UNDERGRADUATE MAJOR: B.A. in Geography-Anthropology 7-12 Social Studies Teacher Certification Track
CREDITS REQUIRED IN MAJOR: minimum of 36-39
FOUNDATION/REQUIRED MAJOR COURSES
COURSE
NUMBER
COURSE NAME
CREDITS
PREREQUISITES
MAT 120
Introduction to Statistics
4
Successful completion of the USM mathematics
readiness requirement.
EYE 108 or
EDU 100
HRD 200
Culture, Identity and Education or
Exploring Teaching as a Profession
Multicultural Adult Development
3
GEO 102
Physical Geography
4
3
Second semester freshmen or above; must have
completed College Writing and EYE course –
required for teacher certification concentration
SELECT 36-39 CREDITS FROM THE FOLLOWING: Students may concentrate in any one of the following tracks:
Either GEO 105
or ANT 105
ANT 101
GEO 101
ANT/CPD/TAH
315
ANT/CPD 360
GEO/CPD 305
GEO/CPD 308
GEO 209
TAH 211
ANT 202
ANT 213
ANT 220
ANT 222
ANT 232
ANT/TAH 233
ANT/TAH 241
ANT 255
ANT/TAH 301
GEO 104
GEO 120
Sustainable Cultures & Communities
Society, Environment, and Change
3
Anthropology: The Cultural View
Human Geography
6 credits of Methods courses from
designated list (below) with at least
3 credits from each GEO & ANT
Ethnography: Methods, Ethics and
Practice
Public Archaeology
Remote Sensing
GIS Applications I
Introduction to Land Use Planning
Tourism Entrepreneurship
18 credits of Topical Electives from
designated list (below) with at least
6 credits from each GEO & ANT
prefix and at least 6 credits at or
above 300 level
Origins of Civilization
Human Ecology
Indigenous Studies of North America
Peoples of the North
3
3
The Anthropology of Sex and Gender
Food and Culture
Tourism and Community
Development
Cultures of Africa
Global Issues in Travel and Tourism
World Regions
Geography of Maine
3
3
3
3-6
ANT 101 and one ethnography course
2-6
3
4
3
3
ANT 310 / ANT 103
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
ANT 101 or 102
ANT 101 or 103 or permission of
instructor
Entry Year Experience course
GEO 170
Global History: Mapping the World
across Cultures
Urban and Regional Development
Planning Maine Communities:
Current Issues and Directions
Making a Living: Workers in a Global
Economy
Gender, Work, and Space
3
Economic Geography
3
GEO/ CPD 402
Urban Geography
3-6
GEO/WGS/CPD
455
GEO 450
GEO/CPD 581
Gender, 'Race' and Class in the City
3
Topics in Geography
Megacities and Global Planning
Issues
Perspectives on Environment,
Society, and Culture Since 1750
3
3
Energy Use and Societal Adaptation
Topics in Tourism & Hospitality
3
3
Tourism, Development &
Sustainability/ Topics in
Anthropology
3 credits of Capstone from
designated list (below)
Archaeology Field School
Internship in Applied GeographyAnthropology
Field Mapping in the Island
Environment: Data Collection to GIS
3/3
Independent Study in Anthropology
or Geography
Various options
variable
GEO 203
GEO 210
GEO 255
GEO/WGS/CPD
302
GEO/CPD 303
GYA 210
ESP 275
TAH 251/ANT
299
TAH 341/ ANT
450
GYA 300
GYA 350-351
GYA 360
GYA 400
Summer Travel
Course
Study Abroad
Existing
Capstones
GEO/ANT 105
ANT 103
GEO 102
3
3
3
3
3
4-6
1-6
6
Various options
Various options
Cultural and Natural Heritage
Management
Society, Environment, and Change
Introduction to Archaeology
Physical Geography
Entry Year Experience course
3
3
4
One of the following: ANT 101, GEO 101,
GEO 203, ECO 101, ECO 102, or
permission of instructor
GEO 101, GEO 203, or permission of
instructor
One of the following: GEO 302 or
permission of instructor.
Permission of department
One introductory course in Geography
(GEO 101 or GEO 102) and one
introductory course in Anthropology (ANT
101 or ANT 103) and sophomore
standing.
ESP 101/102 or permission of instructor
None/ Junior standing or permission of
instructor
Junior or senior standing in geographyanthropology and permission of instructor
Permission of instructor. This course may
be repeated once for credit. Offered
Summer Session only.
