Built on your passion for history and social studies, the Broad Field Social Studies Education Program is a combination of social sciences, history, government, economics, geography, international studies and sociology. Graduates are licensed by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction to teach history and other social studies courses at the junior high or secondary level, up through grade 10, and any basic social studies class in grades 11-12. Besides entering the education field, graduates have gone on to graduate or law school or worked in government, corrections, the military and social work.
The Social Studies minor is designed for students who plan to obtain certification to teach in grades 1-6 or grades 1-9. Coursework includes History and a selection of courses in related social sciences.**
24 credits as follows:
15 credits:
HIS 102 World Civilizations II, 3 cr.
HIS 111 History of the United States to 1877, 3 cr.
HIS 112 History of the United States from 1877, 3 cr.
HIS 214 History of Wisconsin, 3 cr.
GEO 201 World Regional Geography, 3 cr.
3 credits from the following:
HIS 205 History of Selected Minorities, 3 cr.
HIS 211 American Military History, 3 cr.
HIS 301 Church History to Reformation, 3 cr.
HIS 302 Church History Since the Reformation, 3 cr.
HIS 342 Topics in Ancient History, 3 cr.
HIS 405 History of the Modern Middle East, 3 cr.
HIS 408 History of American Foreign Policy, 3 cr.
HIS 416 History/culture of American Indians, 3 cr.
HIS 423 History of Latin America, 3 cr.
HIS 426 History of Africa, 3 cr.
HIS 431 History of Monsoon Asia, 3 cr.
3 credits from the following:
HIS 436 Controversies in American History, 3 cr.
HIS 438 Controversies in World History, 3 cr.
HIS 490 Seminar in American History, 3 cr.
HIS 492 Seminar in World History, 3 cr.
3 credits from the following:
ECO 201 Macroeconomics, 3 cr.
PSY 202 Social Psychology, 3 cr.
PSY 211 Abnormal Psychology, 3 cr.
PSY 341 Cognitive Psychology, 3 cr.
**Students seeking 1-9 certification must also student-teach in their minor in the middle school