Social Studies Education, BA

Degree Requirements

129 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (102 credits)

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (27 credits)

• AD 22700 - History Of Art Since 1400 or
• MUS 37800 - Jazz History or
• PHIL 11000 - The Big Questions: Introduction to Philosophy or
• PHIL 11100 - Introduction To Ethics or
• PHIL 11400 - Global Moral Issues or
• English Literature Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00

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• ANTH 10000 - Introduction To Anthropology or
• ANTH 20400 - Introduction To Biological Anthropology And Human Evolution or
• ANTH 20500 - Human Cultural Diversity

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• EAPS 12000 - Introduction To Geography (satisfies Science, Technology & Society Selective for core)

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• EAPS 10500 - The Planets (satisfies Science Selective for core) or
• EAPS 10900 - The Dynamic Earth (satisfies Science Selective for core) or
• EAPS 11100 - Physical Geology (satisfies Science Selective for core) or
• EAPS 11200 - Earth Through Time (satisfies Science Selective for core) or
• EAPS 11600 - Earthquakes And Volcanoes (satisfies Science Selective for core) or
• EAPS 13800 - Thunderstorms And Tornadoes (satisfies Science Selective for core)

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition

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• Foreign Language 20100 - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Oral Communication - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Quantitative Reasoning - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Science - Credit Hours: 3.00

Additional Requirements

• Social Studies Education Supplemental Information  
• English Literature Selective List for Education  

Optional Concentration for Social Studies Education

• Psychology Concentration for Social Studies Education 
• Sociology Concentration for Social Studies Education  

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Program Requirements

Test Requirements

Date: ________ Basic Skills Competency Tests/Alternative

Date: ________ Content Tests

Date: ________ GATE A: Admission to Teacher Education Program (TEP)

Date: ________ GATE B: TEP Retention

Notes

• ** Course included in Professional Education GPA (“B” average with no grade lower than a “C-“)
• A 3.0 Graduation GPA and a 3.0 Professional Education GPA are required for Indiana licensure recommendation.
• 32 credit hours at the 30000 level or above required.
• Social Studies Major GPA: 2.50

Licensure:
Social Studies Education: 5-12
^{(US History, World History, Economics and Government & Citizenship)}

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program. 

For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor: American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical.

In alignment with the Degree Map Guidance for Indiana’s Public Colleges and Universities, published by the Commission for Higher Education (pursuant to HEA 1348-2013), a Critical Course is identified as “one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.  Students who want to be nurses, for example, should know that they are expected to be proficient in courses like biology in order to be successful.  These would be identified by the institutions for each degree program”. 

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