Social Studies Education

This program is designed to prepare social studies teachers to work with students in middle school/junior high and high school settings. In addition to completing university core curriculum requirements and the professional education sequence, all students seeking to become candidates for licensure in social studies will, via course completion and performance assessment, demonstrate subject matter mastery in the following individual disciplines that comprise the social studies licensure area: economics, geography, government, psychology, sociology, and historical perspectives (United States and world history). Social studies teaching candidates must choose three of these licensure subject areas for their concentration. Those who choose historical perspectives as an area of concentration must complete 27 hours in both United States and world history, complemented by preparation in two other social studies subject areas (15 hours each), and three courses (9 hours) from the three remaining areas, totaling 66 hours. Those candidates that do not choose historical perspectives as an area of concentration must be prepared in three other social studies subject areas (15 hours each), and three other courses (9 hours) from the remaining areas, in addition to a course in world cultures (ANTH 101), totaling 57 hours. The introductory course for this program is SS 150 or its equivalent. This program is located in the Department of History. For more information, contact Dr. Sarah Drake Brown, BB 235, 765-285-8621, sedrakebrown@bsu.edu, or go to the Social Studies Teachers' Handbook: http://www.bsu.edu/history/media/pdf/sstm_handbook.pdf, or the Department of History Web site: http://www.bsu.edu/history/. You may also consult the Social Studies Teaching Major Decision Points Web page: http://www.bsu.edu/history/sstm/.