Secondary Social Science Education Major

Secondary social science education majors are eligible to earn certification in social science for grades 6–12 upon program completion. Candidates also must meet the ESOL requirements of the state of Florida to teach in public schools. Social science education majors are required to take the secondary education courses listed earlier in this section and the following 40 hours of social science courses.

Degree Requirements

Required

SOC 100	Introduction to Sociology	4
Total Credit Hours:		4

Government

One of the following:

GWA 200	American Government	4
GWA 201	World Affairs	4
GWA 202	International Political Economy	4
GWA 203	Political Parties and Interest Groups	4
GWA 210	Urban Politics and Policy	4
GWA 220	The Congress and the Presidency	4
Total Credit Hours:		4

Economics

One of the following:

ECO 204	Principles of Microeconomics	4
ECO 205	Principles of Macroeconomics	4
Total Credit Hours:		4

History

HIS 102	World History to 1500	4
HIS 103	World History from 1500 to the Present	4
HIS 202	The United States to 1877	4
HIS 203	The United States Since 1877	4
Total Credit Hours:		16

One of the following:

HIS 222	Fascism and Nazi Germany	4
	or
HIS 300 level	History course	4
	or
HIS 400 level	History course	4
HIS 413	The Era of World War I	4
HIS 414	The Era of World War II	4
Total Credit Hours:		4

One of the following

HIS 217	China's Modern Centuries	4
HIS 221	Japan's Modern Centuries	4
HIS 300	The Middle East	4
HIS 313	Latin America	4
Total Credit Hours:		4

or another history course focusing on one of the following areas: Asia, Africa, Latin America, Middle East

Geography

One of the following:

GEO 102	World Regional Geography	4
GEO 202	Physical Geography	4
GEO 205	Principles of Resource Utilization	4
GEO 207	Economic Geography	4
Total Credit Hours:		4

Total Credit Hours: 40