Social Studies, Instructional Certification: Teacher Certification in Social Studies - Preschool through Grade 12

Program Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Teaching Field Requirements
Select a Teaching Field Option based on your undergraduate major		48
Teaching Methods
SASE 501	Graduate Methods of Teaching Social Studies	3
Total Credits		51

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Additional Requirements for State Certification
Speech
CMST 101	Fundamentals of Speech: Communication Requirement ¹	3
Physiology and Hygiene
Pass the MSU Health Knowledge Test available through the Center of Pedagogy or have the Undergraduate equivalent course approved by advisor.
Educational Psychology
EDFD 582	Learning Theories	3
or PSYC 560	Advanced Educational Psychology
Graduate Professional Sequence
Introductory Sequence
EDFD 505	Teaching, Democracy, and Schooling	3
or SASE 505	Teaching, Democracy, and Schooling
SASE 518	Technology Integration in the Classroom	1
Diversity and Instructional Sequence
EDFD 509	Sociocultural Perspectives on Curriculum and Assessment	3
or SASE 509	Sociocultural Perspectives on Curriculum and Assessment
EDFD 516	Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners	1
or SASE 516	Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners
SASE 517	Inclusive Classrooms in Middle and Secondary Schools ²	1
READ 501	Techniques of Reading Improvement in the Secondary School	3
EDFD 519	Assessment for Authentic Learning	3
or SASE 519	Assessment for Authentic Learning
Pedagogical Sequence I
SASE 526	Seminar in Inclusive Pedagogies	3
SASE 527	Clinical Practice I	3
Pedagogical Sequence II
SASE 514	In-Service Graduate Clinical Practice II ³	6
or SASE 529	Clinical Practice II
SASE 543	Advanced Seminar in Inclusive Pedagogies	3
Total Credits		36

May be completed by examination.

Post-BA students in the Health and Physical Education program are exempt from this course.

SASE 514 is for in-service teachers.

Additional Requirements for State Certification

The following additional requirements must be met prior to student teaching. Upon admission to the program, the student's submitted transcripts are evaluated to determine if any of these requirements have been fulfilled by previous coursework. In such cases, the requirement(s) appears on the degree audit as being waived.

CMST 101 or Speech Challenge Exam or documented & approved experience
Physiology & Hygiene - free test at county office of education or BIOL/HLTH course
Educational Psychology - EDFD 582 or PSYC 560
Psychology or equivalent undergraduate course work

Note: Certification requirements are subject to change.

Teaching Field Requirements Options

Select a set of requirements based on your undergraduate major.

History
Anthropology
Economics
Geography
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology

History

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Undergraduate History
Select 36 credits from the following:		36
HIST 100	The Study of History
HIST 101	Connections: Years That Made History
HIST 103	Foundations of Western Civilization
HIST 105	Emergence of European Civilization, 1500-1914
HIST 106	Contemporary Europe, 1914 to the Present
HIST 108	Introduction to African Civilization
HIST 109	Introduction to Islamic Civilization
HIST 110	Introduction to American Studies
HIST 111	Special Topics in Contemporary American Society in Historical Perspective
HIST 112	Introduction to the Modern Middle East
HIST 114	Early Latin America
HIST 115	History of Puerto Rico
HIST 116	Modern Latin America
HIST 117	History of the United States to 1876
HIST 118	History of the United States Since 1876
HIST 128	Pre-Modern Japan: A History of Japan to the Meiji Restoration
HIST 129	Modern Japan: A History of Japan From the Meiji Through the Showa
HIST 131	Introduction to Indian Civilization
HIST 132	Introduction to Chinese Civilization
HIST 133	Modern Chinese Civilization
HIST 138	Introduction to Modern South Asia
HIST 141	Introduction to World History Since 1500
HIST 204	The Second World War
HIST 205	Minorities in American History
HIST 212	Social History of the United States
HIST 213	Economic History of the United States
HIST 214	History of United States Foreign Relations
HIST 215	U.S. Women’s History
HIST 216	Italian America Past and Present
HIST 217	History of Black Americans
HIST 218	Political History of the United States
HIST 219	Sport in History
HIST 221	Europe's Conquest of the Americas, 1415-1763
HIST 222	Economic History of Europe
HIST 223	Communist Revolution in China
HIST 231	New Jersey: Past and Present
HIST 250	Special Topics in History
HIST 281
HIST 282
HIST 299	History Study Abroad
HIST 300	Research Seminar
HIST 309	Feminist Ideas in Western Thought
HIST 311	Early History of New Jersey 1702-89
HIST 312	Historical Geography of the United States
HIST 313	Biography in American History
HIST 314	Women and Migration
HIST 315	War in History
HIST 319	American Urban History to 1880
HIST 320	American Urban History Since 1880
HIST 321	History of American Workers Since 1860
HIST 322	Medieval European Civilization 450-1350
HIST 323	History of Russia to 1917
HIST 324	Russia Since 1917
HIST 326	Modern German History
HIST 327	History of France Since 1789
HIST 328	Conflict in Modern Ireland
HIST 329	History of England to 1714
HIST 330	Chinese Social History Through Literature
HIST 331	History of England 1714-1914
HIST 333	History of Brazil
HIST 334	Women and Gender in the Middle East: Past and Present
HIST 339	Seminar in Latin American History
HIST 400	Senior Seminar in History
HIST 401	Kingdoms in the Sun:Sicily and Southern Italy in Antiquity and the Middle Ages
HIST 406	History of Capitalism in the United States
HIST 407	U.S. Immigration History
HIST 408	Independent Study European History
HIST 409	Independent Study Non-Western History
HIST 410	Independent Study in American History
HIST 411	Cultural and Intellectual History of the United States Since 1880
HIST 413	The Philosophy of History
HIST 415	European Social History
HIST 416	Church and State in Latin America
HIST 419	Age of Renaissance, 1350-1517
HIST 420	The Reformation Era, 1500-1650
HIST 422	Studies in Enlightenment History
HIST 424	Diplomatic History of Europe
HIST 426	The Nazi Third Reich
HIST 427	The Holocaust, 1939-1945
HIST 430	Revolutions in Latin American History
HIST 431	Development of Indian Character and Culture
HIST 432	Development of Japanese Character and Culture
HIST 433	American Colonial History 1607-1763
HIST 434	American Revolution and Early Republic, 1763-1828
HIST 435	The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877
HIST 436	The Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1877-1920
HIST 437	The Rise and Decline of the New Deal Order: United States Politics and Society, 1920·1980
HIST 438	America in the Sixties: The Crisis of Consensus Liberalism
HIST 443	Internship in History
HIST 460	Independent Transcultural Study
HIST 499	Special Topics in History