Permission of instructor
ANT 306
ANT/ CPD 308
ANT/CPD/TAH
315
ANT/CPD 360
GEO 209
GEO/CPD 305
GEO/CPD 308
GEO/CPD 408
ANT 201
ANT 202
ANT 213
ANT/ TAH 241
ANT 250
ANT/TAH 261
ANT/TAH 262
ANT 320
ANT 380
ANT 410
ANT 450
GEO 203
GEO 207
GEO 210
GEO/ESP 285
GEO/CPD 320
GEO 450
GEO/CPD 581
GYA 210
ECO 327
ESP 200
ESP 220
TAH 231
15 credits of Methods courses from
designated list (below)
Analysis of Archaeological Materials
Environmental Archaeology
Ethnography: Methods, Ethics
3-6
3-6
3-6
ANT 103
Junior status, and ANT 103 or GYA 300
ANT 101 and one ethnography course
Practice or Public Archaeology
Introduction to Land Use Planning
Remote Sensing
GIS I
GIS II
15 credits of Topical Electives from
designated list (below) with at least
6 credits from each GEO & ANT
prefix and at least 6 credits at or
above 300 level
Human Origins
Origins of Civilization
Human Ecology
Tourism and Community
Development
Archaeology of South America
Introduction to Cultural Tourism
Women, Arts & Global Tourism
Medical Anthropology
African American Historical
Archaeology
Japan: Archaeology, Environmental
History and Multicultural
Perspectives
Topics in Anthropology
2-6
3
3
4
4
ANT 310 / ANT 103
Urban and Regional Development
Map History: Making Sense of the
World
Planning Maine Communities:
Current Issues and Directions
Global Environmental Issues and
Sustainability
Conservation of Natural Resources
Topics in Geography
Megacities and Global Planning
Issues
Perspectives on Environment,
Society, and Culture Since 1750
3
3
Natural Resource Economics
Environmental Planning
Introduction to Environmental Policy
Introduction to Sustainable Tourism
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
GEO 308 or permission of instructor
ANT 101 or 102
Entry Year Experience Course
ANT 101, 102 or permission of instructor
3
3
Junior standing or permission of
instructor
3
3
3
3
3
GEO 101, GEO 102, or GEO 103
Permission of department
3
One introductory course in Geography
(GEO 101 or GEO 102) and one
introductory course in Anthropology (ANT
101 or ANT 103) and sophomore
standing.
ECO 102 or permission of instructor
ESP 101/102 or permission of instructor
ESP 203
TAH 251
TAH 252
GYA 300
GYA 350-351
GYA 360
GYA 400
Summer Travel
Course
Study Abroad
Existing
Capstones
Either GEO 105
or ANT 105
GEO 103
GEO 207
GEO/CPD 305
GEO/CPD 308
GEO/CPD 408
GEO 340
Topics in Tourism & Hospitality
Tourism, Wildlife & Biodiversity
Any one of the following will count
toward the capstone requirement:
Archaeology Field School
Internship in Applied GeographyAnthropology
Field Mapping in the Island
Environment: Data Collection to GIS
3
3
Independent Study in Anthropology
or Geography
Various options
variable
4-6
1-6
6
Junior or senior standing in geographyanthropology and permission of instructor
Permission of instructor. This course may
be repeated once for credit. Offered
Summer Session only.
