School of Education

Department of Secondary Education

Undergraduate Program: Social Studies Requirements

Secondary Education - Social Studies Major Requirements

Europe (10-11 credits)
Three courses - at least one must be 200-level and one must be upper-division, at least one must be History

United States (10-11 credits)
Three courses - at least one must be 200-level and one must be upper-division; at least one must be history

Africa, American Indians, Asia (including Russia), Latin America, Middle East (10-11 credits)
Three courses - at least one must be upper-division and at least one must be history

Geography/Economics (9 credits)
GEO252 - Economic Geography OR GEO274 - Environment and Culture
AND
Either one additional geography course and one economics course
OR
Two economics courses

Political science (4 credits)
POL216 - American Government and Politics
OR
POL227 - International Politics
OR
POL229 - Introduction to Comparative Politics

Total credits: 43-46