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
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