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Secondary Education, BSE - Social Studies

Secondary social studies education is designed for students who want to teach high school social studies.

Total Semester Hours Required for Degree: 120

TCU Core Curriculum: 39 hours

Prior to entry into the College of Education: 9 hours

course

Schools, Curriculum, and Society

3

course

Developmental Psychology of Adolescence

3

OR

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Child and Adolescent Development

3

course

Critical Investigation: Teaching and Learning

3

Junior Year: 13 hours

course

Digital Literacy, Learning, and Citizenship in Education

3

course

Educational Psychology

3

course

Study of Exceptional Students

3

course

Promoting Literacy in the Content Areas

3

course

Field Experience in Education

1

 Senior Year/Semester 1: 8 hours

course

Professional Practice Seminar

1

course

Field Experience in Education

1

course

Assessment

3

OR

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Educational Assessment

3

course

Motivating and Managing Students in the Classroom

3

OR

course

Motivating and Managing Students in the Classroom

3

Senior Year/Semester 2: 6 hours

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Student Teaching in the Secondary/School

6

OR

course

Advanced Clinical Teaching

1-6

Social Studies (39 hours)

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Introductory Microeconomics

3

course

Introductory Macroeconomics

3

course

Methods for Teaching Secondary Social Studies

3

course

World Regional Geography

3

course

Origins of Western Civilization: Europe to 1348

3

course

World History to/since 1500

3

course

Multicultural America: A Historical Survey

3

course

 United States History: A Survey from 1877

3

course

United States History: A Survey since 1877

3

course

Latin American History: National Period

3

course

History of Texas

3

course

American and Texas Government

3

course

Introductory Sociology

3

course

Diversity in American Education

3