Major in Social Science for Secondary Education - Education Courses
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EDCO 241
Human Development: Adolescents
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EDCO 246
Learning and Motivation: Adolescents
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EDCO 255
Professional Seminar I and Field Experience: Learning and Motivation
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EDCO 280
History of American Education
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EDCO 290/291
Professional Seminar II and Field Experience: Human Relations
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EDCO 301
Introduction to Exceptional Learners
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EDCO 303
Differentiated Instruction for Diverse Learners
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EDCO 390
Instructional Technology and Innovative Teaching
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SEDU 310
Curriculum Design I: Standards, Assessment and Instruction for Engaged Learning
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SEDU 365
Methods of Reading in the Content Areas
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SEDU 410
Curriculum Design II: Conceptual Unit Design**
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SEDU 441
Methods of Teaching Secondary Social Science and Field Experience
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TEAC 410
Professional Seminar III: Student Teaching in Secondary Social Sciences (5-8)
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TEAC 420
Professional Seminar III: Student Teaching in Secondary Social Sciences(9-12)
A student must have passed through the Teacher Education Program Checkpoint I in order to enroll in EDCO 303, EDCO 390, SEDU 310 and SEDU 365.
A student must have passed through the Teacher Education Program Checkpoint II in order to enroll in EDCO 290/291, SEDU 410 and SEDU 441.
A student must have passed through the Teacher Education Program Checkpoint III in order to enroll in student teaching.
Major in Social Science for Secondary Education - Disciplinary Courses (OSG)
Each student must declare an area of emphasis (which would require more in-depth study) in one of the identified Licensure fields (History, Political Science, Psychology) and complete support work in the other five identified fields. All Social Science majors will take the following six hours of support work in Economics and six hours in Geography.
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ECON 200
Economics Foundation
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ECON 100-400 Any additional Economics classes
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GEOG 200
World Regional Geography of the Developed World
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GEOG 300
Human and Cultural Geography
Emphasis in History
Students with an emphasis in History must take:
- At least 9 hours history at the 100-level
- At least 6 hours history at the 200-level
- At least 6 hours history at the 300-400 level
- 3 hours of history elective
- Courses must be evenly distributed between US and World designation in order to receive licensure to teach both American and World history.
Support work in Political Science must include:
- PSCN 110 Introduction to American Government
- PSCN 115 Introduction to Politics
- PSCN 315 International Relations (or an appropriate 200-400 level political science course)
Support work in Psychology must include:
- PSYC 100 General Psychology
- PSYC 291 Learning and Memory (or an appropriate 200-400 level psychology elective)
Support work in Sociology must include:
- SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology
- SOCI 203 Social Psychology (or appropriate 200-400 sociology elective)
Emphasis in Political Science
Students with an emphasis in Political Science must take:
- PSCN 110 Introduction to American Government
- PSCN 115 Introduction to Politics
- PSCN 205 Introduction to Political Philosophy
- PSCN 310 Comparative Politics or PSCN 315 International Relations
- PSCN 460 Constitutional Law
- PSPA 360 Introduction to Public Affairs
- Any 2 PSCN or PSPA courses at the 300-level or above
Support work in History must include:
- 18 credit hours evenly split between American and World history for licensure in Iowa in both American and World History
- At least 9 hours must be taken at the 200-400 level
Support work in Psychology must include:
- PSYC 100 General Psychology
- PSYC 291 Learning and Memory (or an appropriate 200-400 level psychology elective)
Support work in Sociology must include:
- SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology
- SOCI 203 Social Psychology (or appropriate 200-400 sociology elective)
Emphasis in Psychology
Students with an emphasis in Psychology must take:
- PSYC 100 General Psychology
- PSYC 291 Learning and Memory
- Any 2 PSYC courses at the 200-level
- Any 2 PSYC courses at the 300-level
- Any additional Psychology elective
Support work in History must include:
- 18 credit hours evenly split between American and World history for licensure in Iowa in both American and World History
- At least 9 hours must be taken at the 200-400 level
Support work in Political Science must include:
- PSCN 110 Introduction to American Government
- PSCN 115 Introduction to Politics
- PSCN 315 International Relations (or an appropriate 200-400 level political science course)
Support work in Sociology must include:
- SOCI 101 Introduction to Sociology
- SOCI 203 Social Psychology (or appropriate 200-400 sociology elective)
Other Support Work
As the Intellectual Explorations and Intellectual Foundations of the university are met, the following must be selected for support work:
- 3 credit hours of biological science
- COMM 100 Fundamentals of Communication
- 3 credit hours of physical science