STUDENT:
Social Studies Teacher Education
The program requirements below are for students who will graduate and apply for New York State teaching
certification on or after February 2, 2004. Entering first-year students in fall 2012 and thereafter will complete
the following program.
1. Credits in the major
No. of
Semester
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HIST 11100
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HIST 11200
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HIST 18100
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HIST 18200
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ENVS 22000
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Level 200 or above:
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______ Europe
Credit
No. of
Semester
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Credit
Europe
Global
Global
Hist. Elect.
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Of the 7 history elective courses 4 must be at the 300 level or above; of these 4 courses, 1 must be either a
tutorial or a seminar.
2. Required Credits from other departments
No. of
Semester
Credit
ECON 12100
ECON 12200
SOCI 10100
POLT 10100
ANTH 10400
Language through 102
3. Core education requirements
No. of
semester
Credit
EDUC 21910
EDUC 20100
EDUC 10100
EDUC 23900
EDUC 22900
EDUC 21010
EDUC 34000
EDUC 40810
EDUC 40910
EDUC 41210
EDUC 49810
EDUC 11000
EDUC 11100
Early Field Experience
Tech for mid/sec teacher (2 cr)
Lit Ed for mid/sec teach (2 cr)
Educating child/spec need (2 cr)
Second Language Acquis (2 cr)
Educational Psychology
Social & Cultural Foundations
Ped/Practice across disc.
Ped/Practice in teach SS
Seminar in Reflective Practice
Prof Semester in Ed
Child Abuse Sem. (No credit)
Drug/Alcohol Abuses (No credit)
Placements: For. Lang. ________
Math Competency ________
Math QL Readiness ________
ICC
(check)
semester:
[ ] Academic Writing
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Theme (check one):
[ ] Identities
[ ] Inquiry, Imagination, and Innovation
[ ] Mind, Body, Spirit
[ ] Power and Justice
[ ] Quest for a Sustainable Future
[ ] World of Systems
Specific Requirements:
[ ] Ithaca Seminar
[ ] Creative Arts
[ ] Humanities
[ ] Natural Sciences
[ ] Social Sciences
[ ] Capstone
[ ] Portfolio
H&S CLA (check and define):
[ ] Second Major
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[ ] Minor
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[ ] Second Language
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[ ] Self-Designed Suite ____________________
Overlays (in any part of curriculum):
[ ] Diversity (2)
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[ ] Writing Intensive
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[ ] Quantitative Literacy ____________________
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TOTAL CREDITS – 120
Additional Core Requirements
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All teaching option students must successfully complete a year of college-level study in a language other than
English. Students may test out of this requirement by taking the language placement test and placing at the 200 level.
All teaching option students must successfully complete a writhing course at the 106 level or above.
All social studies teaching option students must successfully complete the second-year review and maintain a
minimum 3.0 GPA overall and in history courses. If a student receives an unsuccessful review or a review with
stipulations, the student must participate in and successfully pass a second review the following year. Unsuccessful
reviews and reviews with stipulations will be accompanied by a written statement outlining what must be done before
the next review is completed.
Students must earn a grade of B or better in EDUC 40800 and EDUC 40910 to qualify for student teaching. A grade
of B- does not qualify.
Professional Semester in Education and Seminar on the Practical Issues of Teaching constitute a full course load
during the student teaching semester. No additional courses may be taken.
All candidates for provisional or initial certification must successfully complete all three sections of the New York
State Teacher Certification Examination: the liberal arts and science test, the assessment of teaching skills – written,
and the content area exam.
The student’s department chair and the coordinator of teacher education must approve any exceptions to the above
requirements.
Revised 08/21/13