Undergraduate students in the Social Studies Education program must meet the course requirements described below. All courses must be passed with a C or better. Students must maintain a 2.75 GPA in order to remain in good standing. The methods courses must be taken sequentially, and anyone who does not earn a C or higher in the methods courses must repeat both the methods course and the co-requisite field experience. Students must also meet minimum requirements on the Teacher Candidate Professional Development Form. Students whose GPA falls below 2.75 will be placed on probation and may not register for additional teacher education courses until they are again in good standing. For further information, see the PEP Guide to Teacher Education.

Education Courses

• PSY 327 Middle Childhood and Adolescent Development
• SSE 350 Foundations of Education
• LIN 344 Language Acquisition and Literacy Development
• SSE 397 Teaching Social Studies (co-requisite SSE 449) - fall only
• SSE 449 Field Experience I - Grades 7-9 (1 credit, S/U must be taken with SSE 397)
• SSE 398 Social Studies Strategies (co-requisite SSE 450) - spring only
• SSE 450 Field Experience II - Grades 10-12 (1 credit, S/U must be taken with SSE 398)
• SSE 454 Student Teaching Seminar (co-requisites SSE 451 & 452)
• SSE 451 Supervised Student Teaching - Grades 7-9 (S/U)
• SSE 452 Supervised Student Teaching - Grades 10-12 (S/U)

Students must satisfactorily complete all courses required for certification (both major and education courses) and pass the LAST before they will be admitted to student teaching.

Content Area Requirements

Students must complete a minimum of 48 credits in history and the social sciences, including the courses required for the major and the University DEC requirements. Students are also required to take courses in each of the 11 Required Areas of Study described below. Students are expected to select their courses from the choices below, and substitutions will be permitted only on an exceptional basis. Transfer courses will be evaluated individually by the program director.

1. US History to 1877
   
HIS 103 US History to 1877


2. US History since 1877
   
HIS 104 US History since 1877


3. Human or Cultural Geography
   HIS 281 Global History & Geography
   
   
4. Principles of Economics
   ECO 100 Principles of Economics
   Foundation for Teaching Economics
   http://www.fte.org/teachers/programs/online/dates.php
   (or courses in micro- or macroeconomics; courses in finance or accounting can not be accepted even if they offered through an economics department)
   
   
5. Western Civilization or European History Survey (choose 1)
   HIS 101 Europe to 1789
   HIS 102 Europe since 1789
   
   

   Choose any three from Asia, Africa, Latin America, World History

   
   
6. Latin America (choose 1)
   HIS 213 Colonial Latin America
   HIS 214 Modern Latin America
   SOC 364 Sociology of Latin America
   
   
7. Asia & its Civilizations (choose 1)
   HIS 219 Chinese History and Civilization
   HIS 220 Japanese History and Civilization
   HIS 227 Islamic Civilization
   HIS 341 20th-Century China
   HIS 344 Modern Japan
   HIS 348 British India
   
   
8. World History Introductory Survey
   Stony Brook does not currently offer a course in world history. This is primarily intended for students transferring such courses from other schools.
   
   
9. Africa (choose 1)
   HIS 221 Modern Africa
   HIS 346 Political and Social History of Africa
   
   
10. American Politics & Government (choose 1)
    POL 102 American Government
    POL 320 Constitutional Law and Politics
    POL 325 Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
    
    
11. Science, Technology & Society (choose 1)
    ANT 290 Technology in Ancient Society
    EST 201 Technology Trends in Society
    HIS 237 Science, Technology & Medicine in Western Civilization I
    HIS 238 Science, Technology & Medicine in Western Civilization II
    SOC 315 Sociology of Technology
    
    
12. The Culture Concept in Theory or History (choose 1)
    AFS 310 US Attitudes towards Race
    AFS 325 Civil Rights Movement
    ANT 102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
    ANT 230 Peoples of the World
    ANT 370 Great Archaeological Discoveries
    SOC 310 Ethnic and Race Relations
    HIS 390 Comparative Religion (will be accepted only if the topic is comparative religion)