History & Social Science Education
Degrees and Certificate Offered
- BS, MAT, EdM, CAGS Programs
- EdD in Curriculum & Teaching
The development of effective teachers remains our highest priority, but our students are also introduced to institutions that contribute to the broader social education of the citizenry. A wide range of specialized career goals can be served in the History & Social Science Education Program. Students may prepare to be classroom teachers, museum educators, developers of learning materials, social education curriculum specialists, and youth service educators.
The History & Social Science Education Program contributes to the licensure of elementary teachers as identified in the Elementary Education Program. The program leading to licensure for middle, junior, and senior high school involves concentrated study in history or political science. The professional education component depends heavily on integrating field-based activities with on-campus courses throughout the four undergraduate years. The undergraduate program culminates in a student-teaching experience that also includes on-campus components of methods and materials for teaching history and political science/political philosophy. In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, licenses include History and Political Science/Political Philosophy.
Courses Open to Undergraduates
- SED CT 522 Character and Ethics Education
- SED SO 525 Workshop in Intercultural Awareness
Only for those accepted into licensure program:
- SED CT 575 General Methods of Instruction, 5–12
- SED SO 509 Student-Teaching Practicum: History and Social Science, 5–8
- SED SO 510 Student-Teaching Practicum: History and Social Science, 8–12
- SED SO 572 Curriculum and Methods for History and Social Science Education, 5–12
