Department of Teaching & Learning
SOCT – Teaching Social Studies 7-12, (B.S.)
Program of Study
2015-2016
Total Points Required
128
Liberal Arts Requirements
52
Specialization Requirements
76
College Core Curriculum (CORE)
40
Core Courses
18
Foreign Language
SOCED-UE.10
Seminar on U.S. Historiography and Historical Debates
2
SOCED-UE.1073*
Key Debates in US History
4
SOCED-UE.1800*
Global History, Geography, and the Social Studies
4
8
POL-UA.500
Comparative Politics OR
4
Politics Course (by advisement)
8
Expository Writing
EXPOS-UA.1
Writing the Essay
4
POL-UA.xxxx
ACE-UE.110
The Advanced College Essay
4
ECON-UA.1
Foundations of Contemporary Culture
24
Area of Specialization: History Courses
20
CORE-UA.xxx/STCORE-UE***
Texts and Ideas (to count towards history major,
course must be from the history dept.)*
4
HIST-UA.101*
Historical Studies: Theory and Practice (by advisement)**
4
CORE-UA.xxx/STCORE-UE***
Cultures and Contexts (to count towards history
major, course must be from the history dept.)*
HIST-UA.xxxx*
Introductory or Advanced History course by advisement** (Africa,
Asia, Latin America & Middle East)
4
4
4
Introduction to Macroeconomics
4
CORE-UA.xxx/STCORE-UE***
Natural Sciences
8
HIST-UA.xxxx*
Advanced History course by advisement**(Eastern / Western
Europe & Russia)
HSED-UE.1005*
Societies and Social Sciences: Introduction to
Education: Historical and Contemporary
Perspectives
4
HIST-UA.1xxx*
Advanced History class** (Eastern / Western Europe & Russia)
4
APSTA-UE.10 or
APSTA-UE 1085
CORE-UA.xxx/STCORE-UE*
Statistical Mysteries and How to Solve Them or
Basic Statistics I or Mathmatics by advisement
4
HIST-UA.4xxx*
Advanced Seminar History course by advisement**
4
12
PEDAGOGICAL CORE
38
Common Pedagogical Core
22
Liberal Arts Elective
Choose one course from the following or another related course, by advisement
Additional Requirements
HSED-UE.610
Education and the American Dream OR
New Student Seminar
TCHL-UE.41
American Dilemmas: Race, Inequality, and the Unfulfilled Promise
of Public Education
Writing Proficiency Examination
TCHL-UE.1
Inquiries into Teaching and Learning I
4
TCHL-UE.5
Field Observations in Schools and Other Educational Settings
0
* Courses with asterix count towards the history major (36 credits)
TCHL-UE.1030
Language Acquisition and Literacy Education in a Multilingual and
Multicultural Context
4
** by advisement
TCHL-UE.1999
Drug and Alcohol Education/Child Abuse Identification/School
Violence Prevention/DASA: Social Responsibilities of Teachers
1
***Steinhardt Liberal Arts Core
APSY-UE.20
Human Development I
2
http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/advisement/LAC
APSY-UE.23
Human Development II: Early Adolescents and Adolescents
2
SPCED-UE.1005
Teaching Students with Disabilities in General Education
Classrooms
4
EDCT-GE.2018
Integrating Media and Technology into K-12 Curriculum
1
SAHS-UE.1
Note: History Seminars must fall into the following areas: 1 U.S., 1
European, and 1 non-West. One of these must be pre-1800. If a student
is pursuing the three-course sequence in one area, then the two unrelated
History classes (History 101 and Advanced History class) must be taken in
each of the other two areas.
last updated February 19, 2015
0
Specialized Pedagogical Core
4
15
SOCED-UE.1039
Classroom Practicum: Methods in Teaching Social Studies
3
SOCED-UE.1135
Current Trends and Problems in Social Studies
4
SOCED-UE.1911
Student Teaching in Social Studies: Middle and High School I
3
SOCED-UE.1037
Teaching Social Studies I: Middle School
1
SOCED-UE.1922
Student Teaching in Social Studies: Middle and High School II
3
SOCED-UE.1040
Teaching Social Studies II: Secondary School
1
Unrestricted Elective
1