Select 12 credits from at least 3 Social Science disciplines from the following:		12
ANTH 100	Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 101	Physical Anthropology
ANTH 102	Linguistic Anthropology
ANTH 103	Introduction to Archaeology
ANTH 105	Introduction to Disability Studies, Rights, and Culture
ANTH 110	Anthropology of Multicultural America
ANTH 115	Cultures of the Middle East
ANTH 120	Native North Americans
ANTH 125	Anthropology of Globalization
ANTH 130	Cultures of South Asia
ANTH 135	Anthropology of Conflict and Violence
ANTH 140	Non-Western Contributions to the Western World
ANTH 145	Human Variation
ANTH 150	Cultures of Latin America
ANTH 160	The Anthropology of Race
ANTH 170	Peoples of Africa
ANTH 180	Health and Healing in Cross Cultural Perspective
ANTH 255	Urban Anthropology
ANTH 290	Historical Archaeology
ANTH 195	Cultures of Central Asia
ANTH 201	Applied Anthropology
ANTH 220	American Folk Culture
ANTH 270	Archaeology of Ancient Middle America
ANTH 301	Methods in Anthropological Research and Practice
ANTH 310	Immigration: An Anthropological Perspective
ANTH 320	Caribbean Archaeology
ANTH 330	The Anthropology of Food and Nutrition
ANTH 340	The Anthropology of Work
ANTH 350	Anthropology of Aging and the Aged
ANTH 360	Environmental Anthropology
ANTH 370	Experimental Archaeology
ANTH 380	Anthropology: Gender and Sexuality
ANTH 401	Seminar in Anthropological Theory
ANTH 410	Public Archaeology
ANTH 414	Special Topics in Anthropology
ANTH 421	Communities in Transition
ANTH 422	Environment and Community
ANTH 423	Community and Health
ANTH 425	Anthropology of Religion
ANTH 429	Building Sustainable Communities
ANTH 430	Analyzing Ethnographic Discourse and Interaction
ANTH 432	Development of Japanese Character and Culture
ANTH 440	Medical Anthropology
ANTH 460	Field Methods: Visual Anthropology
ANTH 470	Archaeological Field Methods
ANTH 480	Independent Research in Anthropology
ANTH 490	Internship in Anthropology
EAES 100	Principles of Geography
EAES 101	Planet Earth
EAES 102	Principles of Geology
EAES 103	Earth in Space and Time
EAES 104	Natural Disasters
EAES 105	Physical Geology
EAES 106	The National Parks and their Geology
EAES 107	Earth and the Environment
EAES 109	Freshman Seminar in Geoscience and Geography
EAES 120	The Study of Gems
EAES 140	Dinosaurs, Their Life and Times
EAES 150	General Oceanography
EAES 160	The Human Environment
EAES 161	Human Geography
EAES 170	World Geography
EAES 200	Geomorphology
EAES 201	Understanding Weather and Climate
EAES 202	Introduction to Sustainability Science
EAES 204	Geology Field Trip
EAES 210	Introduction to GIS and Remote Sensing
EAES 211	Aerial Photograph Interpretation
EAES 212	Map Reading and Cartography
EAES 220	Mineralogy
EAES 230	Hydrology
EAES 240	Earth System History
EAES 250	Introduction to Marine Sciences
EAES 260	Energy, Environment and Society
EAES 261	Conservation of Natural Resources
EAES 262	Our Finite Earth: Population and Resources
EAES 263	Noise Pollution: Contemporary Problems and Issues
EAES 264	The Geography of Life and Death
EAES 270	Geography of North America
EAES 271	Geography of East and Southeast Asia
EAES 272	Land and Life in Latin America
EAES 273	New Jersey Environment: Problems and Issues
EAES 280	Principles of Land Use
EAES 281	Introduction to American Urban Studies
EAES 282	Urban Design and Architecture: American Cityscape
EAES 283	Urban Georgraphy
EAES 300	Energy Transitions: A Global Dependence
EAES 301	Climatology
EAES 302	Structural Geology
EAES 303	Field Geography
EAES 310	Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
EAES 311	Fundamentals of Remote Sensing of Environment
EAES 320	Igneous Metamorphic Petrology
EAES 321	Economic Geology
EAES 322	Environmental Geochemistry
EAES 330	Fluvial Geography
EAES 331	Geohydrology
EAES 332	Hydroclimatology
EAES 340	Sedimentology
EAES 341	Principles of Soil Science
EAES 342	Invertebrate Paleobiology
EAES 343	Geoarchaeology
EAES 350	Oceanography
EAES 360	Contemporary Problems in Conservation of Natural Resources
EAES 361	Environmental Policy
EAES 362	Environmental Gerontology
EAES 363	Geopolitics
