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Dual Major in Adolescence Education: Social Studies and History (7-12) [SST and HIS] (Dual Major)

This program in the History Department allows students who major in history to qualify for certification to teach adolescence education in social studies (grades 7-12). It combines a major in history with 48-51 credit hours in additional course work and professional teacher preparation.

In addition to the required 100-level history courses in Western Civilization or World History and the 200-level American history survey courses, all students must take HIS 290 (research methods), HIS 490 (a research seminar) and at least 18 credit hours of 300-level or above history classes with a minimum of three credit hours in each of the four categories and no more than six credit hours in any of the four categories listed here.

United States
Europe
Asia/Latin America/Africa/Middle East
Global/Transnational

Career Potential

Teaching adolescence social studies
Professional schools such as law or social work
Public history (archival or museum work)
Business
Government and non-profit agencies and organizations

A. Requirements for the history major: 36 credit hours

18 credit hours

Choose one sequence:
HIS 100 - The World to 1500 (3 cr. hr.) and
HIS 101 - The World Since 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
or
HIS 110 - Western Civilization to 1715 (3 cr. hr.) and
HIS 111 - Western Civilization since 1715 (3 cr. hr.)
and
HIS 200 - The United States to 1877 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 201 - The United States Since 1877 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 290 - Historical Methods (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 490 - Seminar (3 cr. hr.)

Europe, including Russia, 300 level or above (3-6 cr. hr.)

HIS 318 - The History of Women in Modern Europe (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 333 - Russia, 850-1894 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 334 - Russia Since 1894 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 342 - Ancient Greece (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 343 - Roman History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 344 - Medieval Europe: 300-1050 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 345 - Medieval Europe: 1050-1300 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 346 - Renaissance and Reformation (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 347 - Modern Europe: The French Revolution to World War I (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 348 - Europe Since 1914 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 349 - Central Europe 1789-1918 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 361 - Jews in the Ancient World (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 440 - Britain to 1688 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 441 - Britain Since 1688 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 442 - Tudor-Stuart England, 1485-1714 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 444 - France, 1715-1799: The Old Regime and French Revolution (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 445 - France 1800-1945 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 447 - Germany since 1815 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 448 - Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 452 - War and Diplomacy: World War I (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 453 - War and Diplomacy: World War II (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 460 - The Holocaust (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 465 - The Soviet Union, 1917-1953 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 532 - Issues in European History Since 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 538 - Teaching About Nazi Germany and the Holocaust (3 cr. hr.)

Africa/Asia/Latin America/Middle East, 300 level or above (3-6 cr. hr.)

HIS 321 - Africa, Human Origins to 1800 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 322 - Modern Africa, 1800-Present (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 325 - Colonial Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 326 - Modern Latin America (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 383 - Chinese Civilization (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 384 - Modern China (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 385 - History of Japan (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 386 - Modern East Asia (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 431 - South Africa (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 461 - Modern Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 531 - Issues in African History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 533 - Issues in Asian History (3 cr. hr.)

United States, 300 level or above (3-6 cr. hr.)

HIS 300 - Colonial America, 1450-1750 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 302 - Revolutionary America, 1750-1789 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 303 - The American Republic, 1789-1840 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 304 - The American Republic: 1840-1877 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 306 - The United States: 1877-1920 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 307 - The United States 1920-Present (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 309 - New York State (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 310 - American Intellectual and Cultural History to 1865 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 311 - American intellectual and Cultural History Since 1865 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 312 - African-American History to 1865 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 313 - African-American History Since 1865 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 315 - History of the American West (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 317 - Women in the United States (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 402 - History of Latin American-U.S. Relations (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 415 - History of American Education (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 419 - U.S. Radicalism (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 420 - U.S. Labor and Film (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 421 - U.S. Labor and Working-Class History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 422 - History of U.S. Latinos (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 428 - The Civil Rights Movement in America (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 430 - The Vietnam War (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 509 - Issues in New York State History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 528 - Issues in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 530 - Issues in African-American History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 545 - Issues in Women's History (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 550 - Issues in Early-American History (3 cr. hr.)

Global/Transnational, 300 level or above (3-6 cr. hr.)

HIS 402 - History of Latin American-U.S. Relations (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 432 - World Environmental History (3 cr. hr.)

B. Professional Preparation: 48-51 credit hours

Select one course from GE 12: Science, Technology, Values and Society (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 199 - Critical School Health Issues (2 cr. hr.)
POL 100 - Introduction to American Government and Politics (3 cr. hr.)

Select three credit hours in economics from either:

ECO 105 - Political Economy and Social Thought (3 cr. hr.) or
ECO 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr. hr.)

Select six credit hours in geography:

GRY 120 - Cultural Geography (3 cr. hr.) or
GRY 125 - Human Geography and Global Development (3 cr. hr.)

and select an additional geography course from the following:

GRY 370 - Will the World Provide? A Research Experience for Students (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 480 - United States (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 481 - Geography of New York State (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 482 - The Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 484 - Geography of Europe (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 485 - Africa, South of the Sahara (3 cr. hr.)

Select 15 credit hours in history from the following:

History course requirements in the professional preparation will be fulfilled by the history major requirement.

HIS 100 - The World to 1500 (3 cr. hr.) and
HIS 101 - The World Since 1500 (3 cr. hr.)
or
HIS 110 - Western Civilization to 1715 (3 cr. hr.) and
HIS 111 - Western Civilization since 1715 (3 cr. hr.)

also select:

HIS 200 - The United States to 1877 (3 cr. hr.) and
HIS 201 - The United States Since 1877 (3 cr. hr.)

and take three additional credit hours of history at the 300 level and above.

Select three credit hours from:

AED 310 - Writing in Social Studies (3 cr. hr.)
LIT 449 - Literacy in the Middle and Secondary School (3 cr. hr.)
LIT 549 - Literacy in the Middle and Secondary School (3 cr. hr.)

Select an additional three credit hours from:

PSY 350 - Psychology of Language (3 cr. hr.) or
SHH 300 - Normal Language Development (3 cr. hr.)

Select two:

Note: Transfer students with credit for PSY 232 or PSY 332 will be waived from the PSY 101 requirement.

PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
and
PSY 232 - Adolescent Psychology (3 cr. hr.) or
PSY 332 - Educational Psychology (3 cr. hr.)

C. Professional Sequence: Junior year, seven credit hours

AED 300 - Introduction to Secondary Social Studies (1 cr. hr.)
Spring semester only. A 35-hour field requirement is attached to this course. Requires acceptance into the adolescence education: social studies (SST) major. See program requirements for details. See department for requirements.
AED 391 - Introduction to Adolescence Education (3 cr. hr.)
SSTW majors should take this course fall semester only. A 25-hour field requirement is attached to this course.
SPE 275 - Teaching Students with Disabilities in Adolescence Classrooms (3 cr. hr.)

D. Professional Sequence: Senior year, 21 credit hours

The SST senior sequence is for seniors meeting all SST major and program requirements. AED 301 should be taken the fall semester that precedes student teaching (AED 400, 401, and 402). Student teaching is a capstone experience. Students who cannot graduate by the December following student teaching may not register for the AED 400, 401, 402 sequence.

To be eligible for student teaching, a student must have been accepted into the adolescence education: social studies (7-12) major by the beginning of the second semester of the junior year and must have senior status, at or near 90 credit hours, with 24 credit hours in the academic social science major, which must be officially declared. A student must also have an overall grade point average of 2.5 or higher, a grade point average of 2.7 or higher in the academic social science major, and a C or better in AED 300. No student who receives a grade below a C- in any introductory course in the academic social science major will be allowed to enter student teaching until the course has been retaken and a higher grade earned.

AED 301 - Pre-Practice Teaching Seminar (6 cr. hr.)
Fall semester only. A 40-hour field requirement is attached to this course and must be completed during the preceding spring (May-June).

Student Teaching

Spring semester only. No other courses may be taken during the student teaching semester.

AED 400 - Student Teaching I: Adolescence Education Social Studies (7 cr. hr.)
AED 401 - Student Teaching II: Adolescence Education Social Studies (7 cr. hr.)
AED 402 - Student Teaching Seminar (1 cr. hr.)

Total Credit Hours Required for Graduation: 126

Example of the B.A. in Adolescence Education: Social Studies (7-12) and History over four years

First Year

Fall Total credit hours: 16-17

Foreign language
GE course

COR 101 - The Cortland Experience: A First Year Seminar (1 cr. hr.)
CPN 100 - Writing Studies I (3 cr. hr.) or
CPN 102 - Writing Studies in the Community I (4 cr. hr.)
HIS 100 - The World to 1500 (3 cr. hr.) or
HIS 110 - Western Civilization to 1715 (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 200 - The United States to 1877 (3 cr. hr.)

Spring Total credit hours: 15-16

Foreign language
GE course

CPN 101 - Writing Studies II (3 cr. hr.) or
CPN 103 - Writing Studies in the Community II (4 cr. hr.)
HIS 201 - The United States Since 1877 (3 cr. hr.)
POL 100 - Introduction to American Government and Politics (3 cr. hr.)

Second Year

Fall Total credit hours: 16

2 GE courses
Foreign language
or GE course

HIS 101 - The World Since 1500 (3 cr. hr.) or
HIS 111 - Western Civilization since 1715 (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 101 - Introductory Psychology (3 cr. hr.)

Spring Total credit hours: 18

HIS 300-400 level
Foreign language or
2 GE courses

HIS 290 - Historical Methods (3 cr. hr.)
PSY 232 - Adolescent Psychology (3 cr. hr.) or
PSY 332 - Educational Psychology (3 cr. hr.)
AED 310 - Writing in Social Studies (3 cr. hr.) or
LIT 449 - Literacy in the Middle and Secondary School (3 cr. hr.)

Third Year

Fall Total credit hours: 17

Two HIS 300-400 level

AED 391 - Introduction to Adolescence Education (3 cr. hr.)
GRY 120 - Cultural Geography (3 cr. hr.) or
GRY 125 - Human Geography and Global Development (3 cr. hr.)
HLH 199 - Critical School Health Issues (2 cr. hr.)
PSY 350 - Psychology of Language (3 cr. hr.) or
SHH 300 - Normal Language Development (3 cr. hr.)

Spring Total credit hours: 18

GE course
Three HIS 300-400 level

AED 300 - Introduction to Secondary Social Studies (1 cr. hr.)
ECO 105 - Political Economy and Social Thought (3 cr. hr.) or
ECO 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 cr. hr.)

Fourth Year

Fall Total credit hours: 15

One HIS 300-400 level

AED 301 - Pre-Practice Teaching Seminar (6 cr. hr.)
GRY 370 - Will the World Provide? A Research Experience for Students (3 cr. hr.) or
GRY 480 - United States (3 cr. hr.) or
GRY 481 - Geography of New York State (3 cr. hr.) or
GRY 482 - The Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean (3 cr. hr.) or
GRY 484 - Geography of Europe (3 cr. hr.) or
GRY 485 - Africa, South of the Sahara (3 cr. hr.)
HIS 490 - Seminar (3 cr. hr.)

Spring Total credit hours: 15

AED 400 - Student Teaching I: Adolescence Education Social Studies (7 cr. hr.)
AED 401 - Student Teaching II: Adolescence Education Social Studies (7 cr. hr.)
AED 402 - Student Teaching Seminar (1 cr. hr.)