Elementary/Middle Level Education: Grades 4-8, Social Studies Concentration, B.S.Ed.

Social Studies (15 crs.)

• GEO 101 - World Geography Credits: 3
• ECO 345 - The Economics of Growth and Development Credits: 3

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• Choose One:

• GEO 305 - Geography of Europe Credits: 3
• GEO 308 - Geography of Latin America Credits: 3
• GEO 313 - Geography of South and Southeast Asia Credits: 3
• GEO 317 - Geography of East Asia Credits: 3
• GEO 415 - Regional Geographic Studies Credits: 3
• GEO 450 - Geography-Geology Field Studies Credits: 1-3

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• Choose One:

• HIS 201 - Early History of the United States Credits: 3
• HIS 202 - Recent History of the United States Credits: 3
• HIS 301 - The West in American History Credits: 3
• HIS 302 - American Business History Credits: 3
• HIS 304 - American Diplomatic History Credits: 3
• HIS 305 - The Civil War Era Credits: 3
• HIS 309 - History of the American Worker Credits: 3
• HIS 314 - History of Jacksonian America Credits: 3
• HIS 318 - History of U.S. Women Credits: 3
• HIS 338 - Colonial America Credits: 3
• HIS 341 - African-American History Credits: 3
• HIS 342 - U.S. Immigration and Ethnicity Credits: 3
• HIS 345 - Military History of the United States Credits: 3
• HIS 402 - Revolutionary America Credits: 3
• HIS 413 - Pennsylvania History Credits: 3

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• Choose One:

• PLS 311 - The Legislative Process Credits: 3
• PLS 312 - The American Presidency Credits: 3
• PLS 313 - The Judicial Process Credits: 3
• PLS 342 - American Foreign Policy Credits: 3
• PLS 356 - Politics of Developing Regions Credits: 3

Middle Level Cognitive Development

• TCH 206 - Social Foundations of Middle Level Education Credits: 3

Early Adolescent and Adolescent Learning Theory

• TCH 261 - Adolescent Development and Adolescent Learning Theory Credits: 3

Assessments and Interventions

• EEC 483 - Assessing Children with Exceptionalities for Curricular Decision-Making Credits: 3

Adaptations and Accommodations for Diverse Learners

• EEC 273 - Introduction to Exceptionalities: Understanding Diverse Learners Credits: 3
• EEC 423 - Effective Instructional Strategies for Children with Exceptionalities Credits: 3

Middle Level Teaching Methods

• RDG 232 - Reading in the Elementary School Credits: 3
• RDG 329 - Reading in the Content Areas Credits: 3
• RDG 405 - Teaching Writing in 4-8 Classrooms Credits: 3
• TCH 251 - Elements of Middle Level Instruction Credits: 3
• TCH 345 - Assessment and Evaluation Strategies Credits: 3
• TCH 348 - Teaching Middle Level Social Studies Credits: 3

English Language Learners (ELL)

• RDG 413 - Teaching Reading to English Language Learners Credits: 3

Student Teaching (15 crs.)

• EDU 409 - Seminar in Middle Level Learning Credits: 3
• EDU 495 - Student Teaching Credits: 6-15

Foundations (15-16 crs.)

Foundational courses coupled with other experiences provide students with their core First Year Experience, providing opportunities to develop the requisite quantitative, analytical, written communication, and oral communication skills needed to succeed while in college and throughout life after college. Five program goals express the purpose of these foundational courses and how they support student success.

• UNIV 101 - Shippensburg University First Year Seminar Credits: 3
• ENG 114 - Academic Writing Credits: 3
• HCS 100 - Introduction to Human Communication Credits: 3
• HIS 105 - Historical Foundations of Global Cultures Credits: 3
• MAT 117 - Applied Statistics Credits: 3

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• MAT 217 - Statistics I Credits: 4

Interconnections (9 crs.)

This curriculum will provide students with opportunities to explore human behavior, social interactions, and global communities through humanities and the social and behavioral sciences. Open discourse about the causes and consequences of human behavior and thought, and the interconnectedness of societies revealed by examining traditions and structures, provides a pathway to mutual respect and tolerance in a diverse world.

Three program goals express what we will do for students. Each goal has an associated rubric that outlines what we expect students to learn or accomplish. Students must complete three (3) courses in this curriculum, with at least one (1) course being a diversity course (‘D’ rubric) and at least one (1) course being a global perspectives course (‘G’ rubric).

Natural World and Technology (9 crs.)

This curriculum will provide students the opportunity to learn how new knowledge is created by applying scientific principles and technology to address historical and contemporary questions. Two program goals express what we will do for students. Each goal has an associated rubric that outlines what we expect students to learn or accomplish.

Students must complete 3 courses in this curriculum, with at least two (2) courses (or their equivalents) involving the natural world (‘N’ rubric).

• ANT 121 - Physical Anthropology Credits: 3
• BIO 100 - Basic Biology Credits: 3
• BIO 145 - Environmental Biology Credits: 3
• BIO 150 - Human Biology Credits: 3
• BIO 161 - Principles of Biology: Cell Structure and Function Credits: 4
• BIO 162 - Principles of Biology: Organismal Diversity Credits: 4
• CHM 103 - A Cultural Approach Credits: 3
• CHM 105 - An Observational Approach Credits: 3
• CHM 121 - Chemical Bonding Credits: 3
• ESS 110 - Introduction to Geology Credits: 3
• ESS 111 - Introduction to the Atmosphere Credits: 3
• ESS 210 - Physical Geology Credits: 3
• PHY 108 - Astronomy Credits: 3
• PHY 110 - Physics for Society Credits: 3
• PHY 121 - Introductory Physics I - Lecture Credits: 3
• PHY 122 - Introductory Physics II - Lecture Credits: 3
• PHY 205 - Intermediate Physics I Credits: 3

Citizenship and Responsibility (6 crs.)

This curriculum will provide students with opportunities to consider the function and development of institutions, as well as their own responsibilities in society. Tools for development of students as informed and responsible citizens can include study of principles and research in social science, analysis of the development of social and political systems and practices, application of critical analysis and reasoning, and contemplation of ethics and values. Each goal has an associated rubric that outlines what we expect students to learn or accomplish.

Students are required to complete two (2) courses (or their equivalents) in this curriculum, with no more than one (1) course being attributed with the same program goal.

Creativity and Expression (6 crs.)

This part of the curriculum will provide students with opportunities to explore artistic and literary disciplines and their modes of expression, considering the processes by which artistic works are imagined and created as well as the analytical tools for describing and appraising works of art and literature. Each goal has an associated rubric that outlines what we expect students to learn or accomplish.

Students must complete two (2) courses (or their equivalents) in this curriculum, with one (1) course being a literature course (‘L’ rubric)and one course in either the arts or creativity (‘A’ or ‘C’ rubrics).