Social Science Major (SSCT) (Teacher licensure), BA

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 2030 , required in place of PSY 2010 , satisfies three hours of the Individual and Social Environment component and is counted below in the hours required for licensure.
• POLS 1787  and 6 hours of history are counted below in the hours required for the major.
• POLS 2100  and GEOG 2506  or GEOG 2551  are counted below in the hours required for the major and satisfy the Global Perspectives component.

Notes:

• Students must take any mathematics course numbered MATH 1200  or higher to satisfy three hours of the Natural World component, excluding MATH 1340 , MATH 2131 , MATH 2231 , MATH 2700 , and MATH 2900 .

Major: 58 Hours

• ANTH 2500 - Anthropology Credit Hours: 3

• or PSY 3800 - Psychology of Personality Credit Hours: 3 

  or PSY 3820 - Abnormal Psychology Credit Hours: 3  

• ECON 2010 - Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
• GEOG 2506 - Regional Geography: Europe and the Americas Credit Hours: 3

• or GEOG 2551 - Regional Geography: Africa and Asia Credit Hours: 3  

• HIST 1010 - American History to 1877 Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 1020 - American History Since 1877 Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 2100 - Western Civilization to 1500 Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 2110 - Western Civilization Since 1500 Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 2708 - History and Culture of Africa Credit Hours: 3

• or HIST 2727 - History and Culture of the Far East Credit Hours: 3   

  or HIST 2742 - History and Culture of the Middle East Credit Hours: 3  

  or HIST 2763 - History and Culture of Latin America Credit Hours: 3  

• HIST 3021 - Arkansas History Credit Hours: 3
• HIST 3702 - Ancient World Credit Hours: 3

• or HIST 3748 - Classical World Credit Hours: 3  

  or HIST 3763 - Medieval Europe Credit Hours: 3  

  or HIST 3907 - Renaissance and Reformation: 1400-1648 Credit Hours: 3  

  or HIST 3923 - Early Modern Europe: 1648-1815 Credit Hours: 3  

  or HIST 3947 - 19th Century Europe Credit Hours: 3  

  or HIST 3962 - 20th Century Europe Credit Hours: 3  

  or HIST 4303 - History of England Credit Hours: 3  

• HIST 3808 - Colonial America Credit Hours: 3

• or HIST 3822 - Early National America Credit Hours: 3   

  or HIST 3867 - Emergence of Modern United States: 1865-1920 Credit Hours: 3   

  or HIST 3888 - Recent United States History: 1920-1989 Credit Hours: 3   

• POLS 1787 - American National Government Credit Hours: 3
• POLS 2100 - International Relations Credit Hours: 3
• POLS 3251 - Arkansas and State and Local Government Credit Hours: 3
• POLS 3307 - Political Economy Credit Hours: 3

• or ECON 2020 - Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3  

• SOC 2030 - General Sociology Credit Hours: 3
• SOCS 2600 - Research and Writing Credit Hours: 3
• SOCS 4700 - Advanced Methods in Social Science Credit Hours: 1
• 3 hours of elective History
• 3 hours of upper level Political Science

Teacher Licensure: 31 Hours

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

• EDFD 2020 - The Teaching Profession and Technology - Field Experience I Credit Hours: 3
• EDFD 2030 - Child and Adolescent Development Credit Hours: 3
• EDFD 3110 - Principles of Learning and Teaching Credit Hours: 3
• RDNG 4150 - Disciplinary Literacy Credit Hours: 3
• SEED 4140 - Managing the Learning Environment - Internship I Credit Hours: 2
• SEED 4170 - Classroom Assessment Credit Hours: 2
• SEED 4290 - Teaching Social Science Credit Hours: 3
• SEED 4510 - Supervised Teaching: Secondary 7-12 Credit Hours: 8-12
• SEED 4800 - Professional Educator-Secondary Credit Hours: 2
• SPED 3180 - Educating the Child with Exceptionalities: Secondary Credit Hours: 2

Remaining Bible/Electives: 6 Hours

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