Social Studies Education (grades 4-12), B.A.

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Students who have successfully completed the professional sequence in Education and a B.A. in Social Studies Education (grades 4-12) from Lakeland University should be able to:

Demonstrate proficiency with central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines within the social sciences.
Demonstrate knowledge and skill with the content and methodologies of the disciplines identified within the Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies.
Demonstrate proficiency in teaching a broad set of social science disciplines to students in grades 4-12.

Major Requirements (54 semester hours)

Additional Requirements:

Nine (9) additional semester hours in history (HIS) numbered 200 or above, three (3) semester hours of which must be numbered 300 or above.
Nine (9) semester hours of electives from at least two (2) other social science disciplines - anthropology (ANT), economics (ECN), political science (POL), psychology (PSY), and sociology (SOC), excluding cross-listed education/psychology courses—six (6) of which must be numbered 300 or above.
Service learning/civic engagement project: Students must complete a service learning/civic engagement project in either HIS 250 /450 - History of the Civil Rights Movement or HIS 362 - United States Women’s History or HIS 372 - United States Ethnic History or a comparable project approved by program faculty.

Teacher Certification:

To qualify for Social Studies Education (grades 4-12) Teacher Certification, a student must complete the courses listed above, the Middle & High School Education Professional Sequence, and the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s (DPI) statutory requirements.