Permission of instructor
Various options
Various options
Applied GIS and Geospatial Analysis
Society, Environment, and Change
Human Environment Geography
Map History: Making Sense of the
World
15 credits of Methods courses from
designated list (below)
Remote Sensing
GIS I
GIS II
Digital Mapping
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
GEO 308 or permission of instructor
Introductory course in GEY, GEO, or ESP,
and additional 200-level course in any of
the above areas
12 credits of Topical Electives from
designated list (below) with at least
3 credits from each Topical Elective
Group and at least 6 credits at or
above 300 level:
Group 1:
BUS 345
3
Sophomore standing
BUS 377
Information Technology/
Management Information Systems
Information Visualization
3
COS 160 & COS
170
Structured Problem Solving: Java/
Structured Programming Laboratory
3/1
COS 246
Group 2:
GEO 203
GEO 209 or
GEO 210
Programming Topics
3
Junior standing and successful completion
of the University’s Core requirement in
quantitative reasoning
Successful completion of the USM
mathematics readiness requirement/
Both must be taken concurrently
COS 161 or permission of instructor
Urban and Regional Development
Introduction to Land Use Planning or
Planning Maine Communities:
Current Issues and Directions
Global Environmental Issues and
3
3/3
GEO 285
3
GEO 481/ CPD
581
ANT/TAH 241
Sustainability
Megacities and Global Planning
Issues
Tourism and Community
Development
Analysis of Archaeological Materials
Environmental Archaeology
Ethnography: Methods, Ethics, or
Practice or Public Archaeology
3
3
Entry Year Experience course
3-6
3-6
3-6/2-6
ANT 103
Junior status, and ANT 103 or GYA 300
ANT 101 and one ethnography course /
ANT 310 / ANT 103
GEO 438/638
3 credits of Capstone from
designated list (below)
Independent Study in GIS
1-3
GEO 448/648
Internship
1-3
GYA 360
Field Mapping in the Island
Environment: Data Collection to GIS
6
GEO 308 or instructor permission, and
program approval
GEO 308 or instructor permission, and
program approval
Permission of instructor. This course may
be repeated once for credit. Offered
Summer Session only.
GYA 300
GYA 400
Archaeology Field School
Independent Study in Anthropology
or Geography
Various options
4-6
variable
ANT 306
ANT/CPD 308
ANT/CPD/TAH
315 or
ANT/CPD 360
Summer Travel
Course
Study Abroad
Existing
Capstones
Permission of instructor
Various options
Various options
NON MAJOR REQUIREMENTS: 15 Credits
HTY 101
HTY 102
HTY 121/122/ or 123
POS/ ECO Elective
POS/ ECO Elective
Western Civilization I
Western Civilization II
US History to 1800/ US
History 1800-1900/ US History
since 1900
Various options
Various options
3
3
3/3/3
MAJOR COURSES OVERLAPPING IN THE CORE:
CORE AREA
QR
SCA/ INT
COURSE
NUMBER
MAT 120
GEO 103
SCA/ INT
GEO 203
SCA
GEO 207
INT
ANT 105
COURSE NAME
REQUIRED BY MAJOR?
Introduction to Statistics
Human-Environmental
Geography
Urban and Regional
Development
Maps: Knowledge,
Technology, Society, Culture
Society, Environment, and
Change
Yes
Yes
Topical Elective option
Yes
Yes (OR GEO 105)
INT
GEO 105
Society, Environment, and
Change
Global Environmental Issues
and Sustainability
Megacities and Global
Planning Issues
Culture, Identity and
Education or Exploring
Teaching as a Profession
Yes (OR ANT 105)
INT
GEO 285
INT
GEO 481
EYE
EYE 108
or EDU
100
SCA/ INT
HRD 200
Multicultural Human Growth
and Development
Physical Geography
Purpose of Schooling in a
Democracy
Foundations of Cultural and
Linguistic Diversity
Students with
Exceptionalities in General
Education
Multi-Tiered Systems of
Educational Support
Yes
SE
INT/ EISRC
GEO 102
EDU 310
DIV/ Cluster
EDU 305
Cluster
SED 335
Cluster
SED 420
SCA
HTY 101
Western Civilization I
Yes
SCA
HTY 102
Western Civilization II
Yes
SCA
HTY
121/122/
or 123
US History to 1800/ US
History 1800-1900/ US
History since 1900
Yes
Topical Elective option
Topical Elective option
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cluster - These three courses will satisfy the Thematic Cluster and are required for the degree (9 credits):
COURSE
NUMBER
COURSE NAME
CREDITS
PREREQUISITES
EDU 305
Foundations of Cultural and Linguistic
Diversity
Students with Exceptionalities in
General Education
Multi-tiered Systems of Educational
Support
3
HRD 200
3
None
3
SED 335 or instructor permission
SED 335
SED 420
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION INTERNSHIP YEAR REQUIREMENTS (30 credits):
COURSE
NUMBER
COURSE NAME
CREDITS
PREREQUISITES
EDU 441
Seminar in Teaching, Learning, and
Assessment I
3
Prerequisite: open to students matriculated in
the undergraduate teacher education pathway
concentration.
Co-requisite: EDU 444.
EDU 442
Seminar in Teaching and Learning II
3
EDU 402
EDU 324
Methods of Teaching Secondary English
Professional Internship in Secondary
Education
3
9
Prerequisite: open to students matriculated in
the undergraduate teacher education pathway
concentration.
