Bachelor of Arts in
Social Studies Education, Grades 6 - 12

Program Highlights

• Faculty have won awards for excellence in teaching, research and service, produced a host of scholarly publications – many of which have attracted an international readership – and held important offices in professional organizations

• The department is closely affiliated with the Center for Southeast Louisiana Studies and the Florida Parishes Social Science Research Center

• The department sponsors the Constitution Day Lecture (September), the "Then and Now" Fanfare History and Politics Lecture Series (October), the Veterans Day Lecture (November), the Black History and Politics Lecture Series (February), the Women's History Month Lecture Series (March), and the Yom Hashoah Holocaust Remembrance Day Lecture (April).

• The department hosts the Region VIII Social Studies Fair (March)

• Honors curriculum available

• Passage rate of program graduates taking the social studies portion of the PRAXIS II exam has been at or near 100 percent in recent years