Education Courses (38-39 credits)
| EDU-130 | American Education | 3 |
EDU-200
| Educational Technology | 1 |
| EDU-296 | Secondary School Observation/ Participation | 1 to 2 |
| EDU-240 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| EDU-250 | Principles of Teaching | 3 |
| PSY-276 | Psychology of the Exceptional Learner | 3 |
| EDU-324 | Literacy in Diverse Classrooms | 3 |
| EDU-382SS | Methods of Teaching Sr High/Jr High/ Middle School Social Studies | 3 |
| EDU-382C | Methods of Teaching Senior High/Junior High/Middle School Practicum | 1 |
| EDU-383P | Secondary Practicum P-12/5-12 | 1 |
| EDU-490 | Supervised Student Teaching in Senior/Junior High/Middle School (5-12) | 15 |
| EDU-495 | Student Teaching Seminar | 1 |
Social Studies Courses
Foundation Courses
Required:
Historical Perspectives (12 credits)
| HST-211 | American Civilization to 1865 | 3 |
| HST-212 | American Civilization after 1865 | 3 |
| HST-290 | Making History: Historians, Historical Techniques and Historiography | 3 |
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| HST Elective (300 or 400 level) | 3 |
Government (12 credits)
| POL-100 | American Government | 3 |
| POL-232 | Comparative Politics | 3 |
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| or | |
| POL-230 | World Politics | 3 |
| POL-200 | State and Local Government and Politics | 3 |
POL-
| Elective (300-400 level): see "Scholarship List" requirement below | 3 |
Geography
| GEO-202 | Political and Cultural Geography | 3 |
Content areas
Choose one of the following:
Economics (12 credits)
| ECO-212 | Microeconomics | 3 |
| ECO-213 | Macroeconomics | 3 |
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| Elective | 3 |
ECO-
| Elective (300-400 level) | 3 |
Sociology (12 credits)
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| SOC Elective | 3 |
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| SOC Elective | 3 |
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| SOC Elective | 3 |
SOC-
| Elective (300-400 level) | 3 |
Psychology (12 credits)
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| PSY Elective | 3 |
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| PSY Elective | 3 |
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| PSY Elective | 3 |
PSY-
| Elective (300-400 level) | 3 |
EDU-240, PSY-150, and PSY-276 are counted as part of the General Education requirements.
Scholarship List Requirement: SSE majors are required to take an upper-division scholarship quality elective under both the Historical Perspectives requirement and the Government requirement. Both the HST and POL upper-division scholarship quality courses will be determined by the SSE content advisor in coordination with the School of Teacher Education.
Advanced Placement
Students majoring in Social Studies Education can receive Advanced Placement Credit for courses as follows:
Advanced Credit Exam
|
Minimum Score
|
Semester Hours
|
IWU Equivalent
|
Comparative Government & Politics
|
4 |
3
|
POL232
|
Comparative Government & Politics
|
3
|
3
|
UNDI
|
Human Geography
|
4
|
3
|
GEO202
|
Government & Politics-United States
|
4
|
3
|
POL100
|
Government & Politics-United States
|
3
|
3
|
UNDI
|
History-European
|
3
|
3
|
UNDI
|
History-United States
|
4
|
3
|
HST211
|
History-United States
|
4
|
3
|
HST212
|
History-United States
|
3
|
3
|
UNDI
|
Macroeconomics
|
4
|
3
|
ECO213
|
Microeconomics
|
4
|
3
|
ECO212
|
Psychology
|
4
|
3
|
PSY150
|
Statistics
|
4
|
3
|
MAT112
|
UNDI - credit is not assigned to a specific course but does count toward the overall college degree as an elective
