Composite in Social Science Education B.S.Ed.
Required credits to graduate with this degree: 121
Students pursuing the Social Science Composite degree (43 semester hours) must meet the following criteria:
- Take the core requirements plus at least two specializations.
- Qualify for additional teaching areas in Sociology or Psychology by taking six additional hours in those areas.
- Take the education courses for Secondary Education as outlined in the Criteria for Teacher Education section of this catalog, including EDUC 485-Secondary Methods for Social Science, EDUC 398-Secondary Education Field Experience, and EDUC 426-Reading in the Content Area.
Student Learning Outcomes:
- SLO 1: Graduates are able to conduct independent scholarly research that produces a paper and to present accurately and intelligibly that knowledge to an audience, using appropriate technologies.
- SLO 2: Graduates will demonstrate familiarity with the North Dakota State Standards for the Social Studies, and possess the content knowledge required to work with those standards using appropriate technologies.
- SLO 3: Graduates will demonstrate reading and writing skills.
- SLO 4: Graduates will be able to critically think about relevant issues.
Social Science Composite majors complete 36 hours of essential studies courses, including
These courses are pre-requisite courses to this major.
Core Requirements:
History
Specializations:
Student must select at least TWO of these specializations:
Geography
| GEOG 300 | World Region Geog/Anthropology | 3 |
| GEOG 332/ECON 332 | the Global Economy and the Developing World | 3 |
| GEOG 433 | Geography Of Europe | 3 |
| GEOG Electives | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 12 |
Economics
Political Science
Core Requirements 19 SH
Two Specializations 24 SH
Total 43 SH