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Social Studies Teacher Preparation
See also Education
An Interdisciplinary Program
The social studies teacher preparation program satisfies the "competency-based"social studies curriculum required by the Minnesota Board of Teaching for teaching licensure in social studies. The program is administered by a committee of the department chairs from economics, education, history, political science and sociology. The student should consult the committee member in the appropriate area of concentration.
Committee
W. Vincent Arnold, Chair
Nicholas R. Ellig
Daniel L. Petree
Max W. Richardson
Michael D. Wohlfeil
This program, leading to a major, is designed only for students
seeking professional licensure to teach social studies on the junior or
senior high school level. The program has two components: (1) background
studies preparing the student to teach anthropology, economics, history,
geography, political science, psychology and sociology; (2) an area of
concentration, which the student elects, for especially strong teaching
proficiency in economics, history, political science or sociology. The
concentration requirement also provides the student with a strong minor
in the chosen discipline.
To be eligible to complete this major, the student must be
admitted to the teacher education program as described in the Education
section of the catalog. Withdrawal from that program disqualifies the student
from completion of this major.
The requirements for the major are:
A. Background studies
1. Economics 201
2. Geography 201
3. One course in history from each area:
a. History 111, 112
b. History 131, 132
c. History 151, 152
4. Political Science 211
5. Sociology 111, 217
6. Psychology 112
B. Area of concentration (one of four is chosen)
1. Economics concentration
a. Four additional economics course
credits -- 301 or 302; Business 303; and two of Economics 357, 441, and
History 334
b. Political Science 341 or 356
2. History concentration
One course credit in each area:
a. History 313, 315, 316, 344
b. History 410
c. Economics 301, 302, 312, 357
d. Political Science 341 or 356
3. Political science concentration
a. Four additional political science
course credits -- 311, 341 or 356, and two courses from 352, 354, 362,
371, 388, 393, 402, 411, 480
b. One of Economics 301, 302, 312, 357
4. Sociology concentration
a. Three additional sociology course
credits -- 228 and two elected from the following (one must be 300-level):
214, 231, 312, 317, 322, 328
b. One of Economics 301, 302, 312, 357
c. Political Science 341 or 356
5. Psychology concentration
a. Psychology 206, 320, 321, 227
or 351, 327 or 357.
b. One additional psychology course, not
including Psychology 111 or 112.
C. Education requirements: Education 219, 220, 349, 350, 377, 399, 439,
469, 498
See the Education section of the catalog for a complete description of the secondary education program.
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