Teaching Social Studies B.A.A.
The Bachelors of Applied Arts (B.A.A.) in Teaching Social Studies prepares students to teach grades 5 through 12. The major aligns with the Minnesota Professional Educators Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) standards for Social Studies in grades 5 - 12 in Minnesota. Teaching Social Studies is an interdisciplinary major that requires lower-division coursework in each of seven areas: Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. Students then select one of eight discipline-based sub-plan specializations and complete upper-division coursework in that discipline: Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology
Courses
- ANTH1602 — Biological Anth and Archae
- ECON1003 — Economics and Society
- ECON1022 — Principles of Econ: Macro
- ECON1023 — Principles of Econ: Micro
- ECON2030 — Applied Statistics
- EDSE4100 — Teaching in a Diverse Society
- EDSE4244 — Teaching Social Studies 5-12
- EDSE4501 — Adolescent/Adult Dev Theory
- EDSE4600 — Student Teaching
- EDUC4381 — Teaching Indigenous Students
- EDUC4500 — Professional Issues and Ethics
- ES3100 — Sustainable Food Systems
- GEOG1205 — Our Globalizing World
- GEOG1414 — Physical Geography
- GEOG3401 — Weather and Climate
- GEOG3411 — Human Environment Interactions
- GEOG4393 — Political Geography
- HIST1027 — Introduction to Islam
- HIST2315 — Colonial Latin America
- HIST2350 — Hunting, Gathering and Health
- HIST2700 — Ascetics, Mystics and Yogis
- HIST3095 — Special Topics in History
- HIST3195 — Special Topics European Hist
- HIST3730 — Ascetics, Mystics, and Yogis
- HIST4999 — Seminar
- POL3120 — Congress and the Presidency
- POL3153 — U.S. Supreme Court
- POL3454 — International Political Econ
- PSY4215 — Psychology of Human Sexuality
- STAT1411 — Intro to Statistics
- WRIT3140 — Adv Writ: Human Services
- WRIT3160 — Adv Writ: Social Sciences