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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

COMM 110Fundamentals Of Public Speaking

3

ECON 105Elements Of Economics

3

ENGL 110College Composition I

3

ENGL 120College Composition II

3

or

ENGL 125Business and Technical Writing

3

GEOG 103Multicultural World, Global Issues

3

MATH 103College Algebra

3

PSYC 111Introduction To Psychology

3

and

SOC 110Introduction To Sociology

3

These courses are pre-requisite courses to this major.

Core Requirements:

History

HIST 101Western Civilization I

3

HIST 102Western Civilization II

3

HIST 103U.S. To 1877

3

HIST 104U.S. Since 1877

3

HIST Electives

6

SOSC 480SSocial Science Comprehensive

1

Total Credit Hours:19

Specializations:

Student must select at least TWO of these specializations:

Geography

GEOG 300World Region Geog/Anthropology

3

GEOG 332/ECON 332the Global Economy and the Developing World

3

GEOG 433Geography Of Europe

3

GEOG Electives

3

Total Credit Hours:12

Economics

ECON 201Principles Of Microeconomics

3

ECON 202Principles Of Macroeconomics

3

ECON 332/GEOG 332The Global Economy and the Developing World

3

ECON 423/HIST 423Global Economic History

3

Total Credit Hours:12

Political Science

POLS 305/HIST 305Constitutional History

3

POLS 314/HIST 314Ideology And Government

3

POLS Electives

6

Total Credit Hours:12

Core Requirements 19 SH
Two Specializations 24 SH

Total 43 SH