduction to Political Thought | 4 | Fall, Spring. |
Total Credit Hours: 56-59