Adolescent Education Social Studies BS, Four-Year Plan

School of Education

Year One

Year One: Fall
  • ETAP 201 Exploring Teaching as a Profession 
  • Foreign Language (LANG)
  • Writing and Critical Inquiry (WCI)
  • AHIS 100 or AHIS 101 (CH-USHIS)
  • AHIS 130, or 131, or 144, or 158, or 177, or A HST 110 (INTLPER)
Year One: Spring
  • EPSY 200 Introduction to Educational Psychology (DP-SOCSCI)
  • ECPY 360 Psychology, Cultural Diversity, & Social Justice (DEISJ)
  • Arts General Education Course (DP-ARTS)
  • Science Gen Ed Course (DP-NATSCI)
  • AGOG 102 Introduction to Human Geography
     
Year One: Summer
  • Consider coursework
  • Look for a summer job in the area of your studies
  • Request to declare the major

Year Two

Year Two: Fall
  • EPSY 400 The Psychology of Instruction and Learning 
  • EEPL 300 Social Foundations of Education 
  • AECO 110 Principles of Economics I: Microeconomics
  • RPOS 101 American Politics
  • Mathematics Gen Ed Course (Could recommend EPSY 330) (MATH)
     
Year Two: Spring
  • ESPE 350 Creating an Inclusive Classroom Environment for All Students
  • EPSY 440 Introduction to Assessment & Measurement
  • ESPE 460 Introduction to Human Exceptionality
  • Humanities General Education Course (DP-HUM)
  • 300 level or above history or geography of the United States or the world as approved by advisor
Year Two: Summer
  • Consider study abroad options
  • Look for research opportunities
  • Look for a summer job in the area of your studies

Year Three

Year Three: Fall
  • EPSY 422 Adolescent Development
  • ETAP 452X Methods of Secondary Teaching  
  • ETAP 430 Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum
  • AGOG 356 Geography of the United States
  • 300 level or above history or geography of the United States or the world as approved by advisor
Year Three: Spring
  • ELTL 400 Language Acquisition for All Learners
  • ETAP 479 Fieldwork: Healthy and Successful Students (6 Credits)
  • 300 level or above history or geography of the United States or the world as approved by advisor
  • 300 level or above as approved by advisor in History, Geography, Civics, Citizenship, Government or Economics
Year Three: Summer
  • Summer research

Year Four

Year Four: Fall
  • ETAP 480 Student Teaching: Adolescent Education (12 Credits)
  • Elective
Year Four: Spring
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective
  • Elective

Notes

Options for Upper Division Concentration Courses

  • AHIS 100 American Political & Social History I
  • AHIS 101 American Political & Social History II
  • AHIS 130 History of European Civilization I
  • AHIS 131 History of European Civilization II
  • AHIS 144 Latin America Since the Aztecs
  • AHIS 158 The Past as Present: The World since 1900
  • AHIS 177 East Asia: Its Culture and History
  • AHST 110 Introduction to Latin America and the Caribbean
     

General Education Requirements for students matriculating Fall 2023 and after

MS Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning
WCI Writing and Critical Inquiry
AR Arts 
HU Humanities
NS Natural Sciences and Scientific Reasoning
SS Social Sciences
US U.S. History and Civic Engagement
IP World History and International Perspectives 
LANG Languages Other than English (one semester of collegiate study, or the equivalent, of a language other than English)
DEISJ Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice


This is a suggested course sequence.