Academic Programs Catalog

College of Social Science

Department of History

Undergraduate Programs
History: Social Studies Education

The History: Social Studies Education program is a comprehensive teaching major leading to the Bachelor of Arts degree in the College of Social Science. It is available for teacher certification and is only available to students pursuing teacher certification. Students who complete the requirements for this major and the requirements for teacher certification are recommended for a secondary teaching certificate in social studies. Persons with teacher certification in social studies are qualified to teach history, political science, geography, and economics.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in History: Social Studies Education

  1. The University requirements for bachelor’s degrees as described in the Undergraduate Education section of this catalog; 120 credits, including general elective credits, are required for the Bachelor of Arts degree in History: Social Studies Education.
    The University’s Tier II writing requirement for the History: Social Studies Education major is met by completing History 480 or 481 or 482 or 483 or 483 or 485 or 486 or 487 or 488.  Those courses are referenced in item 3. below.
  2. Students in the History: Social Studies Education major are not required to complete the College of Social Science requirements referenced under the heading Graduation Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science Degrees in the College of Social Science section of this catalog.
  3. The following requirements for the major:
a. All of the following courses (43 credits):
EC 201 Introduction to Microeconomics 3
EC 202 Introduction to Macroeconomics 3
GEO 204 World Regional Geography 3
GEO 221 Introduction to Geographic Information 3
GEO 330 Geography of the United States and Canada 3
HST 140 World History to 1500 4
HST 150 World History since 1500 4
HST 201 Historical Methods and Skills 3
HST 202 U.S. History to 1876 4
HST 203 U.S. History since 1876 4
HST 320 History of Michigan 3
PLS 100 Introduction to American Politics 3
PLS 140 Introduction to Comparative Politics 3
b. One of the following courses (4 credits):
IAH 201 United States and the World (D) 4
IAH 202 Europe and the World (I) 4
IAH 203 Latin America and he World (I) 4
IAH 204 Asia and the World (I) 4
IAH 205 Africa and the World (I) 4
IAH 210 Middle East and the World (I) 4
c. One of the following courses (3 credits):
PLS 313 American Public Policy 3
PLS 320 Judicial Politics 3
PLS 321 Constitutional Law 3
PLS 324 Congress 3
PLS 325 The Presidency 3
d. One of the following courses (3 credits):
HST 480 Seminar in American History (W) 3
HST 481 Seminar in Ancient History (W) 3
HST 482 Seminar in Medieval History (W) 3
HST 483 Seminar in Modern European History (W) 3
HST 484 Seminar in African History (W) 3
HST 485 Seminar in Asian History (W) 3
HST 486 Seminar in Latin American History (W) 3
HST 487 Seminar in Comparative History (W) 3
HST 488 Seminar in International Relations (W) 3
HST 489 Seminar in Digital History (W) 3
e. Completion of the requirements for Teacher Certification in the Department of Teacher Education, which includes all of the following courses (36 credits):
CEP 240 Introduction to Exceptional Learners 3
TE 101 Social Foundations of Justice and Equity in Education 3
TE 102 Pedagogy and Politics of Justice and Equity in Education 3
TE 150 Reflections on Learning 3
TE 302 Literacy and Adolescent Learners in School and Community Contexts 3
TE 325 Clinical Experience in Social Studies Education I 3
TE 341 Teaching and Learning of (Bi)Multilingual Learners 3
TE 425 Clinical Experience in Social Studies Education II 3
TE 426 Seminar in Social Studies Education I 3
TE 427 Seminar in Social Studies Education II 3
TE 428 Student Teaching Internship in Social Studies Education 6