Secondary/High School Social Science Education (Grades 9-12), B.A.

General Education Requirements

A minimum of 48 credit hours of general education courses is required for the Secondary/High School Social Science Education B.A. degree. Some of the courses listed below are required to fulfill the general education requirements and others may be used as electives. Other courses not listed below may also be considered to fulfill electives that comprise the General Education requirements. General Education courses must meet the following criteria:

Humanities - Fine Arts Elective (Music, Art, Performance - 3 hours), Literature Elective - 3 hours, Multi-Cultural Elective - (Study Abroad, Foreign Language, other - 3 hours) = Total 9 hours

Literacy - (ENG 101 Writing I and ENG 104 Writing II required) = Total 6 hours

Mathematics - MATH 207, 116 OR117, AND Math 208 = Total 6 hours

Science - SCI 131 OR 132, AND SCI Elective with Lab or Lab Experience = Minimum Total 6 hours

Social Science - Counted in Content Area Requirements

Electives - EDUC 100 - Introduction to Schooling or its equivalent is required of all freshman education majors and is strongly recommended as an elective for all other education majors. All freshmen are also required to take INTD 101 - University Seminar. EDUC 301 Peer Tutoring is strongly recommended as an elective for middle school and secondary/high school education majors. Total = Minimum 9 hours of elective credit.

Please work with your life coach and faculty mentor to determine which of the listed general education courses are appropriate for you.

• ENGL 101 - Writing I: The Writing Process
• ENGL 104 - Writing II: Research and Argumentative Essays

• Select ONE of the Following: MATH 207 OR MATH 116 OR MATH 117

• MATH 207 - Algebra for Educators
• MATH 116 - Intermediate Algebra
• MATH 117 - College Algebra

• Select ONE of the Following: SCI 131 OR SCI 132 AND an additional science elective with lab or lab experience

• SCI 131 - Nutrition
• EDUC 100 - Introduction to Schooling

• Strongly recommended as an elective for all education majors

• INTD 101 - University Seminar

• First year requirement

• EDUC 301 - Practicum in Peer Tutoring

• Recommended as an elective for middle and secondary/high school education majors

Professional Education Requirements

• EDUC 201 - School and Society
• EDUC 241 - Fundamentals of Secondary Schools
• EDUC 313 - Adolescent Development and Learning
• EDUC 321 - Literacy Across Academic Disciplines
• EDUC 315 - Educational Developmental Psychology: Learning and Management
• EDUC 361 - Instructional Interventions in Reading: Secondary
• EDUC 352 - Educ/Psych of Exceptional Children
• EDUC 451 - Teaching Social Science Methods: Secondary
• EDUC 404 - Student Teacher: Professional Seminar

Practicum Experiences - (20 Hours)

Education majors spend a considerable amount of time in schools gaining firsthand classroom experience with students. Beginning in the sophomore year, all education students are required to complete a practicum experience each semester, with increasingly rigorous expectations regarding student interactions, lesson planning and delivery, and collaboration with professional educators in the field. These experiences build upon one another to provide teacher candidates with exposure to students from multiple grade levels in diverse schools and districts, as well as to a wide variety of teaching/learning opportunities in real-world settings. These practicum experiences culminate in student teaching experience in the final semester of the initial teacher preparation program.

• EDUC 200 - Practicum in School and Society
• EDUC 240 - Practicum in Fundamentals of Secondary Schools
• EDUC 320 - Practicum in Literacy Across the Academic Disciplines
• EDUC 360 - Practicum in Instructional Interventions in Reading: Secondary
• EDUC 450 - Setting Up School Experience and Practicum in Teaching Social Science Methods: Secondary
• EDUC 400 - Student Teaching:

Content Requirements

A total of 45 credit hours in the content area are required for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Secondary/HIgh School Social Science Education. In addition to the courses listed below, candidates must select appropriate social science electives to fulfill the content area requirement. Teacher candidates must maintain a GPA of at least 3.0 in content area coursework as well as a GPA of at least 2.75 overall to be eligible for endorsement for certification by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

• EDUC 220 - Economic Geography
• PSCI 101 - American Government
• PSCI 317 - American Constitutional Law
• HIST 103 - America and Contemp World
• HIST 110 - Women in American History
• HIST 121 - U.S. History to 1877
• HIST 122 - U.S. History since 1877
• HIST 331 - World History I: To 1500
• HIST 332 - World History II: 1500-Present

• Select an additional Non-Western History Elective at the 300 level or above - 3 hours

• ECON 201 - Macroeconomics
• PSYC 101 - General Psychology
• PSYC 254 - Human Development through the Lifespan
• SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology

Recommended Electives

EDUC 100 - Introduction to Education, EDUC 668 - Behavior Management, and EDUC 616 - Differentiating for All Learners are strongly recommended as electives for all education majors. Ideally, EDUC 100 should be taken in the fall of the freshman year. EDUC 668 and 616 should be taken in the senior year.

• EDUC 100 - Introduction to Schooling
• EDUC 668 - Behavior Management
• EDUC 616 - Differentiating for All Learners