Social Studies Education / History (B.A.)

The social studies teacher certification program allows students to major in social studies with a concentration in history or in political science, and to complete the state of New Hampshire’s requirements for certification to teach social studies in grades 5 through 12. The certification track combines general education requirements (the college core), the education core, a social studies major with a concentration and a social studies teaching methods course.

The program of study provides the prospective social studies teacher with a broad and integrated liberal arts background, an interdisciplinary social studies major with a concentration in history or political science and the techniques, knowledge, and experience to help middle, junior and senior high school students develop to their highest potential. Social studies certification covers primary areas of history, government, economics and geography as well as secondary areas of psychology and sociology. The interdisciplinary program prepares students to teach in these areas.

B.A./B.S. Core

Social Studies Education Required Courses
EDU 200 Introduction to Education
EDU 243 Learning Theory and Instruction
EDU 293 Field Experience-Elementary
EDU 318 Methods of Teaching Secondary Education
EDU 326 Methods of Teaching Social Studies
EDU 362 Literacy in the Content Areas: 5 - 12
EDU 440 Differentiating Instruction
EDU 490 Student Teaching and Seminar
SPED 260 Children With Exceptionalities
History Concentration Major Courses
GEO 200 World Geography
HIS 109 Western Civilization I
HIS 110 Western Civilization II
HIS 114 United States History II: 1865-Present
HIS 301 World History and Culture
HIS 314 European Conquest of the New World
HIS 319 African-American History Since Civil War
or
HIS 357 African American Hist Through Civil War
HIS 321 The Ancient World of Greece and Rome
HIS 340 Historical Methods   Required Courses  
Allied Courses
ECO 202                  Macroeconomics
ENV 219 / SCI 219 Environmental Issues
PSY 211                  Human Growth and Development
SCI 212                   Principles of Physical Science I

Graduation Requirements
Full-time day students must take SNHU 101 First Year Seminar: Foundations in Critical Thinking.
Continuing Education students take SNHU 100 Pro Seminar or a Free Elective.