Advising Worksheet - BA/MAT Program in Africana Studies and Social Studies Education
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I.General Information and Admissions
This program allows qualified students to earn both a BA and an MAT in social studies education in five
years, which is one semester less than it would take if the programs were to be completed separately. The
program is open to Africana Studies majors with a 3.2 GPA or higher, but students are admitted to the
program on a competitive basis.
Beginning in the first semester of the junior year, students in the combined program will follow a different
course of study than students in the undergraduate social studies program. Therefore, students must apply to
the BA/MAT program in the second semester of the sophomore year so that a decision can be made in time to
allow students to enroll in the proper courses for the following semester. Transfer students who are interested
in applying to the program should contact the program director and complete an application as soon as they
are notified of their acceptance to Stony Brook.
Students in the combined program must complete all of the requirements for the major and all of the social
studies distribution requirements before beginning graduate study. Students must complete the required
courses at the level (undergraduate/graduate) as described below. Courses taken at the wrong level can not be
counted towards the degree. All undergraduate courses must be passed with a C or better and graduate
courses with a B. To be admitted to student teaching, students must have at least a 3.0 GPA and have
completed all other requirements for graduation. Students can count between 3 and 5 graduate courses
towards the undergraduate degree and must earn either 111 or 105 undergraduate credits, accordingly. Both
the BA and the MAT will be awarded at the completion of the combined program.
Students who do not perform satisfactorily in the first graduate history courses may not be permitted to
continue in the program. Students who either decide not to continue for the MAT or who are not allowed to
continue based on their performance will be able to graduate with a BA at the end of four years. Please note
that, if you do not complete the combined program, only two (2) graduate courses can be counted towards the
undergraduate degree.
II.Professional Education Requirements
The methods courses must be taken sequentially and students must earn a B or better in these two courses in
order to remain in good standing and progress to the next course in the sequence. The field experience courses
must be taken concurrently with the methods courses, and students will be required to repeat both courses if
requirements for either course are not met.
Grade
_____ PSY 595 Human Development
_____ CEE 505 Education: Theory and Practice
_____ LIN 544 Language Acquisition and Literacy Development
_____ CEF 347 or 547 Special Education
_____ CEE 577 Teaching Social Studies (corequisite CEF 548) Fall or spring
_____ CEF 548 Field Experience I (1 credit, S/U, must be taken concurrently with CEE 577)
_____ CEE 578 Social Studies Strategies (corequisite CEF 549) Fall or spring
_____ CEF 549 Field Experience II (1 credit, S/U, must be taken concurrently with CEE 578)
_____ CEE 580 Student Teaching Seminar (corequisites CEQ 581 and 581)
_____ CEQ 581 Supervised Student Teaching – Grades 7-9 (S/U)
_____ CEQ 582 Supervised Student Teaching – Grades 10-12 S/U)
III.Other Program and Licensing Requirements
1. All students are required to pass a culminating interview before being accepted for student teaching. The
interview will cover content knowledge, pedagogy, and dispositions. Students will be permitted to repeat
the interview a second time only, though remedial work may be required.
2. Foreign language requirement (equivalent to one year of college study in a foreign language). Students in
the combined program may satisfy this state requirement in several ways:
a. Complete 6 credits of college level language
b. Scores of 3 or above on the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) test in a language other than
English.
c. Earn a C or higher in an intermediate level foreign language course
d. Earn an 85 or higher on the New York Regents exam and have this score shown on the undergraduate
transcript in satisfaction of the University's foreign language requirement.
Sign language will be accepted in satisfaction of this language requirement.
3. New York State Teacher Certification Exams (NYSTCE): Students must pass the LAST test of general
knowledge and the Content Specialty Test (CST) in Social Studies in order to qualify for student teaching.
Passing scores on these two tests, as well as on the Assessment of Teaching Skills/Written component
(ATS/W), are required by New York State for initial certification.
4. For state certification, students must complete seminars in Child Abuse, Substance Abuse, and Violence
Prevention. In addition, PEP requires that students be fingerprinted before the end of Methods I.
5. To obtain a NY teaching license, individuals must either be a US citizen or a lawful resident of the US.
Resident aliens must become US citizens or permanent residents to qualify for professional certification.
IV.Content Area Requirements
Students are expected to complete all of the requirements for the Africana studies major, and courses should
be chosen with care to insure that courses chosen for the major also satisfy social studies and DEC
requirements. Students in the combined program are expected to satisfy the required areas of study, as well as
AFS/AFH 447 or 487, no later than semester 7. Students must complete a minimum of 48 undergraduate
credits in history and the social sciences; this will be easily met through AFS courses required for the major
and the courses taken to satisfy the social studies areas of study. AFH courses can not count towards this
requirement. Transfer courses will be evaluated individually by the program director.
Important Note
Student admitted to the BA/MAT program will at some point be classified as graduate students. This will
happen as of the beginning of the semester in which you will complete your 15th graduate credit. In most
instances this will be at the beginning of your 8th semester. You will also have to pay graduate tuition for your
courses, and your eligibility for undergraduate financial aid and housing will also be affected. Contact SPD
regarding receipt of an application form for change of status from Undergraduate to Graduate Student. You
should contact the Office of Financial Aid to determine how your change in status may affect financial aid
eligibility and the Housing Office if you wish to live in undergraduate housing.
