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 in this section and the following 40 hours of social science courses.
Degree Requirements
Requirements for education majors in the baccalaureate program
| THR 214 | Fine Arts and Brain Compatible Learning Environments | 4 |
| THR 260 | Creative Dramatics | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 7 |
THR 214 fulfills a Fine Arts/Humanities requirement,
THR 260 fulfills a Humanities requirement (A).
Education Courses Required
| EDU 200 | Foundations of American Education | 4 |
| EDU 206 | Human Development and Learning | 4 |
| EDU 207 | Philosophy of Education and Teacher Learner Relationships | 4 |
| EDU 208 | Secondary Research Methods | 2 |
| EDU 210 | Technology in Education I | 2 |
| EDU 212 | Human Exceptionalities | 4 |
| EDU 306 | Teaching Reading in the Secondary Content Areas (ESOL-infused course) | 4 |
| EDU 308 | Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary School (ESOL-infused course) | 4 |
| EDU 309 | Practicum (with Seminar) I (ESOL-infused course) | 1 |
| EDU 317 | Diversity and Ethics (ESOL-infused course) | 4 |
| EDU 325 | Secondary Classroom Assessment | 4 |
| EDU 335 | Secondary Classroom Management | 4 |
| EDU 345 | Methods of Secondary Instruction | 4 |
| EDU 354 | Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages I-Secondary (TESOL I) | 3 |
| EDU 403 | Technology in Education II (ESOL-infused course) | 2 |
| EDU 409 | Practicum (with Seminar) III | 2-4 |
| EDU 410 | Final Internship Seminar IV | 2 |
| EDU 413 | Final Internship Practicum IV | 10 |
| EDU 481 | Comprehensive Subject Area Competency and Skills (SACS) | 0 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 64-66 |
Required
| SOC 100 | Introduction to Sociology | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 4 |
Government
One of the following:
| PSC 101 | Introduction to American Government | 4 |
| PSC 102 | Introduction to International Relations | 4 |
| PSC 202 | International Political Economy | 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 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 Modern Middle East and North Africa | 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: 111-113