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 with History Concentration Major Courses
GEO 200	World Geography (course description)
HIS 109	Western Civilization I (course description)
HIS 110	Western Civilization II (course description)
HIS 113	United States History I: 1607-1865 (course description)
HIS 114	United States History II: 1865-Present (course description)
HIS 314	European Conquest of the New World (course description)
HIS 321	The Ancient World Greece and Rome (course description)
POL 210	American Politics (course description)
HIS ELE	History Elective (200 level or above)
Choose Three:
ATH 111	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (course description)
LIT 201	World Literature: Foundations of Culture (course description)
LIT 319	Shakespeare (course description)
HIS 301	World History and Culture  (course description)
HIS 312	Traditions of Civility & Manners (course description)
HIS ELE	History Elective (200 level or above)
PHL 230	Religions of the World (course description)
POL ELE	Politics Elective (200 level or above)
SOC 213	Sociology of Social Problems (course description)
Allied Courses
EDU 200	Introduction to Education (course description)
EDU 235	Learning with Technology (course description)
EDU 243	Learning Theory and Instruction (course description)
EDU 318	Methods of Teaching Secondary Education (course description)
EDU 326	Methods of Teaching Social Studies (course description)
EDU 362	Literacy in the Content Areas Grades 5-12 (course description)
EDU 490	Student Teaching and Seminar (course description)
PSY 108	Introduction to Pyschology (course description)
PSY 211	Human Growth and Development (course description)
PSY 312	Psychology of Childhood and Adolescent Adjustment (course description)
SCI 211	Survey of the Biological Sciences (course description)
SCI 212	Principles of Physical Sciences I (course description)
SPED 260	Children with Exceptionalities (course description)