Registration for Graduate Courses
Until you have advanced to graduate status, you will have to get permission to register for graduate courses.
Download the permission form from the social studies web site, complete it, and bring it to Dr. Frohman for
signature.
Grade
Transfer
1.US History to 1877
HIS 103 US History to 1877
2.US History since 1877
HIS 104 US History since 1877
3.Human or Cultural Geography
HIS 281 Global History & Geography
4.Principles of Economics
SSE 100 Principles of Economics
Foundation for Teaching Economics
http://fte.org/online/teachers/eoft/
Courses in accounting, finance or personal economics do not
satisfy this requirement.
5.Western Civ or European History Survey (choose 1)
HIS 101 Europe to 1789
HIS 102 Europe since 1789
6.Latin America (choose 1)
HIS 213 Colonial Latin America
HIS 214 Modern Latin America
LAC 200 Intro. Latin America/Carib.
History, Soc. & Culture
SOC 364 Sociology of Latin America
7.Asia & its Civilizations (choose 1)
HIS 105 The Ancient world
HIS 219 Chinese History and Civ.
HIS 220 Japanese History and Civ.
HIS 227 Islamic Civilization
HIS 341 20th-Century China
HIS 344 Modern Japan
HIS 348 British India
Grade
9.Science, Technology & Society (choose 1)
ANT 290 Science & Technology in
Ancient Society
HIS 237 Science, Technology &
Medicine in Western Civ I
HIS 238 Science, Technology &
Medicine in Western Civ II
SOC 315 Sociology of Technology
EST 201 Technology Trends in Society
10.American Politics & Government (choose 1)
POL 102 American Government
POL 320 Constitutional Law
and Politics
POL 325 Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
11.The Culture Concept in Theory or History (choose 1)
AFS 310 US Attitudes towards Race
AFS 325 Civil Rights Movement
ANT 102 Intro. Cultural Anthropology
ANT 230 Peoples of the World
ANT 351 Comparative Religion
ANT 370 Great Archaeo. Discoveries
HIS 390 Comparative Religion1
SOC 310 Ethnic and Race Relations
Three other courses in history & social sciences2
Foreign language requirement:
Passing Scores:
8.Africa (choose 1)
AFS 221 Modern Africa1
HIS 346 Pol. & Soc. History Africa
Note: Courses in world history may be used to satisfy one
of the areas 6-8 if they address the history of that region in
a substantive way.
Transfer
 LAST
 ATS/W
GPA for Student Teaching:
1
 Regents
 CST
 Fingerprinting

HIS 390-I will be accepted for this requirement only if topic is
comparative religion; consult with instructor for more
information. 2Excluding Psychology
Graduate Coursework: Students must complete at least five graduate history (CEG) courses, and as many as seven
CEG courses may be counted towards the combined degree. Students may also register for 500-level HIS courses with
the permission of the instructor.
CEG 523 Historiography (required)
Four electives chosen from the following:
CEG 532 US History to Civil War
CEJ 501 Traditional China: Culture & Society
CEG 522 US History since Civil War
CEJ 502 Modern China: Culture & Society
CEG 516 Early Modern Europe
HIS 564 Intro. Chinese History
CEG 524 Late Modern Europe
HIS 565 Intro. Japanese History
HIS 541
Colonial Latin America
CEG 517 Modern Latin America
CEG 534 Topics Seminar: Africa
CEG 534 Topics Seminar: Asia
Sample Course of Study
AFS 101
Language
DEC A Writing I
DEC A Writing II
DEC B Humanities
3
3
3
3
3
15
AFS 102
Language
DEC C Math
DEC D Fine Arts
DEC E Natural Sciences I
3
3
3
3
3
15
AFS I (either HIS/AFS 221 or 346)
HIS 101 or 102 (DEC I - European Tradition)
DEC E Natural Sciences II
AFH I (DEC G)
HIS 103-F
Elective
3
3
3
3
3
3
18
HIS 281
HIS 104-F
Asia
POL 102, 320, or 325
AFH II - DEC G
Elective
3
3
3
3
3
3
18
AFS II
AFS UD elective I
AFS UD elective II
African-American Experience I
AFS UD Elective III (must satisfy DEC K)
Principles of economics (SSE 100)
3
3
3
3
3
3
18
Colonial/Modern Latin America
Elective
AFS UD Elective IV
African American Experience II
Global African Experience I
Global African Experience II
3
3
3
3
3
3
18
AFS/AFH 447 or 487
CEF 347 or 547 Special Education
DEC H Science and Technology
CEG 523 Historiography
CEG 2 Graduate history course
3
3
3
3
3
15
CEE 578 - Teaching Social Studies Strategies
CEF 550 - Field Experience
LIN 544 - Language Acquisition & Literacy Dev.
CEG 5 Graduate history course
PSY 595 Human Development
3
1
3
3
3
13
Begin graduate status
CEE 577 - Teaching Social Studies
CEF 549 - Field Experience
CEG 3 Graduate history course
CEG 4 Graduate history course
CEE 505 - Education: Theory and Practice
CEE 580 - Student Teaching Seminar
CEQ 581 - Student Teaching 7-9
CEQ 582 - Student Teaching 10-12
3
1
3
3
3
13
3
3
3
9