EAES 370	World Resources and Industries
EAES 371	Geography of Europe
EAES 372	Geography of South Asia
EAES 373	Historical Geography of the United States
EAES 374	Latin American Environments and Economies in a Global Framework
EAES 375	Culture in Transition in India: An Anthropo-Geographical Approach
EAES 376	Geography of New Jersey
EAES 377	Geography of Sub-Sahara Africa
EAES 378	Geography of the Middle East
EAES 379	Geography: The Former Soviet Union
EAES 380	Transportation
EAES 381	Urban Field Studies
EAES 382	Geography of Manufacturing
EAES 383	Location of Economic Activity
EAES 384	Managing the Urban Environment
EAES 385	Urbanization and Environment
EAES 386	People and Cities: Comparative Urban Studies
EAES 390	Research Methods
EAES 391	Quantitative Methods in Geography and Urban Studies
EAES 401	Geo-Ecology
EAES 402	Sustainability Science Seminar
EAES 403	Meteorology
EAES 404	Field Geology
EAES 410	Special Topics in Advanced GIScience
EAES 412	Computer Mapping
EAES 419	Senior Seminar in Geographic Information Science
EAES 427	Organic Geochemistry
EAES 441	Stratigraphy
EAES 443	Geology of the Vertebrates
EAES 451	Coastal Marine Geology
EAES 452	Dynamic Beach Processes
EAES 453	Tidal Marsh Sedimentations
EAES 454	Human Impact on the Coastal Zone
EAES 455	Field Methods in Oceanography
EAES 456	Physical Oceanography
EAES 458	Marine Science Education
EAES 459	Independent Study in the Marine Sciences
EAES 460	Environmental Law
EAES 462	Population Problems of the World
EAES 463	Culture and Resource Utilization
EAES 470	The Geology of New Jersey
EAES 471	Urban Studies: London and the British New Towns Movement
EAES 475	Environmental Economics
EAES 476	Seminar in International Economic Geography
EAES 480	Urbanization in World Perspective
EAES 481	Problems in Urban Geography
EAES 482	Real Estate Principles
EAES 483	Advanced Real Estate
EAES 484	Urban Planning
EAES 486	Village to Metropolis: Urbanization in Latin America
EAES 487	Senior Seminar in Urban Study (Urban Studies Internship)
EAES 490	Independent Study in Geography
EAES 491	Internship
EAES 492	Honors Research
EAES 494	Independent Study in Geoscience
EAES 495	Readings in Earth Environmental Studies
EAES 496	Special Topics in Earth and Environmental Studies Seminar
EAES 497	Senior Seminar Geography
EAES 498	Senior Seminar in Earth and Environmental Science
EAES 499	Special Topics in Earth and Environmental Studies
ECON 100	Introduction to Economics
ECON 101	Applied Macroeconomics
ECON 102	Applied Microeconomics
ECON 202	Economics and Finance for Non-Business Majors
ECON 203	Fundamental Mathematics for Economics
ECON 205	Collective Bargaining: Theory and Practice
ECON 206	Managerial Economics
ECON 207	Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis
ECON 208	Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis
ECON 213	Economic History of the United States
ECON 215	The Economics of Social Problems
ECON 221	Economics of Professional Sports
ECON 222	Economic History of Europe
ECON 223	Economics of Fine and Performing Arts
ECON 224	Financial Economics
ECON 250	Special Topics in Economics
ECON 300	World Resources and Industries
ECON 301	Money and Banking
ECON 303	Economic Growth and Development
ECON 304	Public Policies Toward Business
ECON 308	Public Finance
ECON 310	Urban and Regional Economics
ECON 311	Labor Economics
ECON 314	Development of Economic Thought
ECON 317	Quantitative Methods for Economics
ECON 320	Latin American Environments and Economies in a Global Framework
ECON 370	International Economics
ECON 390	Applied Econometrics
ECON 398	Economics Independent Study
ECON 401	Financial Institutions
ECON 403	Comparative Economic Systems
ECON 404	Interdependence in the Global Economy
ECON 405	Economic Development of Sub-Saharan Africa
ECON 407	Economics of Industrial Organization
ECON 408	Strategic Thinking and Game Theory
ECON 409	Economics of National Security
ECON 410	Computer Applications in Economics and Finance
ECON 412	Business Forecasting and Analytics
ECON 414	Economics of Natural Resources and Global Warming
ECON 419	Economics Of Energy And Environmental Policy
