2016-17 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 19, 2024  
2016-17 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Dual Major in Adolescence Education: Social Studies and Anthropology (7-12) [SST_ANT]


This program in the Sociology/Anthropology Department  allows students who major in anthropology to qualify for certification to teach adolescence education in social studies (grades 7-12). It combines a major in anthropology with additional course work and professional teacher preparation.

Career Potential

  • Junior high and high school teacher
  • Teaching adolescence social studies
  • Professional schools such as law or social work
  • Business
  • Government and non-profit agencies and organizations

A. Requirements for the Anthropology major


See Anthropology [ANT]  major.

B. Professional Preparation: 38-41 credit hours


Required Courses: 17 credit hours


Select 3 additional credit hours in geography


Select 3 credit hours in economics


Select 15 credit hours in history


C. Professional Sequence: Junior year, 7 credit hours


D. Professional Sequence: Senior year, 19 credit hours


The SST senior sequence is for seniors meeting all SST major and program requirements. AED 301 should be taken the fall semester that precedes student teaching (AED 400, 401, and 402). Student teaching is a capstone experience. Students who cannot graduate by the December following student teaching may not register for the AED 400, 401, 402 sequence.

To be eligible for student teaching, students must have been accepted into the adolescence education: social studies (7-12) major by the beginning of the second semester of the junior year and must have senior status, at or near 90 credit hours, with 24 credit hours in the academic social science major, which must be officially declared.

Students must also have an overall grade point average of 2.5 or higher, a grade point average of 2.7 or higher in the academic social science major, and a C or better in AED 300. No student who receives a grade below a C- in any introductory course in the academic social science major will be allowed to enter student teaching until the course has been retaken and a higher grade earned.

Additionally, students must have successfully completed the Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting (CARR), Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) and Safe Schools Against Violence in Education (SAVE) workshops prior to student teaching.

Student Teaching


Spring semester only. No other courses may be taken during the student teaching semester.

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 126