The Division of Education offers a BSE in Social Science Education that prepares students to meet Missouri state certification requirements for teaching history, government, economics, behavioral science, and geography in grades 9-12.
General Education Requirements: 34 hours
Additional General Education Requirements: 21-22 hours
*Students must complete HI117; PS101; PY210; PY223; ED122 while completing the general education and additional gen. ed. requirements.
Professional Education Requirements (34+ Hours)
ED101 Foundations of Education (2)
ED102 Field Experience I (1)
ED105 Field Experience II (0-1)
ED122 Education Technology (2) [if not taken in Tier Two]
ED313 Classroom Behavior Management (3)
ED350 Education Methodology (2)
ED370SS The Methods and Teaching of Social Sciences (3)
ED453 Education as a Profession (2)
ED454 Student Teaching Seminar/Methods (2)
ED462 Supervised Student Teaching (Capstone) (10)
ED470 Instructional Interventions for Students with Reading Deficits (3)
ED471 Teaching Reading in the Content Area (3)
PY210 Educational Psychology (3)
PY223 Developmental Psychology (3)
PY342 Psychology of the Exceptional Child (2)
PY343 Psychology of the Exceptional Child Practicum (1)
Social Science Education Major Requirements (33 hours)
Required Courses (15 hours):
HI101 World History I (3)
HI102 World History II (3)
HI118 Development of the United States II (3)
HI205 World Geography (3)
HI352 Contemporary American History (3)
EC101 General Economics (3)
SO101 Sociology (3) or SO102 Social Problems (3)
Choose one of the following (3 hours):
HI306 The Civil War and Reconstruction (3)
HI316 U.S. Intellectual/Cultural History to 1865 (3)
HI318 U.S. Intellectual/Cultural History Since 1859 (3)
HI/PS319 The American Presidency, Past and Present (3)
HI320 The American Way of War (3)
Choose one of the following (3 hours):
HI314 History and Politics of Russia (3)
HI315 The History and Politics of England (3)
HI354 The Vietnam War: An International History (3)
Choose one of the following (3 hours):
PS308 American Constitutional Law and the Judicial Process (3)
PS309 Law in American Society (3)
Choose one of the following (3 hours):
PY101 General Psychology (3)
PY211 Psychology of Personal Adjustment (3)
PY308 Personality (3)
Electives to complete min. 120 hours