Education Major, BS in Education – Secondary Social Science Education Concentration

uTrack Requirements

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

Term 1

• Arts and Humanities  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• Quantitative Reasoning  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)

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• Select one course:

• GEOG 101 - World Geography 3 Credit Hours *
• GEOG 111 - Our Digital Earth 3 Credit Hours *
• GEOG 121 - Sustainable Human Geographies 3 Credit Hours *

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• Select one Natural Sciences  Elective w/Lab 3-4 Credit Hours *, recommended:

• GEOG 131 - Weather, Climate, and Climate Change 4 Credit Hours *
• GEOG 132 - Landscapes and Environmental Change 4 Credit Hours *

Term 2

• Natural Sciences  Elective 3-4 Credit Hours *
• Quantitative Reasoning  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours *
• POLS 101 - United States Government and Politics 3 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• CMST 210 - Public Speaking 3 Credit Hours *
• CMST 240 - Business and Professional Communication 3 Credit Hours *
• PHIL 244 - Professional Responsibility 3 Credit Hours *

Term 3

• ETEC 386 - Integrating Technology into the Curriculum 3 Credit Hours
• HIUS 221 - History of the United States 3 Credit Hours *
• POLS 102 - Introduction to Political Science 3 Credit Hours *
• SSCE 454 - Teaching Strategies and Issues in Secondary Social Studies Education 3 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• HIEU 241 - Development of Western Civilization 3 Credit Hours *
• HIST 261 - A History of World Civilization 3 Credit Hours *

Term 4

• ¹ Engaged Inquiries  Elective 3-4 Credit Hours *
• ¹ Engaged Inquiries  Elective 3-4 Credit Hours *

• EDPY 301 - Professional Studies: Applied Educational Psychology  3 Credit Hours
• HIUS 222 - History of the United States 3 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• HIEU 242 - Development of Western Civilization 3 Credit Hours *
• HIST 262 - A History of World Civilization 3 Credit Hours *

Term 5

• ² HIST Electives 3 Credit Hours

• POLS 311 - Contemporary Issues in American Public Policy 3 Credit Hours *
• SPED 303 - Professional Studies for Special Education and Diverse Learners 3 Credit Hours
• SSCE 432 - Practicing Collaboration for Teaching Diverse Learners in Secondary Schools 3 Credit Hours
• TPTE 352 - Field Experiences in Teaching: Secondary I 1 Credit Hours
• TPTE 355 - Introduction to Secondary Schools 3 Credit Hours

Term 6

• ² HIST Electives 3 Credit Hours
• ³ ECON Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ⁴ Social Sciences Elective 3 Credit Hours * (Upper-level HIST, ECON, GEOG, or POLS, SOCI, PSYC)

• SPED 452 - Classroom Management 3 Credit Hours
• SSCE 496 - Teaching and Learning in a Contemporary Secondary Classroom 3 Credit Hours

Term 7

• ⁴ Social Sciences Elective 3 Credit Hours * (Upper-level HIST, ECON, GEOG, or POLS, SOCI, PSYC)
• ⁴ Social Sciences Elective 3 Credit Hours * (Upper-level HIST, ECON, GEOG, or POLS, SOCI, PSYC)

• REED 461 - Developing Reading Skills in Content Fields 3 Credit Hours
• SSCE 443 - Teaching Strategies & Issues in Secondary Social Studies 3 Credit Hours
• SSCE 472 - Internship I 4 Credit Hours

Term 8

• SSCE 485 - Teaching and Learning with Film 3 Credit Hours
• SSCE 493 - Internship II 8 Credit Hours
• SSCE 494 - Secondary Social Science Education Internship II Seminar 1 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours 120-123

Footnotes

1. Must have at least two different course prefixes. Social Science Education faculty recommend taking Social Science related courses when possible.
2. History electives. Students are encouraged to select from the following groups:
   • HIEU 302 - History of Greece I *
   • HIEU 303 - History of the Roman Republic  
   • HIEU 304 - History of the Early Roman Empire *
   • HIEU 305 - History of the Later Roman Empire *
   • HIEU 306 - History of Greece II *
   • HIEU 311 - Early Middle Ages *
   • HIEU 312 - High Middle Ages  
   • HIEU 313 - Later Middle Ages  
   • HIEU 314 - Renaissance Europe  
   • HIEU 315 - Reformation Europe  
   • HIUS 300 - The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the United States *
   • HIUS 329 - Native American History  
   • HIUS 349 - United States Military History  
   • HIUS 350 - Colonial America to 1763 * 
   • HIUS 351 - The American Revolution * 
   • HIUS 352 - The Early American Republic * 
   • HIUS 353 - The Civil War and Reconstruction Eras * 
   • HIUS 354 - United States, 1877-1933 *
   • HIUS 355 - United States 1933-Present * 
   • HIUS 363 - U.S. Constitutional History to 1877  
   • HIUS 364 - U.S. Constitutional History 1877-Present  
   • HIUS 374 - History of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States  
   • HIUS 376 - African American Womenʼs History from Slavery to the Present  
   • HIUS 379 - African American Experience from Colonial Period to Civil War  
   • HIUS 380 - African American Experience from Civil War to the Present  
   • HIUS 381 - History of Tennessee  
   • HIUS 383 - Studies in United States History  
3. ECON elective. Students are encouraged to select from the following:
   • ECON 201 - Introductory Economics: A Survey Course * 
   • ECON 211 - Principles of Microeconomics * 
   • ECON 213 - Principles of Macroeconomics * 
4. See Social Science Education faculty for recommended courses that may best align with Praxis testing. Students are strongly encouraged to pursue a minor in the content area related to their teaching endorsement.

* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .