Social Studies (Composite), B.S.H.S. Grades 7-12 (H.SOSC)

Core Curriculum

Core Distinctive

FYSM 1300	First Year Seminar: Gateway	3
COMM 1301	Speech Communication	3
KINE 1170	Wellness for Life	1
HIST 1300	Making US History	3
RELI 2345	The Religious and Philosophical Life	3
ENGL 3300	Writing As Discovery	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Writing

ENGL 1301	Freshmen Writing I	3
	Or
ENGL 1302	Freshmen Writing II	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Literature

ENGL 2301	World Literature	3
	Or
ENGL 2302	English Literature	3
	Or
ENGL 2303	American Literature	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Fine Arts

	Fine Arts - from Art, Music, Theatre – See Major
Total Credit Hours:		3

Christian Studies

BIBL 1301	Old Testament Survey	3
	Or
BIBL 1302	New Testament Survey	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Kinesiology, Health and Recreation

KINE	Activity course (X 2)
Total Credit Hours:		2

Math

MATH 1301	Aspects of Modern Math	3
	or higher
Total Credit Hours:		3

Natural and Physical Sciences

	BIOL or ENVS	3
	PHYS, GEOL, CHEM, or PHSC	3
	Science Lab	1
Total Credit Hours:		7

Social and Behavioral Sciences

Must be from outside the major & minor

POLS 1302	American Government	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Total Credit Hours: 43

Requirements

Major: Social Sciences

Required GPA for major is 2.8

HIST 1301	U S History to 1876	3
HIST 1302	U S History Since 1876	3
HIST 2301	History of Western Civilization to 1550	3
HIST 2302	History of Western Civilization Since, 1550	3
HIST 3100	Historiography	1
HIST 3200	Seminar in Historical Writing	2
HIST 3306	Studies in World History	3
HIST 4301	Survey of Texas History	3
	3 credits of European history	3
HIST	upper level elective	3
GEOG 3301	Cultural Geography	3
POLS 2301	Texas State & Local Government	3
POLS 2302	Major World Governments	3
POLS 3324	Political Theory	3
	Or
POLS 4316	Constitutional Law: Federal/State Powers	3
ECON 1330	Intro to Economics	3
ECON 2331	Princ of Macroeconomics	3
	Or
ECON 2332	Principles of Microeconomics	3

3 credits from

HIST 4302	The American West	3
HIST 4303	Colonial and Revolutionary America,, 1492-1789	3
HIST 4304	The Roots of Democracy: United States,, 1789-1840	3
HIST 4307	Civil War and Reconstruction: United, States, 1840-1977	3

3 credits from

HIST 4308	Gilded Age and Progressive United States, 1877-1917	3
HIST 4309	World Wars, Roaring 20s, Depression:, United States, 1917-1945	3
HIST 4310	The United States Since 1945	3
Total Credit Hours:		51

Education

READ 3362	Read Instru for Adolesc Stu	3
EDUC 3330	Foundations of Learning and Development	3
EDUC 3338	The Learning Environment	3
EDUC 4340	Current Issues in Spec Ed	3
EDUC 4371	Organization and Management for Teaching, In the Middle Grades and Secondary, Classroom	3
EDUC 4378	Innovative Integrations	3
EDUC 4379	Capstone: the Professional Teacher	3
EDUC 4623	St Teaching in the Sec School	6
Total Credit Hours:		27

Total Credit Hours: 78

Requirements

Technological Competency and Electives

EDUC 1306	Technology in Education	3
Total Credit Hours:		3

Total Credit Hours: 3

Total Credit Hours: 124

Note: Must complete a minimum of 124 credits with a cumulative GPA of 2.8 or higher to graduate.

42 upper level credits (3000 and 4000-level) required.

80 Chapel attendances  required.