Updated 2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog

Social Studies Education, B.S. major
(Teacher Licensure)

Note: Students must have a minimum overall 2.50 GPA in the major. No grade below a “C” may be used to meet program requirements. A minimum of 22 of the 56 Social Studies program credits must be completed at BSU.

Required Credits: 89
Required GPA: 2.50

I ECONOMICS COURSES

Complete the following courses:

• ECON 2000 Markets and Resource Allocation (3 credits)
• ECON 2100 Macroeconomics and the Business Cycle (3 credits)

II GEOGRAPHY COURSES

Complete the following courses:

• GEOG 2100 Introduction to Physical Geography (3 credits)
• GEOG 2200 Introduction to Human Geography (3 credits)

Select 1 of the following courses:

• GEOG 3410 Geography of North America (3 credits)
• GEOG 3810 Geography of Europe (3 credits)
• GEOG 3820 Geography of East, South, and Southeast Asia (3 credits)
• GEOG 3840 Geography of Africa (3 credits)
• GEOG 3850 Geography of the Middle East (3 credits)
• GEOG 3860 Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean (3 credits)

III HISTORY COURSES

Complete the following courses:

• HST 1114 United States History I, to 1877 (3 credits)
• HST 1115 United States History II, since 1877 (3 credits)
• HST 1304 World History I, Prehistory-1500 (3 credits)
• HST 1305 World History II, 1500-Present (3 credits)
• HST 2610 Minnesota History (3 credits)

Select 1 of the following courses:

• HST 3117 American Revolutionary Era, 1763-1800 (3 credits)
• HST 3128 Testing Democracy: Reform in Antebellum America, 1787-1865 (3 credits)
• HST 3137 The American Civil War (3 credits)
• HST 3159 The World at War, 1931-1945 (3 credits)
• HST 3187 American West (3 credits)
• HST 3208 Greece And Rome, 1500 BCE-500 CE (3 credits)
• HST 3258 The Roman Civil Law Tradition (3 credits)
• HST 3409 Colonialism and Modernization in the Non-Western World (3 credits)
• HST 3419 East Asia (3 credits)
• HST 3429 South and Southeast Asia (3 credits)
• HST 3459 Latin America (3 credits)
• HST 3650 Environmental History (3 credits)
• HST 3799 Tudor and Stuart England, 1485-1714 (3 credits)
• HST 3800 Georgian Britain, 1688-1820 (3 credits)
• HST 4000 Historiography (3 credits)
• HST 4500 Historical Methods (3 credits)

IV POLITICAL SCIENCE COURSES

Complete the following courses:

• POL 1200 Introduction to American Politics (3 credits)
• POL 1300 Introduction to International Relations (3 credits)

Select 1 of the following courses (3 credits minimum):

• POL 3100 American Foreign Policy (3 credits)
• POL 3130 Asian Political Development (3 credits)
• POL 3140 Canadian Politics (3 credits)
• POL 3150 Topics in Political Science (1-3 credits)
• POL 3160 Comparative European Politics (3 credits)
• POL 3170 International Relations (3 credits)
• POL 3180 International Law and Organization (3 credits)
• POL 3190 International Political Economy (3 credits)
• POL 3200 Minnesota Politics (3 credits)
• POL 3210 Public Administration (3 credits)
• POL 3230 Environmental Politics (3 credits)
• POL 3410 Legislative and Executive Relations (3 credits)
• POL 3420 Campaigns and Elections (3 credits)
• POL 4200 Constitutional Law (3 credits)

V PSYCHOLOGY COURSE

Complete the following course:

• PSY 1100 Introductory Psychology (4 credits)

VI SOCIOLOGY COURSES

Complete the following courses:

• SOC 1104 Society and Social Issues (3 credits)
• SOC 3010 Social Explorations: Classic and Contemporary Sociological Theory (3 credits)

VII SOCIAL STUDIES METHODS COURSE

Complete the following course:

• ED 3580 Teaching of Middle and Secondary School Social Studies (4 credits)

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COURSES

Complete the following courses with a minimum 2.50 GPA:

• ED 3100 Introduction to the Foundations of Public School Education (3 credits)
• ED 3110 Educational Psychology (3 credits)
• ED 3140 Human Relations In Education (3 credits)
• ED 3350 Pedagogy: Planning for Instruction (3 credits)
• ED 3780 Adaptation and Management: Designing the Learning Environment (3 credits)
• ED 4737 Content Area Reading (3 credits)
• ED 4799 The Professional Teacher (1 credit)

Complete the following course:

• HLTH 3400 Health and Drugs in Society (2 credits)

Complete 12 credits of student teaching:

• ED 4830 Student Teaching - Secondary (1-12 credits)