Social Studies Teaching Major

Certification Requirements for Minnesota: 74 credit hours, (consisting of three components)

Required Courses: 36 credit hours

ECON 120	Principles of Economics I	3
GOVT 200	American Government	3
HIST 111	Western Civilization II	3
HIST 120	American Experience to 1877	3
HIST 121	American Experience Since 1877	3
PSYC 115	General Psychology	3
SOCI 110	Contemporary Society	3
ANTH	Elective course	3

Elective Area of Concentration: A minimum of four additional courses in one area

Government: (four courses)

GOVT 110	Introduction to Government	3
GOVT 290	Criminal Law	3
GOVT 320/PHIL 320	Political Philosophy	3

One of the following courses:

GOVT 120	Politics in a Diverse World	3
GOVT 235	American Foreign Policy	3
GOVT 345	Identity Conflict and World Politics	3

History: (four courses)

HIST 251	Methods and Philosophies of History	3
HIST 300	Revolutionary America	3
	OR
HIST 303	History of The American West	3
	OR
HIST 315	The United States Since 1945	3
HIST 325	A Revolutionary Time: Europe During the Modern Era	3
	OR
HIST 345	Ireland North and South: From Revolutionary Era to Troubled Times 1798-1998	3
	OR
HIST 355	Hitler and the Holocaust	3
HIST	Elective course	3

Teacher certification courses: 23 credit hours, plus student teaching