ECON 438	Advanced Seminar in Economics
ECON 439	Advanced Seminar in Economics: Honors I
ECON 440	Advanced Seminar in Economics: Honors II
ECON 461	Seminar in International Economic Geography
ECON 490	Real Estate Internship
ECON 497	Economics Independent Study
POLS 100	Introduction to Politics
POLS 101	American Government and Politics
POLS 199	Freshman Seminar in Political Science and Law
POLS 201	Comparative Politics
POLS 202	International Relations
POLS 203	International Organizations
POLS 204	Government and Politics of Africa
POLS 205	Introduction to Public Administration
POLS 206	Government and Politics of China and Japan
POLS 207	American Foreign Policy
POLS 214	Women in Politics
POLS 215	Ethnic Politics in America
POLS 216	Urban Politics
POLS 300	Essentials of Political Thought
POLS 301	American Party System
POLS 302	Public Opinion and Pressure Groups
POLS 303	Politics of Development and Modernization
POLS 304	State and Local Government
POLS 306	Campaign Politics
POLS 307	American Political Thought
POLS 310	Public Personnel Administration
POLS 311	Governmental Budgeting
POLS 312	Black Politics in America
POLS 313	The Internet, Politics Public Policy
POLS 314	Seminar in Campaign Politics
POLS 315	Urban Administration
POLS 317	The American Congress
POLS 318	The American Presidency
POLS 319	Politics and Film
POLS 320	Law in Society: Civil Law
POLS 321	Law in Society: Criminal Law
POLS 322	American Constitutional Law: The Federal System
POLS 323	American Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties
POLS 324	American Public Policy
POLS 327	Food and Politics
POLS 329	Narco-Terrorism
POLS 331	Animal Rights: Law, Politics and Culture
POLS 332	U.S. Immigration: Law and Politics
POLS 333	Special Topics in Political Thought
POLS 334	Politics of Science Fiction
POLS 335	Theories of Political Economy
POLS 339	Contemporary Western European Politics
POLS 340	Government and Politics of India and South Asia
POLS 341	Government and Politics of Latin America
POLS 342	Government and Politics of the Middle East
POLS 343	Government and Politics in the Post-Soviet States
POLS 344	Government and Politics in the East European States
POLS 351	Comparative Legal Perspectives: Israel and the United States
POLS 353	Intelligence and National Security
POLS 362	International Relations in Asia
POLS 363	Politics and Morality of War
POLS 364	War and International Security
POLS 365	Global Environmental Politics
POLS 410	Directed Study
POLS 416	Special Topics in Political Science
POLS 420	Seminar and Internship in Political Science
POLS 425	Politics of Federal Bureaucracy
POLS 426	Seminar and Internship in Public Administration I
POLS 427	Seminar and Internship in Public Administration II
POLS 429	Polling in the U.S
POLS 430	International Law
POLS 431	Globalization and Security
POLS 436	Political Science Washington, D.C., Internship
POLS 497	Honors Seminar-Political Science
PSYC 101	Introduction to Psychology
PSYC 103	Freshman Seminar
PSYC 109	The Human Environment
PSYC 120	Psychology of Leadership for Emerging Leaders: Theory and Application
PSYC 200	Educational Psychology
PSYC 201	Child Psychology
PSYC 202	Adolescent Psychology
PSYC 203	Introduction to Psychological Research
PSYC 220	Introduction to Statistical Methods in Psychology
PSYC 224	Children's Rights and Child Advocacy
PSYC 225	Psychology of Adjustment
PSYC 227	Psychological Aspects of Human Sexuality
PSYC 230	Environmental Psychology
PSYC 231	Psychology of Aggression
PSYC 235	Psychology of Exceptional Children and Youth
PSYC 245	Hispanic/Latino Psychology
PSYC 246	Psychology of the Black Experience
PSYC 248	Psychology and Law
PSYC 265	Psychology of Women
PSYC 268	Psychological Aspects of Aging
PSYC 288	Introduction to Cognitive Science
PSYC 294	Psychology of Leadership: Theory and Application
PSYC 300	The Teaching of Psychology
PSYC 301	Experimental Psychology
PSYC 302	Health Psychology
PSYC 303	Industrial and Organizational Psychology
PSYC 304	Social Psychology
PSYC 305	Physiological Psychology
PSYC 306	Psychology Of Work: Personnel Psychology
PSYC 307	Psychology 0f Work: Organizational Psychology
PSYC 308	Perception
