Department of History and Geography - Northern State University

SOCIAL SCIENCE MAJOR (BSED)

The Bachelor of Science in Education - Social Science Major requires a total of 59 credits, of which at least 27 must be in history. HIST 121 and HIST 122 are prerequisites to all advanced non-U.S. courses (300 and 400-series), and HIST 152 is a prerequisites to HIST 356 and HIST 464. No grade below a "C" will be accepted in a course taken to fulfill the Social Science for Teachers requirements. All Social Science majors must graduate with at least a 2.50 cumulative grade point average in the major. Below are the course requirements for the BSEd-Social Science Major.

Lower Division World Civilization (6 credits)

HIST 121, 122, Western Civilization I & II

Lower Division U.S. History (6 credits)

HIST 151, 152, U. S. History I & II

HIST 480 - Historical Methods & Historiography (3 credits) History Elective (12 credits)

Must include one U.S. history, one European history, and one non-western
history course.

GEOG 210 - World Regional Geography (3 credits)

Geography Elective

POLS 100 - American Government (3 credits)

POLS 250 - World Politics (3 credits)

PSYC 100 - General Psychology (3 credits)

SOC 100 - Introduction to Sociology (3 credits)

SS 480 - 7-12 Social Science Methods (3 credits)

Psychology Elective (3 credits)

Choose one: PSYC 302 - Cognition and Learning
PSYC 307 - Biological Psychology

Economics Elective (3 credits)

Choose one: ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 203 - Principles of Macroeconomics

Electives (9 credits)

Choose from upper division courses in Geography, History, and Political
    Science. With approval two of the following may be substituted: ANTH
    210; ECON 202, 302, 301, 330, 482, 441; SPAN 101, 102, 433;
    GERM 101, 102, 433; FREN 101, 102; ARTH 211, 212, 312, 313;
    SOC 410, 416.

Total 59 credits

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SOCIAL SCIENCE MAJOR (BSED)