Secondary Education Requirements for Social Studies
Students who plan to teach at the high school level should major in a secondary subject matter field. Secondary teaching certification requirements include the college core, additional teacher education core courses, the specialty area courses (outlined under the respective department sections of this catalog), and all professional education courses including EDU 300, EDU 300.1, EDU 436, EDU 450, EDU 372, EDU 446, EDU 484, PSY 203 and PSY 204.
Bachelor of Arts General core: 46 hours of courses are required for admission to teacher certification: ENG 101-102, six hours of English literature, MAT 131 or higher, PSY 201, COM 101 or 230, HIS 101 or 201, HIS 102 or 202, three hours of fine arts, four hours of a lab science, six hours of Foreign Language (intermediate level), three hours of a social studies elective (history, political science, geography, anthropology, economics sociology) and three hours of history, philosophy or English elective.
Social Science Major, Teacher Licensure: To be licensed to teach social science at the secondary level, a student must meet the following requirements:
- completion of all core curriculum requirements for the Bachelor of Science [B.S.] degree,
- completion of all professional requirements mandated by the State of Mississippi licensure standards, and
- completion of the requirements for the major in social science including SOC 101, 111, PSC 201, ECO 201- 202, HIS 101-102, 201-202, 331, 369, 403 or 404, 421, six hours of upper-level electives in HIS, and three hours of upper-level electives in HIS, SOC, or PSC.