2023-2024 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Group Social Studies
Requirements for a Major in Social Studies - Secondary Emphasis
Students seeking certification must have a 3.0 GPA in the social studies major with secondary emphasis to be eligible to enter the College of Education.
B.A. Degree Requirements
Students seeking the B.A. degree must demonstrate third-semester proficiency in a foreign language.
B.S. Degree Requirements
Students seeking the B.S. degree must complete the following:
- STA 215 - Introductory Applied Statistics (3 credits)
- HST 290 - Research Methods in History (3 credits)
- SST 311 - Data Literacy for Social Studies Teachers (3 credits)
Required Courses
Social Studies
The following courses must be taken before admission to the College of Education:
- SST 310 - Teaching Social Studies: Secondary (3 credits)
- SST 311 - Data Literacy for Social Studies Teachers (3 credits)
The following course must be taken with or after student assisting or student teaching:
Political Science
- PLS 103 - Issues in World Politics (3 credits)
- PLS 206 - American Constitutional Foundations (3 credits)
- PLS 211 - International Relations (3 credits)
Economics
Students must complete one of the following:
- ECO 349 - Emerging Markets Issues (3 credits)
- ECO 365 - Comparative Economic Systems (3 credits)
- ECO 369 - International Economic Issues (3 credits)
Geography
- GPY 100 - Physical and Environmental Geography (3 credits)
- GPY 220 - Cultural Geography (3 credits)
- GPY 235 - Geography for a Changing World (3 credits)
History
Students must complete the following courses:
- HST 203 - World History to 1500 A.D. (3 credits)
- HST 204 - World History since 1500 (3 credits)
- HST 205 - American History to 1877 (3 credits)
- HST 206 - American History since 1877 (3 credits)
Students must complete one of the following courses in the U.S. category:
- HST 303 - Era of Sectional Conflict, Civil War, and Reconstruction (3 credits)
- HST 305 - America Confronts Modernity (3 credits)
- HST 306 - The 'American Century': From the Great Depression to Vietnam (3 credits)
- HST 307 - United States since 1970 (3 credits)
- HST 311 - History of Religion in the United States (3 credits)
- HST 312 - History of American Women (3 credits)
- HST 314 - African American History (3 credits)
- HST 315 - Latinos: The Forging of Ethnic Identities (3 credits)
- HST 316 - U.S. Civil Rights Movement History (3 credits)
- HST 317 - History of American Foreign Relations (3 credits)
- HST 318 - History of Democracy in America (3 credits)
- HST 320 - American Indians (3 credits)
- HST 322 - American Identity and Sports (3 credits)
- HST 327 - History of United States Urban Society (3 credits)
- HST 328 - U.S. Constitutional and Legal History (3 credits)
- HST 329 - U.S. Intellectual History (3 credits)
REGIONAL CATEGORIES
Students must complete four additional history courses chosen from four of the six regional categories. Only one course (out of the four) may be at the 200-level.
Europe Category
- HST 207 - European Civilization to the Later Middle Ages (3 credits)
- HST 208 - European Civilization since the Later Middle Ages (3 credits)
- HST 350 - Ancient Greece (3 credits)
- HST 351 - Ancient Rome (3 credits)
- HST 355 - Medieval Europe (3 credits)
- HST 360 - Tudor and Stuart England (3 credits)
- HST 361 - Modern Britain (3 credits)
- HST 364 - Renaissance and Reformation Europe (3 credits)
- HST 377 - History of Warfare (3 credits)
- HST 386 - 20th Century Europe (3 credits)
- HST 387 - Modern Germany (3 credits)
- HST 389 - Russian History (3 credits)
- HST 390 - Soviet History (3 credits)
East Asia Category
- HST 240 - A History of East Asia to 1800 (3 credits)
- HST 241 - A History of East Asia since 1800 (3 credits)
- HST 333 - Modern China (3 credits)
- HST 342 - History of Buddhism and East Asian Religions (3 credits)
South and SW Asia Category
- HST 211 - History of Islamic Civilization (3 credits)
- HST 212 - India: History and Civilization (3 credits)
- HST 332 - Emergence of Modern India and South Asia (3 credits)
- HST 337 - The Age of Islamic Empire (3 credits)
- HST 338 - Modern Middle East (3 credits)
- HST 339 - Modern Iran (3 credits)
Africa Category
- HST 335 - Africa Before 1870 (3 credits)
- HST 336 - Africa After 1870 (3 credits)
- HST 343 - History of South Africa (3 credits)
- HST 331 - Modern Latin America (3 credits)
- HST 334 - The Making of the Caribbean (3 credits)
Latin America Category
- HST 230 - Latin America in World History (3 credits)
- HST 330 - Colonial Latin America (3 credits)
- HST 372 - From Slavery to Freedom (3 credits)
- HST 374 - Revolution in the Americas (3 credits)
- HST 375 - History of Mexico (3 credits)
U.S. Category
- HST 303 - Era of Sectional Conflict, Civil War, and Reconstruction (3 credits)
- HST 305 - America Confronts Modernity (3 credits)
- HST 306 - The 'American Century': From the Great Depression to Vietnam (3 credits)
- HST 307 - United States since 1970 (3 credits)
- HST 311 - History of Religion in the United States (3 credits)
- HST 312 - History of American Women (3 credits)
- HST 314 - African American History (3 credits)
- HST 315 - Latinos: The Forging of Ethnic Identities (3 credits)
- HST 316 - U.S. Civil Rights Movement History (3 credits)
- HST 317 - History of American Foreign Relations (3 credits)
- HST 318 - History of Democracy in America (3 credits)
- HST 320 - American Indians (3 credits)
- HST 322 - American Identity and Sports (3 credits)
- HST 327 - History of United States Urban Society (3 credits)
- HST 328 - U.S. Constitutional and Legal History (3 credits)
- HST 329 - U.S. Intellectual History (3 credits)