Social Studies Semester Requirements
Social Studies Major (105 credit hours)
The Social Studies major with other required coursework meets the curriculum and experience requirements for the Integrated Social Studies (grades 712) teaching license for the state of Ohio. There are special departmental advisors for teacher licensure. Completion of the social studies major also
completes the requirements for a second major in history.
Course
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Title
Course
Hours
HSPS 1001 History, Politics & Justice Orient
HIST 0041 Teacher Licensure Orientation
HIST 2041 Historiography
HIST 2141 United States to 1877
HIST 2151 United States since 1877
HIST 3451 African American History
HIST 3____/4____ US history elective1
HIST 3____/4____ European history elective1
HIST 3____/4____ Non-Western history elec.1
HIST 3____/4____ History elective1
HIST/HSPS 4981 Senior Thesis 1
HIST/HSPS 4991 Senior Thesis 2
GEOG 2261 World Regional Geography
GEOG 2371 Physical Geography
PLSC 2011 Introduction to American Politics
PLSC 3____/4____ Political science elective2
SOC 2501 Cultural Anthropology
1
0
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
3
3
3
3
3
Complete one:
____ HSPS 3211 Europe in Transition
____ HSPS 3221 Asia in Transition
____ HSPS 3231 Africa in Transition
____ HSPS 3241 The Middle East in Transition
____ HSPS 3251 Latin America in Transition
3
3
3
3
3
Complete one two-course sequence3:
____ HIST 1101 Western Civilization 1
____ HIST 1111 Western Civilization 2
____ HIST 1151 World Civilizations 1
____ HIST 1161 World Civilizations 2
3
3
3
3
Title
Hours
Complete one:
____ PLSC 2201 Intro to International Relations
____ PLSC 2211 Intro to Comparative Politics
____ PLSC 3101 State and Local Politics
3
3
3
Complete one:
____ PSYC 1001 Psychology
____ SOC 1051 Sociology
3
3
Complete one:
____ BIZ 2021 Microecon Foundations for Bus. Plan 3
____ BIZ 2031 Macroecon Foundations for Bus. Plan 3
Total Social Studies Hrs
61
Other required courses:
____ CACS 2151 Communication in the Classroom 4 3
____ PSYC 2171 Adolescent Psychology
3
____ EDUC 1151 Culture and Schooling
3
____ EDUC 1501 Five-Day Field Experience 1
1
____ EDUC 1521 Five-Day Field Experience 2
1
____ EDUC 2101 Exceptional Learners
3
____ EDUC 2681 Curriculum and Assessment
3
____ EDUC 3201 *Instruction Media and Educ Tech 3
____ EDUC 3451 *Literacy across the Content Areas 3
____ EDUC 4401 *Educ Psyc. and Instruct Practices 3
____ EDUC 4451 *Leadership Seminar in Education5 3
____ EDUC 4531 *Integrated Social Studies Methods 3
____ EDUC 4721 *Student Teaching/AYA5
12
Total Education Hrs
44
* Must be admitted to Center for Teacher Education
Praxis 1
2.5 GPA
C or higher in prerequisites
1 HSPS and GGHS courses may be taken for HIST elective credit.
2 An HSPS or GGPS course may be taken for PLSC elective credit.
3 A student with a social studies primary major may substitute World
Civilizations 1 and 2 (HIST 1151 and HIST 1161) for the Western
Civilization 1 and 2 (HIST 1101 and 1111) requirement of the second
major in history.
4
Fulfills the communication arts distribution requirement for the Bachelor
of Arts degree.
5 Leadership Seminar in Education (EDUC 4451) and Student
Teaching/AYA (EDUC 4721) must be taken during same semester.
ARTS & SCIENCES
GENERAL EDUCATION
Title
Hours
____ TREX
3
____ ENGL 1221 or 1231 (25 ACT dividing line)
3
____ Extra Disciplinary Seminar
3
____ Senior Capstone (Senior Thesis 1 and 2 takes care of this)
____ Distribution requirements
____ Hist, Phil, Lit, Rel (Three courses Hist counted) 3
____ Fine Arts (Music, Art, Theater)
3
____ Communication Arts (CACS takes care of)
____ Math or Stats
3
____ Natural Sciences
3
____ Social Sciences
____ Health and Wellness
1
____ Foreign Language
6
____ Fine Arts
3
____ Humanities
3
Total
37