Nov 23, 2024

2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog

2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Secondary Education & Teaching, B.S., Social Studies Education Concentration

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Degree Awarded:	Total Credit Hours:
Bachelor of Science	120
Career Opportunities:
Teach social studies 6-12 (see College of Education )
Additional Requirements:
Students must earn at least an overall 2.5 GPA and an overall 2.5 GPA in all major courses. Praxis Exam Requirements: Students must pass the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators: Reading, Writing, and Mathematics or submit an ACT composite score of 22 or higher. Students must also pass the required Praxis Social Studies: Content and Interpretation (5086) and the PLT exam (5624) prior to Teacher Residency.
Course Note(s):
¹ Nine hours of science which must include at least 3 hours of Biology and 3 hours of Chemistry, Geology, or Physics. Six of the 9 hours must be in the same science. Credit cannot be awarded for both GEOL 105 and GEOL 225 .

General Education Courses

Freshman Year, First Semester (17 credit hours)

UNIV 100 - First Year Seminar 3 Credit Hour(s)
EDCI 100 - Orientation to Teacher Education 2 Credit Hour(s)
EDFL 106 - Introduction to Education 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 101 - Introduction to Academic Writing 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 101 - World Civilizations I 3 Credit Hour(s)
MATH 105 - Applied College Algebra 3 Credit Hour(s)

Freshman Year, Second Semester (15 credit hours)

ENGL 102 - Writing and Research About Culture 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 102 - World Civilizations II 3 Credit Hour(s)
SOCI 100 - General Sociology 3 Credit Hour(s)
MATH 206 - Mathematics of Finance 3 Credit Hour(s)
OR MATH 210 - Practical Mathematics 3 Credit Hour(s)
OR STAT 214 - Elementary Statistics 3 Credit Hour(s)

Natural Sciences (3 Credits)

Choose from the General Education Core Curriculum list of Natural Science courses. ¹

Sophomore Year, First Semester (18 credit hours)

ECON 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEOG 103 - World Geography 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 221 - The United States to 1877 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLS 110 - U.S. Government 3 Credit Hour(s)

Natural Sciences (3 Credits)

Choose from the General Education Core Curriculum list of Natural Science courses. ¹

English Literature (3 Credits)

Choose from:

ENGL 201 - British Literature from the Medieval Period to 1800 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 202 - British Literature from 1800 to the Present 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 205 - American Literature to 1865 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 206 - American Literature since 1865 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 210 - Literary Genres 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 211 - Thematic Approaches to Literature 3 Credit Hour(s)
or a Foreign Language literature course

Sophomore Year, Second Semester (15 credit hours)

CMCN 310 - Public Speaking 3 Credit Hour(s)
ECON 202 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Credit Hour(s)
EDFL 201 - Teaching, Learning, and Growth 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEOG 104 - Physical Geography 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 222 - The United States Since 1877 3 Credit Hour(s)

Junior Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

EDCI 450G - Classroom Management and Instructional Design for Secondary Teachers 3 Credit Hour(s)
EDFL 456 - Classroom Assessment 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLS 317 - State and Local Government 3 Credit Hour(s)

Fine Arts (3 Credits)

Choose from the General Education Core Curriculum list of Fine Arts courses in consultation with academic advisor.

Natural Sciences (3 Credits)

Choose from the General Education Core Curriculum list of Natural Science courses. ¹

Junior Year, Second Semester (15 credit hours)

EDCI 427 - Teaching in a Diverse Society 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 307 - History of Louisiana 3 Credit Hour(s)
HIST 390 - The Historian’s Craft 3 Credit Hour(s)
IRED 320 - Technology in the Classroom 3 Credit Hour(s)
SOCI 310 - Minority Groups 3 Credit Hour(s)

Senior Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

EDCI 400 - Teacher Residency I 0 Credit Hour(s)
EDCI 454 - Secondary School Social Studies Methods 3 Credit Hour(s)
POLS 360 - International Relations 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSYC 312 - Adolescent Psychology 3 Credit Hour(s)
READ 410 - Teaching Content Literacy in the Secondary/Middle School 3 Credit Hour(s)
SPED 391 - Foundations of Inclusive Education 3 Credit Hour(s)

Senior Year, Second Semester (10 credit hours)

EDCI 440 - Reflections and Professional Growth 1 Credit Hour(s)
EDCI 479 - Teacher Residency II in Secondary Education 9 Credit Hour(s)

General Education Core Curriculum

English (6 cr)	Mathematics (6 cr)	Natural Sciences (9 cr)	Social/Behavioral Sci (6 cr)
ENGL 101 ENGL 102	MATH 105 and Choose 3 cr from list below	Choose from the Gen Ed Course List	PSYC 312 SOCI 100
History (3 cr)	Fine Arts (3 cr)	Communication (3 cr)	Literature (3 cr)
HIST 221 or HIST 222	Choose from the Gen Ed Course List	CMCN 310	ENGL 201 , ENGL 202 , ENGL 205 , ENGL 206 , ENGL 210 , ENGL 211 , or a Foreign Language literature course

Mathematics: MATH 206 , MATH 210 , or STAT 214

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Secondary Education & Teaching, B.S., Social Studies Education Concentration

Freshman Year, First Semester (17 credit hours)

Freshman Year, Second Semester (15 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 Credits)

Sophomore Year, First Semester (18 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 Credits)

English Literature (3 Credits)

Sophomore Year, Second Semester (15 credit hours)

Junior Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

Fine Arts (3 Credits)

Natural Sciences (3 Credits)

Junior Year, Second Semester (15 credit hours)

Senior Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

Senior Year, Second Semester (10 credit hours)

General Education Core Curriculum

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Secondary Education & Teaching, B.S., Social Studies Education Concentration

Freshman Year, First Semester (17 credit hours)

Freshman Year, Second Semester (15 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 Credits)

Sophomore Year, First Semester (18 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 Credits)

English Literature (3 Credits)

Sophomore Year, Second Semester (15 credit hours)

Junior Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

Fine Arts (3 Credits)

Natural Sciences (3 Credits)

Junior Year, Second Semester (15 credit hours)

Senior Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

Senior Year, Second Semester (10 credit hours)

General Education Core Curriculum