Social Science Content Area
For middle grades licensure, students choose a primary content area (i.e Social Science) and upon completion of the program, they are able to teach grades 5-8. Listed below are the content courses required in addition to the teacher education core course work. Students should meet with a teacher education advisor early in their program to develop a plan of study to graduation.
Requirements
| Content Courses 1 | ||
| TEP 335 | Teaching Middle and Secondary Grades Geography and Interdisciplinary Social Studies | 3 |
| TEP 405 | Teaching and Assessment in the Middle School | 3 |
| TEP 438 | Social Studies Methods for Middle and Secondary Grades | 3 |
| TEP 461 | Historical Foundations of Education | 3 |
| Economics (Choose one) | 3 | |
| Introduction to Microeconomics | ||
| Introduction to Macroeconomics | ||
| ECCE: Economic Analysis | ||
| Environmental Studies | 3 | |
One (any level) ENS course | ||
| History | 6 | |
One 100/200 HIS course | ||
One 300/400 HIS course | ||
| Political Science | 6 | |
| Introduction to the American Political System | ||
One 300/400 PSC course | ||
| Socio-Cultural Studies | 6 | |
One 100/200 AAS/CCJ/SOA/WGS course | ||
One 300/400 AAS/COM/LES/SOA/WGS course | ||
| Total Hours | 36 | |
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TEP 301 is a prerequisite for all TEP 400 Level courses.