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 101HG
Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors
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 102HG
Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors
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 Clinical Practice 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 4533 Student Teaching I in the PK-12 Schools 6 hours
††EDUC 4853 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 Teaching Residency Capstone 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.

3EDUC 485 and EDUC 453 must be taken concurrently.