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2025-26 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2025-26 Undergraduate Catalog

Social Science

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The Social Science major is a broadly based degree program for students wanting to teach secondary education and get a Social Studies Field Endorsement.  This major meets the requirements for certification to teach economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, and sociology in grades 6-12.

Requirements for the Social Science Major:

Students seeking certification for teaching in social science must complete the following:

Complete three additional courses in history, one from each area:

United States History:

European History:

World History:

Complete three additional courses in each of the following areas: political science, psychology and sociology.

All requirements listed for Secondary Education.

Secondary Education 

Four-Year Plan

Advising Guide - Social Science, Teaching  

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