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BACHELOR OF Arts IN History: Middle Grades Social Studies Education (6-9)

Degree Requirements | Specialty Area Courses
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To be eligible for consideration by the Teacher Education Committee and approved for admission to the Teacher Education Program, each candidate must:

1. Have not more than 9 hours of the General Education requirements remaining;
2. Have earned a “C” (2.0) or better in EDN 3020 or the approved equivalent course;
3. Have earned a grade of at least a “C‑” (C if the course was repeated) in all required specialty area, professional studies, and content pedagogy courses completed at the time of admission, with the exception of EDN 3020, which requires a grade of C;
4. Have at least a 2.5 cumulative Quality Point Average (QPA) on a 4.0 scale on all prior college/university course work;
5. Meet the state established scores on Praxis I, SAT, or ACT. An official copy of the scores must be sent to UNCP. Students must meet the scores in effect at the time they apply to and qualify for admission to the Teacher Education Program [see next section for details];
6. Satisfactorily complete an admission interview after completing all the above requirements;
   
7. Complete a Candidate for Professional Licensure (CPL) form. CPL forms are available in the School of Education Licensure Office and on the School of Education Web site.

 

Requirements for a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History: Middle Grades Social Studies Education (6-9)

Requirements for BA: History in SSE (6-9)	Sem. Hrs.
Freshman Seminar	1
General Education Requirements	45
Specialty Area Requirements	63
» Historical Research & Writing Seminar	(3)
» Basic History (1000 and 2000 level courses)	(12)
» Advanced History (3000 and 4000 level courses)	(24)
» Social Sciences	(24)
Educator Preparation Core	9
Content Pedagogy	24
University-wide Electives	4
Total	128

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General Education Requirements: 18 hours may count also toward Specialty area Requirements. MAT 1050 for Math and PHS 1100 or 1560 for Science are recommended.

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Specialty Area Requirements

Historical Research & Writing Seminar (3 semester hours)

Course#	Course Title	Comments
HST 3000	Introduction to the Study of History

 

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Basic History (12 semester hours)

Although these are also General Education courses, they may NOT be included in the 27 hours of General Education courses.

Course#	Course Title	Comments
HST 1010	American Civilizations to 1877
HST 1020	American Civilizations since 1877
HST 1140	World Civilizations to 1500
HST 1150	World Civilizations since 1500

 

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Advanced History (24 hours; ALL must be at the 3000 or 4000 level)

Course	Area	Comments
Two courses	American and Canadian history
Two courses	European history
Two courses	Asian, African, and Latin American history
HST 3170	History of North Carolina
HST 4510; or	Senior Seminar; or	Prerequisite: 2.0 QPA in history courses taken, and completion of 15 hours of advanced history courses
HST 4xxx	Topics in History

 

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Social Sciences (24 hours)

Course	Area	Comments
ECN 2020	Principles of Microeconomics
ECN 2030	Principles of Macroeconomics
GGY 1010; or	Principles of Geography; or
GGY 1020; or	World Regional Geography; or
GGY 1150	Earth Science
PSPA 1010	Introduction to American National Government
SOC 1050	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	Also AIS 1050
SOC 2090; or	Social Problems in Modern Society; or
PSY 1010	Introductory Psychology
Two courses	Social Science Guided Electives	Six hours

 

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Educator Preparation Core

Course#	Course Title	Comments
EPC 2020	Introduction to Education, Ethics, and Professionalism (1)	Prerequisite: Must have completed at least 30 semester hours of college/ university work and have no less than a 2.0 QPA
EPC 2040	Introduction to Exceptional, Diverse, and At-Risk Students	Prerequisite: Must have no less than 2.0 QPA
EPC 3000	The Psychology of Learning and the Environment (2)	Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program
EPC 3030	Reading Strategies for the 21st Century	Prerequisite: Admission to Teacher Education Program

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Content Pedagogy

Course#	Course Title	Comments
SSE 3000	Introduction to Teaching Social Studies	Fall Semester only; Prerequisite: EDN 3020 and 15 semester hours in history and social sciences with a 2.5 average (QPA)
SSE 3650	Content and Techniques of Social Studies	Spring Semester only; Prerequisite: EDN 3020, fifteen semester hours in history, and formal admission to the Teacher Education Program or permission of the instructor.
SSE 4000 (EDN 4000)	Methods of Teaching Social Studies	Fall Semester and Summer II only; Prerequisite: SSE 3000, 3650 and 30 hours in history with a 2.5 quality point average.
CSC 4050	Current Topics in Computers in Education
SSE 4480	Internship in Social Studies in the Secondary School (9)	Prerequisite: SSE 4000
SSE 4490	Professional Seminar in Middle Social Studies

 

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Updated: Friday, June 25, 2010

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