Co-requisite: EDU 324
Teacher education pathway concentration
Teacher education pathway concentration
Text from the 2015 – 2016 Catalog:
The Geography-Anthropology program offers teacher certification tracks for prospective teachers at both the
elementary and secondary education levels. These tracks are designed to provide prospective elementary and
secondary teachers a strong academic foundation in geography and anthropology.
Requirements:
All students must formally declare their entry into a teacher certification concentration by completing the
declaration procedures found on the Office of Educator Preparation web site at
http://usm.maine.edu/educatorpreparation. Passing Praxis Core scores, creation of a free Tk20 account and
declaration application, and two recommendation forms are necessary to complete the declaration process.
All undergraduate and graduate students who matriculate into an Educator Preparation program or pathway in
USM summer 2013 or later are required to subscribe to the Tk20 online data management system. The
subscription allows students to use the system for assessment, advisement, field-experience and career portfolio
management. The subscription fee of $103 covers some of the expenses related to the administration and
assessment of the program. For loan purposes, it will be eligible for consideration as part of costs. The
subscription is a one-time payment and must be made by each student during the first semester of program or
pathway matriculation (check with individual programs and pathways for specific subscription timelines).
Subscription instructions are posted on the Office of Educator Preparation web site:
http://usm.maine.edu/educatorpreparation
Please note Professional Education Council Policy: In order for USM’s Education Preparation Unit program
completers to be recommended by the institution to the state for certification or licensure, the candidate must
provide evidence of meeting all certification requirements including proficiency on the standards relevant to
his/her state approved professional program and this evidence must be compiled and assessed with in the
context of the Unit’s data management system (i.e., Tk20).
For the purposes of field placements in schools during the educational cluster and internship year, students are
required to complete and show documentation of the fingerprinting process outlined by the Maine Department
of Education: http://www.maine.gov/doe/cert/fingerprinting/
Students must maintain a high level of academic achievement. Minimum academic requirements are as follows:
A grade of C or better in all University Core and major coursework.
A grade of B or better in all professional education coursework.
An overall GPA of 3.00 or better.
Prior to admission to the professional internship year, students must pass the Praxis II exam and demonstrate
satisfactory progress toward the State of Maine Core Teaching Standards.
USM Core Curriculum (including pre-internship education courses):
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EYE 108, Culture, Identity and Education, or EDU 100, Exploring Teaching as a Profession
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College Writing- ENG 100 (3 cr.)
Cultural Interpretation (3 cr.)
Quantitative- MAT 120 (4 cr.)
Creative Expression (3 cr.) (THE 102 or 170 recommended)
Socio-Cultural Analysis- HRD 200 Multicultural Human Development (3 cr.)
Science Exploration- GEO 102 (4 cr.)
Ethics- EDU 310 Purpose of Schooling in a Democracy (3 cr.)
Cluster- EDU 305 Foundations of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, SED 335 Students with Exceptionalities
in General Education, and SED 420 Multi-Tiered Systems of Educational Support (9 cr.)
Diversity and International met with EDU 305 and EDU 310 respectively
Professional Education Internship Requirements:
EDU 404, Teaching Social Studies in Grades 7-12 (3 cr.)
EDU 441, Seminar I (3 cr.)
EDU 442, Seminar II (3 cr.)
EDU 324 (9 credits), year long internship
Electives:
In addition to in-depth knowledge of ANT and GEO gained through the major, students will complete coursework
in HTY and other Social Studies disciplines to become highly qualified to teach. Required courses include: HTY
101, HTY 102, and HTY 121, 122, or 123, and 2 POS/ECO electives.
For those students interested in teaching at the middle level, it is recommended that they complete coursework
in a second content area (e.g., English, mathematics, science) to become highly qualified to teach that content
area in addition to social studies. Finally, students should consider taking education courses that will support
them to become better teachers including, but not limited to, topics such as literacy, technology, understanding
and collaborating with families.
Core curriculum codes
EYE – Entry Year Experience
CW – College Writing
QR – Quantitative Reasoning
CE – Creative Expression
SCA – Socio-cultural Analysis
CI – Cultural Interpretation
SE – Science Exploration
EISRC – Ethical Inquiry, Social Responsibility, & Citizenship
DIV – Diversity
INT – International
CAP - Capstone