PSYC 309	Psychological Anthropology
PSYC 310	Introduction to Psychological Testing
PSYC 313	Cognition
PSYC 314	Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making
PSYC 320	Developmental Psychology I
PSYC 324	Contemporary Issues in Child Advocacy
PSYC 330	Forensic Psychology
PSYC 332	Psychological Foundations of Personality
PSYC 340	Human Learning and Memory
PSYC 348	Psycholinguistics
PSYC 353	Comparative Animal Behavior
PSYC 354	Clinical Psychology
PSYC 355	Motivation
PSYC 358	Fundamentals of Conditioning and Learning
PSYC 360	History and Systems of Psychology
PSYC 365	Abnormal Psychology
PSYC 366	Health Psychology: Applications to the Community
PSYC 375	Evolutionary Psychology
PSYC 402	Systems of Psychotherapy
PSYC 420	Packaged Computer Programs for Psychology
PSYC 459	Special Topics in Psychology
PSYC 488	Seminar in Cognitive Science
PSYC 491	Independent Study I: Research
PSYC 492	Independent Study II: Research
PSYC 495	Psychology Honors I
PSYC 496	Psychology Honors II
SOCI 100	Introduction to Sociology
SOCI 102	Racial and Ethnic Relations
SOCI 104	Sociology of the Family
SOCI 105	Black Family
SOCI 106	Individual and Society
SOCI 112	Sociology of Leisure
SOCI 113	Social Problems
SOCI 201	Foundations of Sociological Inquiry
SOCI 207	Social Structure of American Society
SOCI 208	Men and Masculinities
SOCI 209	Sociology of Poverty and Welfare
SOCI 212	Sociology of Technology
SOCI 215	Sociology of Sports
SOCI 219	Sociology of Aging
SOCI 220	Sociology of Rich and Poor Nations
SOCI 230	Sociology of Conflict and Violence
SOCI 240	Statistics for Social Research
SOCI 290	Cooperative Education in Sociology
SOCI 301	Sociological Research Methods I
SOCI 302	Sociological Research Methods II
SOCI 303	Large Scale Organizations
SOCI 304	Sociology of Work and Professions
SOCI 309	Sociology of Health and Illness
SOCI 310	Directed Independent Research
SOCI 311	Urban Sociology
SOCI 312	Environmental Sociology
SOCI 313	Sociological Theory: A Critical Analysis
SOCI 314	Environmental Justice
SOCI 315	Social Inequality
SOCI 316	Sociology of Education
SOCI 318	Sociology of Population
SOCI 330	Political Sociology
SOCI 334	Comparative Social Analysis
SOCI 336	Sociology and Social Work
SOCI 340	Social Change in a Global World
SOCI 364	Religion, Culture, and Society
SOCI 400	Senior Project
SOCI 401	Sociology of Emotions
SOCI 402	Social Contexts of Mental Illness and Treatment
SOCI 405	Deviance and Social Control
SOCI 407	Sociology of the Mass Media
SOCI 408	Social Movements
SOCI 411	Special Topics in Sociology
SOCI 416	Qualitative Research in Sociology
SOCI 420	Sociology of Law
SOCI 426	Sociology of Sexuality
SOCI 430	Sociology of Gender
Total Credits		48

Anthropology

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Undergraduate Anthropology
Select 36 credits in undergraduate ANTH courses		36
Select 12 credits in undergraduate HIST courses		12
Total Credits		48

Economics

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Undergraduate Economics
Select 36 credits of undergraduate ECON courses		36
Select 12 credits of undergraduate HIST courses		12
Total Credits		48

Geography

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Undergraduate Geography
Select 36 credits of undergraduate Geography courses		36
Select 12 credits of undergraduate HIST courses		12
Total Credits		48

Political Science

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Undergraduate Political Science
Select 36 credits of undergraduate POLS courses		36
Select 12 credits of undergraduate HIST courses		12
Total Credits		48

Psychology

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Undergraduate Psychology
Select 36 credits of undergraduate PSYC courses		36
Select 12 credits of undergraduate HIST courses		12
Total Credits		48

Sociology

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Undergraduate Sociology
Select 36 credits of undergraduate SOCI courses		36
Select 12 credits of undergraduate HIST courses		12
Total Credits		48

Social Studies, Instructional Certification: Teacher Certification in Social Studies - Preschool through Grade 12 - Graduate