Social Studies (B.A.)
At-a-Glance
Mission: The primary mission of the Social Studies major is to provide students with the content competency to teach Social Studies in secondary schools. It forms the content knowledge basis for students to initiate teaching professions and provides the necessary critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and academic judgment skills upon which to embark on a lifetime of intellectual growth.
Hours Required in the Major: 73 - 82 hours of specific courses or thematic areas chosen from history, anthropology, economics, political science and sociology. Some of these courses also can be used to partially fulfill General Education requirements.
Teaching Licensure: A comprehensive program for students seeking teaching licensure in Social Studies is administered through the College of Education and Human Services. Interested students are urged to contact the college for further information.
Advising: Students register their intentions to pursue an academic major in Social Studies with the Department of History; those interested in teaching must be admitted to the teaching licensure program in the College of Education and Human Services.
The Social Studies major will have an academic adviser in the History Department in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences as assigned by the department. Those seeking a teaching license should have an adviser for education course work in the College of Education and Human Services.
This interdisciplinary major is administered by the Department of History and is primarily intended for students seeking secondary licensure. It provides comprehensive training in history and related social-studies fields taught in Ohio secondary schools. Interested students should also consider pursuing academic major(s) and/or academic minor(s) in history, political science, or economics.
For information: Call Tom Humphrey, 216-523-7183, or the History Department, 216-687-3920 or history.department@csuohio.edu. Those interested in licensure should contact the College of Education and Human Services.
Major-Field Requirements
The curriculum for the Social Studies major consists of a common core and one area of concentration chosen from three areas. The following courses are required of all Social Studies majors:
The Core:
- HIS 101 Western Civilization I
OR
HIS 102 Western Civilization II - HIS 111 U.S. History to 1877
- HIS 112 U.S. History since 1877
- HIS 165 Introduction to Latin American History
OR
HIS 175 Introduction to African History - HIS 200 Introduction to Geography
- HIS 215 History of African-Americans to 1877
OR
HIS 216 History of African-Americans since 1877 - HIS 301 American Cultural History
OR
HIS 304 U.S. Urban History - HIS 370 World History
- HIS 390 Introduction to Social Studies
- HIS 400 Local History Seminar
- ECN 201 Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECN 202 Principles of Microeconomics
- PSC 111 American Government
- PSC 221 Comparative Politics
OR
PSC 231 International Politics - PSC/HIS/ANT/SOC 227 Power, Authority and Society in Non-Western Communities
- ANT 102 The Study of Culture
OR
HIS 323 Recent American History
OR
SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
Complementary Core:
(Select 1 of the 3 areas below)
- Anthropology Core
- Political Science Core
- Sociology Core
- SOC 101 Introduction to Sociology
- One of the following:
- Two of the following:
Distribution: Additional courses needed to ensure that at least one course is included from Anthropology and Sociology.