ENGL 1101  English Composition I

3 Credits

A composition course focusing on skills required for effective writing in a variety of contexts, with emphasis on exposition, analysis, and argumentation, and also including introductory use of a variety of research skills.

General Education Core Curriculum Area A2

3 Credits

MATH 1101 or MATH 1111 or MATH 1113 or MATH 1190 or STAT 1401 or MATH 1001

General Education Core Curriculum Area B2

3 Credits

AADS 1101 or AMST 1102 or ASIA 1102 or FL 1002 or GWST 1102 or LALS 1102 or PAX 1102 or PERS 2700 or LDRS 2300 or POLS 2401 or RELS 1102 or COMM 1100

General Education Core Curriculum Area D2

4 Credits

GEOG 1112 or GEOG 1113 or SCI 1102 or (BIOL 1107 and BIOL 1107L) or (CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1211L) or (CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1151L) or (PHYS 1111 and PHYS 1111L) or (PHYS 2211 and PHYS 2211L) or (BIOL 1108 and BIOL 1108L) or (CHEM 1212 and CHEM 1212L) or (CHEM 1152 and CHEM 1152L) or (PHYS 1112 and PHYS 1112L) or (PHYS 2212 and PHYS 2212L)

General Education Core Curriculum Area E2

3 Credits

HIST 2111 or HIST 2112

ENGL 1102  English Composition II

3 Credits

A composition course that develops writing skills beyond the levels of proficiency required by ENGL 1101, that emphasizes interpretation, and evaluation, and that incorporates a variety of more advanced research methods.

POLS 1101  American Government

3 Credits

This course examines the institutions and processes of American government and Georgia State government. Global comparisons are made between the governments of the U.S. and other modern nation-states.

General Education Core Curriculum Area D1

3 Credits

STAT 1401 or MATH 1113 or MATH 1160 or MATH 1190 or MATH 2202 or DATA 1501

General Education Core Curriculum Area D2

3 Credits

GEOG 1112 or GEOG 1113 or SCI 1102 or GEOG 1125 or (BIOL 1107 and BIOL 1107L) or (CHEM 1211 and CHEM 1211L) or (CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1151L) or (PHYS 1111 and PHYS 1111L) or (PHYS 2211 and PHYS 2211L) or (BIOL 1108 and BIOL 1108L) or (CHEM 1212 and CHEM 1212L) or (CHEM 1152 and CHEM 1152L) or (PHYS 1112 and PHYS 1112L) or (PHYS 2212 and PHYS 2212L)

General Education Core Curriculum Area E3

3 Credits

HIST 1100 or HIST 1111 or HIST 1112

EDUC 2110  Critical & Contemporary Issues

3 Credits

This course engages students in observations, interactions, and analyses of critical and contemporary educational issues. Students will investigate issues influencing the social and political contexts of educational settings in Georgia and the United States. Students will actively examine the teaching profession from multiple vantage points both within and outside the school. Against this backdrop, students will reflect on and interpret the meaning of education and schooling in a diverse culture and examine the moral and ethical responsibilities of teaching in a democracy. Includes the use of current technologies which are directly related to effective teaching and 15 hours of observation and participation in appropriate elementary/early childhood, middle grades, secondary or P-12 environments. Note: Verification of professional liability insurance and a criminal background check are required prior to receiving a school placement.

GEOG 1130  World Regional Geography

3 Credits

An introduction to world regions through the context of human geography. The course focuses on basic geographic concepts to analyze social, economic and political issues at local, regional and global scales. Elements of fundamental physical geography will be discussed to illustrate the spatial relationships between the physical environment and human geography.

ECON 1000  Contemporary Economic Issues

2 Credits

This course provides students with the knowledge and tools necessary to critically examine social and policy issues from an economic perspective. Fundamental economic questions ? as they relate to individuals, firms, and society in the modern global world ? are addressed. Students learn about different economic systems, how markets function, the role of government in the economy, the basis for international trade, measurement of macroeconomic performance, and the impact of globalization on living standards and economic growth.

HIST 1111 or HIST 1112

3 Credits

HIST 1111 or HIST 1112

HIST 2111 or HIST 2112

3 Credits

HIST 2111 or HIST 2112

General Education Core Curriculum Area C1

3 Credits

ENGL 2110 or ENGL 2120 or ENGL 2130 or PHIL 2010 or ENGL 2140

ECON 2106  Principles of Microeconomics

3 Credits

This principles of economics course is intended to introduce students to concepts that will enable them to understand and analyze structure and performance of the market economy.

