Social Studies Major 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 7-
12) 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 Title Hours
____ HSPS 1001 History, Politics & Justice Orient 1
____ HIST 0041 Teacher Licensure Orientation 0
____ HIST 2041 Historiography
____ HIST 2141 United States to 1877
3
3
____ HIST 2151 United States since 1877 3
____ HIST 3451 African American History
____ HIST 3____/4____ US history elective
1
3
3
____ HIST 3____/4____ European history elective
1
3
____ HIST 3____/4____ Non-Western history elec.
1
3
____ HIST 3____/4____ History elective
1
3
____ HIST/HSPS 4981 Senior Thesis 1
____ HIST/HSPS 4991 Senior Thesis 2
2
1
____ GEOG 2261 World Regional Geography
____ GEOG 2371 Physical Geography
3
3
____ PLSC 1011 Introduction to American Politics 3
____ PLSC 3____/4____ Political science elective
2
3
____ SOC 2501 Cultural Anthropology 3
Complete one:
____ HSPS 2611 Europe in Transition
____ HSPS 2621 Asia in Transition
____ HSPS 2631 Africa in Transition
____ HSPS 2641 The Middle East in Transition
____ HSPS 2651 Latin America in Transition
3
3
3
3
3
Complete one two-course sequence
3
:
____ HIST 1101 Western Civilization 1
____ HIST 1111 Western Civilization 2
____ HIST 1151 World Civilizations 1
____ HIST 1161 World Civilizations 2
1
2
HSPS courses may be taken for HIST elective credit.
A HSPS 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.
3
3
3
3
Course Title Hours
Complete one:
____ PLSC 1021 Intro to International Relations 3
____ PLSC 1031 Intro to Comparative Politics
____ PLSC 2501 State and Local Politics
3
3
Complete one:
____ PSYC 1001 Psychology
____ SOC 1051 Sociology
Complete one:
3
3
____ 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
____ EDUC 1501 Five-Day Field Experience 1
3
1
____ EDUC 1521 Five-Day Field Experience 2
____ EDUC 2101 Exceptional Learners
1
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 Education
5
3
____ EDUC 4531 *Integrated Social Studies Methods 3
____ EDUC 4721 *Student Teaching/AYA
5
12
Total Education Hrs 44
* Must be admitted to Center for Teacher Education
Praxis 1
2.5 GPA
C or higher in prerequisites
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.
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ARTS & SCIENCES
GENERAL EDUCATION
Title Hours
____ TREX
____ ENGL 1221 or 1231 (25 ACT dividing line)
3
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)
____ Communication Arts (CACS takes care of)
3
____ Math or Stats
____ Natural Sciences
____ Social Sciences
____ Health and Wellness
3
3
____ Foreign Language
____ Fine Arts
____ Humanities
Total
1
6
3
3
37
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