Dual Major in Adolescence Education: Social Studies and History (7-12) [SST and HIS]

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This program allows students who major in history to qualify for certification to teach adolescence education in social studies (grades 7-12). It combines a major in history with 48-51 credit hours in additional course work and professional teacher preparation.

Career Potential

Teaching adolescence social studies
Professional schools such as law or social work
Public history (archival or museum work)
Business
Government and non-profit agencies and organizations

A. Requirements for the history major : 36 credit hours

HIS 100 - The World to 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
and
HIS 101 - The World Since 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
or
HIS 110 - Western Civilization to 1715 (3 cr. hr.)
and
HIS 111 - Western Civilization since 1715 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 200 - The United States to 1877 (3 cr. hr.)
and
HIS 201 - The United States Since 1877 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 290 - Historical Methods (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 490 - Seminar (3 cr. hr.)

Europe (including Russia) 300 level or above (6 cr. hr.):

HIS 318 - The History of Women in Modern Europe (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 333 - Russia, 850-1894 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 334 - Russia Since 1894 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 342 - Ancient Greece (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 343 - Roman History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 344 - Medieval Europe: 300-1050 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 345 - Medieval Europe: 1050-1300 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 346 - Renaissance and Reformation (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 347 - Modern Europe: The French Revolution to World War I (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 348 - Europe Since 1914 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 349 - Central Europe 1798-1918 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 361 - Jews in the Ancient World (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 440 - Britain to 1688 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 441 - Britain Since 1688 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 442 - Tudor-Stuart England, 1485-1714 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 444 - France, 1715-1799: The Old Regime and French Revolution (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 445 - France 1800-1945 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 447 - Germany since 1815 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 448 - Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 452 - War and Diplomacy: World War I (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 453 - War and Diplomacy: World War II (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 460 - The Holocaust (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 465 - The Soviet Union, 1917-1953 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 532 - Issues in European History Since 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 538 - Teaching About Nazi Germany and the Holocaust (3 cr. hr.)

Non-Western (Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East) 300 level or above (6 cr. hr.):

HIS 321 - Africa, Human Origins to 1800 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 322 - Modern Africa, 1800-Present (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 325 - Colonial Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 326 - Modern Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 383 - Chinese Civilization (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 384 - Modern China (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 385 - History of Japan (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 386 - Modern Pacific Asia (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 402 - History of Latin American-U.S. Relations (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 431 - South Africa (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 432 - World Environmental History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 461 - Modern Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 531 - Issues in African History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 533 - Issues in Asian History (3 cr. hr.)

United States 300 level or above (6 cr. hr.):

HIS 300 - Colonial America, 1450-1750 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 302 - Revolutionary America, 1750-1789 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 303 - The American Republic, 1789-1840 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 304 - The American Republic: 1840-1877 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 306 - The United States: 1877-1920 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 307 - The United States 1920-Present (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 309 - New York State (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 310 - American Intellectual and Cultural History to 1865 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 311 - American intellectual and Cultural History Since 1865 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 312 - African-American History to 1865 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 313 - African-American History Since 1865 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 315 - History of the American West (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 317 - Women in the United States (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 402 - History of Latin American-U.S. Relations (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 415 - History of American Education (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 419 - U.S. Radicalism (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 420 - U.S. Labor and Film (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 421 - U.S. Labor and Working-Class History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 422 - History of U.S. Latinos (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 428 - The Civil Rights Movement in America (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 430 - The Vietnam War (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 509 - Issues in New York State History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 528 - Issues in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 530 - Issues in African-American History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 545 - Issues in Women's History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 550 - Issues in Early-American History (3 cr. hr.)

B. Professional Preparation: 48-51 credit hours

(in addition to the history courses)

ECO 105 - Political Economy and Social Thought (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 425 - Geography in the Classroom (3 cr. hr.)
or
GRY 482 - Central America and the Caribbean (3 cr. hr.)
or
GRY 484 - Geography of Europe (3 cr. hr.)
or
GRY 486 - Monsoon Asia (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 199 - Critical School Health Issues (2 cr. hr.)
POL 100 - Introduction to American Government and Politics (3 cr. hr.)

Select one:

GRY 480 - United States (3 cr. hr.)
or
GRY 481 - Geography of New York State (3 cr. hr.)

Select from the following:

AED 310 - Writing in Social Studies (3 cr. hr.)
or
LIT 449 - Literacy in the Middle and Secondary School (3 cr. hr.)
or
LIT 549 - Literacy in the Middle and Secondary School (3 cr. hr.)
and
PSY 350 - Psychology of Language (3 cr. hr.)
or
SHH 300 - Normal Language Development (3 cr. hr.)

Select two:

Note: Transfer students with credit for PSY 232 or PSY 332 will be waived from the PSY 101 requirement.

PSY 101 - General Psychology I (3 cr. hr.)
and
PSY 232 - Adolescent Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
or
PSY 332 - Educational Psychology (3 cr. hr.)

C. Professional Sequence: Junior year, 4 credit hours

AED 300 - Introduction to Secondary Social Studies (1 cr. hr.)
Spring semester only. A 35-hour field 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.
AED 391 - Introduction to Adolescence Education (3 cr. hr.)
SSTW majors should take this course fall semester only. A 25-hour field requirement is attached to this course.

D. Professional Sequence: Senior year, 21 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, a student 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. A student must also have an overall grade point average of 2.5, a grade point average of 2.7 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.

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