GEOG 3340  Cultural Geography

3 Credits

A thematic approach is applied to analyze human cultures, to examine world cultural regions, to note the spread of cultural traits, to interpret interactions between culture and environment, and to appreciate multiple traits of cultures and cultural landscapes. The five themes of region, diffusion, ecology, integration, and landscape are used to explore historical and contemporary issues of population, agriculture, politics, language, religion, ethnicity, popular culture, and urban spaces. The philosophy of the course is based on the premise that the built environment is a spatial expression of the beliefs, attitudes, and practices of a people.

HIST 3100  Historical Methods

3 Credits

This course introduces students to historical inquiry as a conversation about the past. It surveys methods, concepts, and frameworks relevant to the discipline. Students engage in the close reading of scholarly historical work, learn and practice a variety of research methods, and analyze historical sources. Students cultivate good scholarly practices and habits of mind that will benefit them in future courses. Students should take this course during the second semester of the sophomore year.

EDUC 2120  Explore Socio-Cultural Perspec

3 Credits

Given the rapidly changing demographics in our state and country, this course is designed to equip future teachers with the fundamental knowledge of understanding culture and teaching children from diverse backgrounds. Specifically, this course is designed to examine 1) the nature and function of culture; 2) the development of individual and group cultural identity; 3) definitions and implications of diversity, and 4) the influences of culture on learning, development, and pedagogy.

General Education Core Curriculum Area E4

3 Credits

ANTH 1102 or CRJU 1101 or GEOG 1101 or PSYC 1101 or SOCI 1101 or STS 1101

American History Elective (1 of 2)

3 Credits

HIST 3310 or HIST 3311 or HIST 4204 or HIST 4255 or HIST 3331 or HIST 4251 or HIST 3333 or HIST 3335 or HIST 3340 or HIST 3341 or HIST 4245 or HIST 4410 or HIST 4411 or HIST 4412 or HIST 4415 or HIST 4451 or HIST 4461 or HIST 4163 or HIST 4471 or HIST 4490 or HIST 4495

HIST 3271  Intro to History Education

3 Credits

This reading and writing-intensive course introduces fundamental approaches, methods, and concepts relevant to the discipline of history, historical thinking, and teaching American history. Teacher candidates engage in reading and analyzing scholarly works, learn and practice basic research methods, examine contemporary debates and developments in history and history education, contextualize and plan lessons that engage secondary students in studying history. This course also includes a field component.

HIST 3304  History of Georgia

3 Credits

A consideration of Georgia?s political, economic, social, and cultural development from the colonial period to the present. Topics include the cultures of indigenous peoples, the Spanish in Georgia, the founding of a British colony, the Revolution, Indian removal, antebellum society, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the New South era, the rise and decline of the cotton economy, race relations, and post-World War II prosperity and problems.

POLS 3300  US Constitution Federal Courts

3 Credits

POLS 3300 provides an overview of American law. The course will cover the basic design and structures of the United States court system, trial and appellate legal process, and Constitutional law basics including govermental powers and civil rights and liberties.

European History Elective

3 Credits

HIST 3337 or HIST 4558 or HIST 3350 or HIST 3351 or HIST 4640 or HIST 4654 or HIST 3371 or HIST 3377 or HIST 4440 or HIST 4444 or HIST 4445 or HIST 4453 or HIST 4454 or HIST 4655 or HIST 4456 or HIST 4490 or HIST 4496

American History Elective (2 of 2)

3 Credits

HIST 3310 or HIST 3311 or HIST 4204 or HIST 4255 or HIST 3331 or HIST 3333 or HIST 4251 or HIST 3335 or HIST 3340 or HIST 3341 or HIST 4245 or HIST 4410 or HIST 4411 or HIST 4412 or HIST 4415 or HIST 4451 or HIST 4461 or HIST 4163 or HIST 4471 or HIST 4490 or HIST 4495

HIST 4488  Approaches to World History

3 Credits

The course examines approaches to world history as a field of study, including important debates and controversies in the tradition, along with best practices in teaching world history. The course includes a consideration of recent developments on topics such as modernization and globalization and their significance in world history, philosophical perspectives on the importance of world history in today's secondary classrooms, world history lesson planning and teaching, and a middle school field component.

