Program: Social Science Major (SSCT) (Teacher Licensure), BA - Harding University

Requirements

Liberal Arts: 35 Hours

All majors at Harding are required to complete 53 hours of Liberal Arts studies. The following Liberal Arts requirements are met within the content of the major:

EDFD 203 is required in place of PSY 201 in the Individual and Social Environment component and is counted below in hours required for licensure.
POLS 205 and 6 hours of history are counted below in the hours required for the major.
POLS 202 and 3 of the geography hours counted in the major satisfy the Global Perspectives component.

Major: 57 Hours

ECON 201 - Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 302 - Regional Geography: Europe and the Americas Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 303 - Regional Geography: Africa and Asia Credit Hours: 3
HIST 101 - American History to 1877 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 102 - American History Since 1877 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 110 - Western Civilization to 1500 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 111 - Western Civilization Since 1500 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 201 - The U.S. and the World in the Contemporary Age Credit Hours: 3
HIST 336 - Arkansas History Credit Hours: 3
POLS 202 - International Relations Credit Hours: 3
POLS 205 - American National Government Credit Hours: 3
POLS 353 - Arkansas and State and Local Government Credit Hours: 3
SOCS 260 - Research and Writing Credit Hours: 3
SOCS 461 - Senior Seminar-Social Sciences Credit Hours: 3
SOC 203 - General Sociology Credit Hours: 3
3 hours of American history
3 hours of upper level non-American history
3 additional hours from the other social sciences

3 hours from:

HIST 209 - History and Culture of Africa Credit Hours: 3
HIST 211 - History and Culture of the Far East Credit Hours: 3
HIST 213 - History and Culture of the Middle East Credit Hours: 3
HIST 215 - History and Culture of Latin America Credit Hours: 3

Teacher Licensure: 31 Hours

Consult the Cannon-Clary College of Education catalog section for additional teacher licensure information.

EDFD 200 - Chalk / Wire ePortfolio
EDFD 202 - The Teaching Profession and Technology - Field Experience I Credit Hours: 3
EDFD 203 - Child and Adolescent Development Credit Hours: 3
EDFD 311 - Principles of Learning and Teaching Credit Hours: 3
RDNG 415 - Interdisciplinary Literacy Credit Hours: 3
SEED 314 - Classroom Management and Assessment - Field Experience II Credit Hours: 2
SEED 417 - Classroom Assessment Credit Hours: 2
SEED 429 - Teaching Social Science Credit Hours: 3
SEED 451 - Supervised Teaching - Internship II Credit Hours: 8-12
SEED 480 - Professional Educator-Secondary Credit Hours: 2
SPED 418 - Educating the Child with Exceptionalities: Secondary Credit Hours: 2

Note(s):

Students seeking teaching licensure must follow eligibility criteria for admission and retention listed in the Cannon-Clary College of Education section of the undergraduate catalog.

Remaining Bible/Electives: 6 Hours

Bible is not required during the supervised teaching semester. See Bible Class Enrollment policy here .

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