Dual Major in Adolescence Education: Social Studies and Political Science (7-12) [SST_POL]

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

Career Potential

Teaching adolescence social studies
Professional schools such as law or social work
Business
Government and non-profit agencies and organizations

A. Requirements for the Political Science major

See Political Science (B.A.) [POL] major.

B. Professional Preparation: 38-41 credit hours

Required Courses: 20 credit hours

AED 310 - Writing in Social Studies (3 cr. hr.)
ESL 406 - Educating English Language Learners (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 199 - Critical School Health Issues (2 cr. hr.)
POL 100 - Introduction to American Government and Politics (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 370 - Will the World Provide? A Research Experience for Students (3 cr. hr.)
All SST candidates are required to complete GE 12 (Science, Technology, Values and Society). GRY 370 fulfills this requirement.
PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 232 - Adolescent Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
Note: Transfer students with credit for PSY 232 will be waived from the PSY 101 requirement.

Select one course in geography

GRY 120 - Cultural Geography (3 cr. hr.) or
GRY 125 - Human Geography and Global Development (3 cr. hr.)

Select one course in economics

ECO 105 - Political Economy and Social Thought (3 cr. hr.) or
ECO 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr. hr.)

Select 15 credit hours in history

HIS 100 - The World to 1500 (3 cr. hr.) or
HIS 110 - Western Civilization to 1500 (3 cr. hr.) and
HIS 101 - The World Since 1500 (3 cr. hr.) or
HIS 111 - Western Civilization since 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
also select
HIS 200 - The United States to 1877 (3 cr. hr.) and
HIS 201 - The United States Since 1877 (3 cr. hr.)
and take three additional credit hours of history at the 300 level or above with the global/transnational attribute.

C. Professional Sequence: Junior year, 7 credit hours

Students must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or higher to be enrolled in coursework that includes field experiences. For more information, see Policies for Early Field Experiences in the Academic Policies section of this catalog.

AED 315 - Foundations of Secondary Social Studies (3 cr. hr.)
SSTW majors should take this course fall semester only. A 25-hour field experience requirement is attached to this course. See program requirements for details. See department for requirements.
AED 300 - Teaching Secondary Social Studies (1 cr. hr.)
Spring semester only. A 35-hour field experience requirement is attached to this course. Requires acceptance into the adolescence education: social studies (SST) major. See program requirements for details. See department for requirements.
SPE 275 - Teaching Students with Disabilities in Adolescence Classrooms (3 cr. hr.)

D. Professional Sequence: Senior year, 19 credit hours

The SST senior professional sequence — AED 301, AED 400, 401, and 402 — is for seniors meeting all SST major and program requirements. AED 301 should be taken in the fall semester that precedes student teaching. 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.

Eligibility for Student Teaching Requirements

Acceptance into the adolescence education: social studies (7-12) major by the beginning of the second semester of the junior year.
Senior status, at or near 90 credit hours, with 24 credit hours in the social science content major, which must be officially declared.
Overall grade point average of 2.5 or higher.
Grade point average of 2.7 or higher in the social science content major.
A grade of C or higher in AED 300.
A grade of B- or higher in AED 301.
A grade of C or higher in ECO 105 or ECO 110 and GRY 120 or GRY 125 and POL 100 and PSY 232.
Social studies and economics [SST_ECO] dual majors must have a grade of C or higher in ECO 105 and ECO 110 and ECO 111.
A grade of C- or higher in any introductory course in the social science content major portion of the dual major. Introductory courses are defined as follows within the dual majors:
- Social studies and: African American studies [SST_AAS]; anthropology [SST_ANT]; geography [SST_GRY]; and international studies [SST_IST]: any 100- or 200-level courses in the social science content major requirements.
- Social studies and history [SST_HIS]: HIS 100, HIS 101, HIS 110, HIS 111, HIS 200 and HIS 201.
- Social studies and political science [SST_POL]: POL 100, POL 101, POL 102, POL 110, POL 112, POL 202 and POL 240.
- Social studies and sociology [SST_SOC]: any 100- or 200-level courses in the social science content major requirements except SOC 235.

Students are permitted to retake these courses; however, the grade point average and grade requirements must be met by the end of the fall semester immediately before student teaching.

The following workshops must be completed prior to student teaching.

Child Abuse Recognition and Reporting (CARR)
Dignity for All Students Act (DASA)
Safe Schools Against Violence in Education (SAVE)

AED 301 - Pre-Practice Teaching Seminar (6 cr. hr.)
Fall semester only. A 40-hour field experience requirement is attached to this course and must be completed during the preceding spring (May-June).

Student Teaching

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

AED 400 - Student Teaching I: Adolescence Education Social Studies (6 cr. hr.)
AED 401 - Student Teaching II: Adolescence Education Social Studies (6 cr. hr.)
AED 402 - Student Teaching Seminar (1 cr. hr.)

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