Education Department: Social Studies 7-12 Certification

Are you interested in politics? Would you like to teach individuals about citizens' rights, government, and history?

Marywood's Social Sciences Secondary Education program will prepare you to provide secondary school students with effective instruction in history and the other social sciences.

Our program will help you acquire command of the basic principles and content of these areas. You'll learn to assist students in the development of critical thinking, collaborative skills, appreciation for the riches of human diversity, and a knowledge base in the social sciences appropriate for secondary students. You'll hone your skills in curriculum and lesson planning, classroom management, and assessment through methods classes and a series of field experiences culminating in a semester of student teaching.

Specialty Courses

SOC 211	Introductory Sociology	3
SOC 218	Anthropology	3
ECON 100	Basic Economics	3
PS 210	American Government and Politics	3
PS 211	State & Local Government	3
GEOG 210	Principles of Geography	3
HIST 100	Roots of the Modern World	3
HIST 101	Global History of the 21st Century	3
HIST 105	Ethnicity & Diversity in the Modern World	3
HIST 252	U.S. History to 1865	3
HIST 253	U.S. History since 1865	3
HIST 350	Ancient and Medieval World History	3
HIST ---	Modern Europe Elective	3
HIST ---	Modern Developing World Elective	3
HIST 320A-J	Topics in American History	3
SSCI 411	Curriculum & Methods	3

General Requirements

EDUC 500	First Semester Certification Seminar	0
EDUC 000	Field Experience (100 clock hours minimum)	0
EDUC 502	Multidisciplinary Foundations of Education	3
EDUC 523	Seminar: Psychology of Education	3
PSY 514	Human Development	3
R ED 526	Teaching Content Area Reading	3
S ED 507	Characteristics and Remedial Strategies for Mildly Impaired (Not required for Art, CSD, H/PE, Music, S ED)	3
EDUC 411A	Effective Instruction in Secondary and K-12 Education	3
S ED 511	Curriculum for Special Needs Learners	3
S ED 539	Behavior Management Approaches	3
EDUC 561	Methods, Materials and Assessment ESL	3
EDUC 442A-Q	Student Teaching	6,6
EDUC 595A	Student Teaching Seminar	1