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Curriculum in Social Studies
Education Grades 6-12
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)

 
FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
ART 105G Survey of World Art History I 3
ENGL 101 or
ENGL 101HG		 Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors		 3
††GEOG 141 World Regional Geography I 3
††HIST 101 or
HIST 101H, or
HIST 107G		 Western Civilization to 1500
Western Civilization to 1500 for Honors Students
World Civilization to 1500		 3
MATH 105 or
MATH 161G		 Finite Mathematics
College Algebra		 3
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 17

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
ART 106 Survey of World Art History II 3
††ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG		 Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors		 3
††GEOG 142 World Regional Geography II 3
††HIST 102 or
HIST 102H or
HIST 108		 Western Civilization since 1500
Western Civilization since 1500 for Honors Students
World Civilization since 1500		 3
Mathematics or
PHIL 201G
Introduction to Logical Reasoning		 3
Natural
Science1,G		   3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
†††EDUC 202 Introduction to Education 3
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
††HIST 201 or
HIST 201H		 American History to 1877
American History to 1877 for Honors Students		 3
Natural 
Science1,G		   3
††POLI 201G American Politics 3
††PSYC 101G General Psychology I  3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
COMM 210G Communicating in the Classroom 3
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
††HIST 202 or 
HIST 202H		 American History since 1877
American History since 1877 for Honors Students		 3
Natural
Science1,G		   3
††SOC 101 Introductory Sociology 3
††SPED 200 Introduction to Diverse Learners 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

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

Second Semester

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

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††EDUC 453 Student Teaching I in the PK-12 Schools 6
††EDUC 4853 Special Methods in High School Subjects 3
††HIST 497 Seminar for Undergraduates in Major Problems
in American History		 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 12

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
EDUC 486 Student Teaching in the Secondary Schools 9
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 9

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 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.
3EDUC 485 must be taken concurrently with EDUC 453.
 
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.