HIST 2206  Origins of Great Traditions

3 Credits

A systematic examination of five centers of civilization in Afro-Eurasia during their defining moments. The course focuses on the historical contexts that gave rise to China?s classical philosophies, India?s transcendental world-view, the Judaeo-Christian-Islamic synthesis, African mytho-religious systems of thought and the emergence of Latin-European culture in the West. Content emphasizes cross-cultural influences and connections.

Non-Western World Studies Elective (1 of 2)

3 Credits

HIST 3334 or HIST 3357 or HIST 3358 or HIST 3366 or HIST 3367 or HIST 3372 or HIST 3373 or HIST 3374 or HIST 3379 or HIST 3380 or HIST 3381 or HIST 3382 or HIST 4905 or HIST 3391 or HIST 3392 or HIST 4475 or HIST 4391 or HIST 4490 or HIST 4498 or HIST 4497 or HIST 3305 or HIST 3375

Non-Western World Studies Elective (2 of 2)

3 Credits

HIST 3334 or HIST 3357 or HIST 3358 or HIST 3366 or HIST 3367 or HIST 3372 or HIST 3373 or HIST 3374 or HIST 3379 or HIST 3380 or HIST 3381 or HIST 3382 or HIST 4905 or HIST 3391 or HIST 3392 or HIST 4475 or HIST 4391 or HIST 4490 or HIST 4498 or HIST 4497 or HIST 3305 or HIST 3375

General Education Core Curriculum Area C2

3 Credits

ART 1107 or DANC 1107 or MUSI 1107 or TPS 1107

EDUC 4610  Intro to Yearlong Clinical Exp

0 Credits

This course is the beginning to the co-teaching Yearlong Clinical Experience in education. Candidates will attend the entirety of pre-planning at their assigned school before the start of the academic year (the exact timing of which will depend on the placement school?s schedule). Additionally, candidates will also attend the first week of the academic year in order to familiarize themselves with the policies and routines of their placement school and Collaborating Teacher.

HIED 4650  Yearlong Clinical Exp I

6 Credits

This course is the first semester of an intensive and extensive co-teaching yearlong clinical experience in history education. Under the guidance of a collaborating teacher and university supervisor and working in a diverse environment that includes students with exceptionalities and English learners, candidates practice professional competencies that impact student achievement. This experience includes regularly scheduled professional seminars and the completion of a content pedagogy assessment. Proof of liability insurance is required.

HIED 4550  Methods of History Education

3 Credits

This course is an examination and application of curriculum issues, learning theories, teaching strategies, instructional materials, and assessment procedures for teaching secondary social sciences in the multicultural and diverse classrooms of today. Emphasis is on those practices suggested by research in secondary social science education and encouraged by our accrediting agencies.

INED 3300  Educating Students w/ Except

3 Credits

This course prepares candidates to work collaboratively with families and school personnel to positively impact the academic, social/emotional, and behavioral development of students with exceptionalities. This course requires a ten-hour observational and instructional experience in assigned school placement(s). Verification of professional liability insurance is required prior to placement in the field experience. Candidates must have an issued preservice certificate for this course. This course fulfills Georgia HB 671 requirement. Beginning July 1, 2019, all candidates must earn a ?B? or higher in this course for certification as stated in the Georgia PSC 505-2-.24 Special Georgia Requirements.

INED 4431  Found for Teaching Diverse ELs

3 Credits

This course introduces middle and/or secondary teacher candidates to today?s diverse English learner population, education policies that impact these students and how cultural resources can be leveraged to meet their academic needs. This course focuses on developing effective instruction, assessment, and literacy development for English learners and other linguistically diverse learners in middle grade classrooms. Specifically, candidates will a) examine the academic, linguistic and social needs of linguistically diverse learners, b) explore the differences between teaching reading and writing to English learners and native English speakers; and c) develop skills necessary for the differentiation, scaffolding language and content for English learners at a variety of language proficiency levels.

EDUC 2130  Exploring Teaching & Learning

3 Credits

Explore key aspects of learning and teaching through examining your own learning processes and those of others, with the goal of applying your knowledge to enhance the learning of all students in a variety of educational settings and contexts. Note: Verification of professional liability insurance is required

HIED 4660  Yearlong Clinical Exp II

6 Credits

This course is the second semester of an intensive and extensive co-teaching yearlong clinical experience in history education. Under the guidance of a collaborating teacher and university supervisor and working in a diverse environment that includes students with exceptionalities and English learners, candidates practice professional competencies that impact student achievement. This experience includes regularly scheduled professional seminars and the completion of a content pedagogy assessment. Proof of liability insurance is required.