Curriculum in Social Studies

Education Grades 6-12

Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts

(see footnotes at bottom)

 


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

ART 105G Survey of World Art History I 3 hours
ENGL 101 or
ENGL 121H or
ENGL 123HG
Freshman Composition
Ancient Epic: Literature and Composition
Topics in Critical Reading and Writing
3 hours
††GEOG 141 World Regional Geography I 3 hours
††HIST 101 or
HIST 101H, or
HIST 107G
Western Civilization to 1500
Western Civilization to 1500 for Honors Students
World Civilization to 1500
3 hours
MATH 105 or
MATH 151 or
MATH 161G
Finite Mathematics
College Algebra with Fundamentals
 
College Algebra
3 hours
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2 hours
  Total: 17 hours

 

Second Semester

ART 106 Survey of World Art History II 3 hours
††ENGL 102 or
ENGL 122H or
ENGL 124HG
Critical Reading and Writing
Modern Epic: Literature and Composition
Topics in Reading and Research-Based Writing
3 hours
††GEOG 142 World Regional Geography II 3 hours
††HIST 102 or
HIST 102H or
HIST 108
Western Civilization since 1500
Western Civilization since 1500 for Honors Students
World Civilization since 1500
3 hours
Mathematics or
PHIL 201G

Introduction to Logical Reasoning
3 hours
Natural
Science1,G
  3 hours
  Total: 18 hours


 

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

†††EDUC 202 Introduction to Education 3 hours
ENGL 210H or
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232 or
ENGL 291HG
Honors Studies in Literature
World Literature

English Literature
American Literature
Tragedy and Comedy
 3 hours
††HIST 201 or
HIST 201H
American History to 1877
American History to 1877 for Honors Students
3 hours
Natural 
Science1,G
  3 hours
††POLI 201G American Politics 3 hours
††PSYC 101G General Psychology I  3 hours
  Total: 18 hours

 

Second Semester

COMM 210G Communicating in the Classroom 3 hours
ENGL 210H or
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232 or
ENGL 292H
Honors Studies in Literature
World Literature

English Literature
American Literature
Modern Fiction
3 hours
††HIST 202 or 
HIST 202H
American History since 1877
American History since 1877 for Honors Students
3 hours
Natural
Science1,G
  3 hours
††SOC 101 Introductory Sociology 3 hours
††SPED 200 Introduction to Diverse Learners 3 hours
  Total: 18 hours

 

 

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

††EDUC 316 Classroom Management for Secondary Teachers 3 hours
††EDUC 407 Tests and Measurements 3 hours
††HIST 321 History of Louisiana 3 hours
††History
400-level
Elective2
  3 hours
††History 
400-level
Elective2
  3 hours
††POLI 425 Comparative European Politics 3 hours
  Total: 18 hours

 

Second Semester

††EDUC 472 Teaching Reading in the Content Areas 3 hours
††HIST 323 Field Experience for Social Studies Education Majors 3 hours
††History 
400-level
Elective2
  3 hours
††History 
400-level
Elective2
  3 hours
††History 
400-level
Elective2
  3 hours
††POLI 426 or
POLI 428
Comparative Politics of Developing Nations             
Middle East Politics
3 hours
  Total: 18 hours

 

 

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

††EDUC 453 Student Teaching I in the PK-12 Schools 6 hours
††EDUC 485 Special Methods in High School Subjects 3 hours
††HIST 497 Seminar for Undergraduates in Major Problems
in American History
3 hours
  Total: 12 hours

 

Second Semester

EDUC 486 Student Teaching in the Secondary Schools 9 hours
  Total: 9 hours

 

Total semester hours required 127

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of free electives.

GGeneral Education Courses

††A grade of C or better is required.

†††A grade of B or better is required.

1Both Biological and Physical Sciences, with six hours in a two-semester sequence.

2History 400 Level Electives must include 3 hours of each of the following groups:

American History: History 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 482, 485, 487, 492, 493, 495.

Asian/Latin/Other: History 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 454, 468, 469, 489, 494.

British/European: History 409, 410, 416, 418, 419, 423, 424, 429, 433, 434, 437, 438, 439, 440.

 

Honors Diploma in the Discipline

For information on earning Sophomore Honors Distinction, Upper Division Honors Distinction, or the Honors Diploma, please consult The University Honors Program section of this catalog, the Director of the Honors Program, and/or your Department Head.