Sep 19, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Secondary Education & Teaching, BS, 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 & Human Development )
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: The requirements of the program are continually under examination and revision by the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE). The University reserves the right to make changes as required. All enrolled candidates are subject to these changes. All required state licensure exams must be passed by established deadlines.
Note(s):
¹ Nine credit hours of science which must include at least 3 credit hours of Biology and 3 credit hours of Chemistry, Geology, or Physics. Six of the 9 credit 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 (15 credit hours)

UNIV 100 - First Year Seminar Credit Hours: 3
EDCI 140 - Developing a Worldview of Education Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 101 - Introduction to Academic Writing Credit Hours: 3
HIST 101 - World Civilizations I Credit Hours: 3
MATH 105 - Applied College Algebra Credit Hours: 3

Freshman Year, Second Semester (15 credit hours)

ENGL 102 - Writing and Research About Culture Credit Hours: 3
HIST 102 - World Civilizations II Credit Hours: 3
MATH 206 - Mathematics of Finance Credit Hours: 3
or MATH 210 - Practical Mathematics Credit Hours: 3
or STAT 214 - Elementary Statistics Credit Hours: 3
SOCI 100 - General Sociology Credit Hours: 3

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

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

Sophomore Year, First Semester (18 credit hours)

ECON 300 - Fundamentals of Economics Credit Hours: 3
EDFL 201 - Teaching, Learning, and Growth Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 103 - World Geography Credit Hours: 3
HIST 221 - The United States to 1877 Credit Hours: 3
POLS 110 - U.S. Government Credit Hours: 3

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

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

Sophomore Year, Second Semester (18 credit hours)

CMCN 310 - Public Speaking Credit Hours: 3
EDCI 240 - Investigating School Contexts Credit Hours: 3 (3 cr hrs)
GEOG 104 - Physical Geography Credit Hours: 3
HIST 222 - The United States Since 1877 Credit Hours: 3
LTCY 356 - Teaching Students with Dyslexia Credit Hours: 3

English Literature (3 credit hours)

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

Junior Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

EDCI 427 - Teaching in a Diverse Society Credit Hours: 3
EDCI 450G - Cultivating a Classroom Culture for Learning Credit Hours: 3
EDFL 456 - Classroom Assessment Credit Hours: 3
POLS 317 - State and Local Government Credit Hours: 3

Fine Arts (3 credit hours)

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

Junior Year, Second Semester (15 credit hours)

EDCI 340 - Developing Innovative Pedagogical Practices Credit Hours: 3
HIST 307 - History of Louisiana Credit Hours: 3
HIST 390 - The Historian’s Craft Credit Hours: 3
LTCY 410 - Teaching Content Literacy in the Secondary/Middle School Credit Hours: 3
SPED 391 - Foundations of Inclusive Education Credit Hours: 3

Senior Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

EDCI 454 - Secondary School Social Studies Methods Credit Hours: 3
EDCI 475 - Teacher Residency I in Secondary Education Credit Hours: 3
IRED 320 - Educational Technology and Innovation Credit Hours: 3
PSYC 312 - Adolescent Psychology Credit Hours: 3

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

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

Senior Year, Second Semester (9 credit hours)

EDCI 440 - Research and Reflections on Educational Practice Credit Hours: 1-3 (3 cr hrs)
EDCI 494 - Teacher Residency II in Secondary Education Credit Hours: 6

General Education 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 the 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	Choose 3 cr from the list below.

Mathematics: MATH 206 , MATH 210 , or STAT 214
Literature: ENGL 201 , ENGL 202 , ENGL 205 , ENGL 206 , ENGL 210 , ENGL 211 , or a Foreign Language literature course

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Secondary Education & Teaching, BS, Social Studies Education Concentration

Freshman Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

Freshman Year, Second Semester (15 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

Sophomore Year, First Semester (18 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

Sophomore Year, Second Semester (18 credit hours)

English Literature (3 credit hours)

Junior Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

Fine Arts (3 credit hours)

Junior Year, Second Semester (15 credit hours)

Senior Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

Senior Year, Second Semester (9 credit hours)

General Education Curriculum

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Secondary Education & Teaching, BS, Social Studies Education Concentration

Freshman Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

Freshman Year, Second Semester (15 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

Sophomore Year, First Semester (18 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

Sophomore Year, Second Semester (18 credit hours)

English Literature (3 credit hours)

Junior Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

Fine Arts (3 credit hours)

Junior Year, Second Semester (15 credit hours)

Senior Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)

Senior Year, Second Semester (9 credit hours)

General Education Curriculum