Secondary Education: Political Science, B.S.

General Education

(see Certified General Education Courses  for list of approved courses)

Program Requirements

• ECON 1010 - Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics #
• ECON 1020 - Principles of Economics: Microeconomics
• GEOG 1010 - Physical Geography
• GEOG 1030 - World Geography
• HIST 1110 - World History from Origins to 1400 #
• HIST 1120 - World History from 1400 to the Present #
• HIST 2010 - United States to 1865 #
• HIST 2020 - United States since 1865
• HIST 2030 - History of Tennessee
• PSPS 1010 - American Politics #
• One approved statistics course #

Additional Information and Notes

For admission to the Teacher Education Program (TEP): Earn a minimum 2.75 cumulative grade point average, a 2.75 average on all courses taken at UTC, a 2.75 GPA in education courses with no grade lower than C, and a 2.75 in content area courses with no grade lower than C.

For graduation: 2.0 GPA in all required major and related courses (including specified General Education courses).

For graduation with licensure: 2.75 cumulative average, 2.75 average at UTC, 2.75 average in education courses with no grade lower than C, 2.75 in content area courses with no grade lower than C.

Minimum of 39 hours of 3000 and 4000 level courses.

Electives to complete 121 hours.

See Degree and Graduation Requirements  for additional requirements.

*Also satisfies requirement in the major.

#Also satisfies a general education requirement.

ClearPath for Advising

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