Social Studies Co-Major with Secondary Education
Would you like to share your knowledge and enthusiasm for history with middle school and high school students?
The history major with a co-major in secondary education will prepare you as a professional educator to meet the many challenges of the 21st century classroom, teaching social studies in grades 7-12.
You will be instructed and mentored by a highly qualified faculty: All full-time and adjunct faculty members in the education department at Cedar Crest are teacher scholars with a minimum of five years of teaching experience in K-12 classrooms. This degree program is certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Core Curriculum
Requirements for All Majors (15 credits)
- HIS 107 European Civilization I 3 credits
- HIS 108 European Civilization II 3 credits
- HIS 121 Survey of US History I 3 credits
- HIS 122 Survey of US History II 3 credits
- HIS 350 Research Seminar (Capstone) 3 credits
Concentrations
All students must choose one of the following 21-credit concentrations:
- American history
- European and world history
- Self-designed concentration
American History Concentration
Choose four from the following courses:
- HIS 221 The Revolution and the Early Republic 3 credits
- HIS 223 The Civil War and Reconstruction 3 credits
- HIS 224 America as a World Power 3 credits
- HIS 230 The American South since the Civil War 3 credits
- HIS 231 American Cultural Traditions 3 credits
- HIS 232 The African-American Liberation Struggle 3 credits
Plus the following two courses:
- HIS 210 Liberal Democracy and Capitalism 3 credits
- HIS 211 20th-Century Dictatorships 3 credits
Plus one other history course 3 credits
European and World History Concentration
Choose four from the following courses:
- HIS 210 Liberal Democracy and Capitalism 3 credits
- HIS 211 20th-Century Dictatorships 3 credits
- HIS 218 The City as History 3 credits
- HIS 250 Germany and the Path to European Union 3 credits
- HIS 251 Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia 3 credits
- HIS 278 Terror: The History of an Idea 3 credits
Plus the following two courses:
- HIS 224 America as a World Power 3 credits
- HIS 270 China and Japan in the Modern Age 3 credits
Plus one other history course 3 credits
Requirements for the Secondary Education Co-Major
- EDU 100 Perspectives on Middle Level and Secondary Education 3 credits
- EDU 102 Educational Psychology 3 credits
- EDU 150 Educational Planning 3 credits
- EDU 151 Field Experience I 1 credit
- EDU 207 Technology for Educators 3 credits (Biology, Chemistry and General Science majors are exempted)
- EDU 214 Adolescent Literacy 3 credits
- EDU 215 Field Experience II: Middle Level and Secondary 1 credit
- EDU 346 Curriculum, Assessment and Learning Experiences for Secondary Science and Mathematics 3 credits
or
EDU 347 Curriculum, Assessment and Learning Experiences for Secondary Social Studies 3 credits
or
EDU 348 Curriculum, Assessment and Learning Experiences for Secondary English 3 credits
or
EDU 349 Curriculum, Assessment and Learning Experiences for K-12 World Language 3 credits - EDU 350 Field Experience III: Secondary 1 credit
- EDU 351 Assessment I 3 credits
- EDU 352 Assessment II 3 credits
- EDU 359 Teaching the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students 3 credits
- SPE 243 The Exceptional Child 3 credits
- SPE 245 Field Experience IV 1 credit
- SPE 320 Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities 3 credits
- SPE 344 Adaptations, Modifications, and Assistive Technology for the Exceptional Child 3 credits
or
SPE 250 Subject Area Content Access for Students with Learning Disabilities 3 credits - EDU 373 Student Teaching: Secondary Schools 9 credits
- EDU 374 Professional Education Seminar 3 credits
Other Required Courses:
- MAT-XXX 3 credits
- MAT-XXX 3 credits
- WRI-100 3 credits
- ENG-XXX [ Any American or British Literature course] 3 credits
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