Middle Grades Education: Social Sciences, B.S.

General Education (40-41 hours)

(see General Education  for list of approved courses) 

Program Requirements

• ECON 1010 - Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics (SB)
• ECON 1020 - Principles of Economics: Microeconomics (SB)

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• ENGL 1130 - Western Humanities I (HF) or
• ENGL 1150 - Western Humanities II (HF)

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• ENGL 2290 - Literature for the Adolescent
• ENGL 4810 - Writing for Teachers
• GEOG 1010 - Physical Geography (NL)
• GEOG 1030 - World Geography (CZ)
• GEOG 1040 - Cultural Geography (SB)
• HIST 1110 - Gods, Empires, and Power: The World to 1400 (CZ or HF)
• HIST 1120 - Making the Modern World: Globalization, Imperialism, and Revolution (CZ or HF)
• HIST 2010 - Making the United States: Cultures in Conflict through the Civil War Era (CZ or HF)
• HIST 2020 - Remaking the United States: Struggles for Freedom since the Civil War Era (CZ or HF)
• History Elective (1-3 hours)
• PSPS 1010 - American Politics (CZ or SB)
• PSPS 1020 - World Politics (CZ or SB)
• REL 1030 - Introduction to the Study of Religion (HF)
• 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.

For graduation with licensure: 2.75 cumulative, 2.75 at UTC, 2.75 in education courses with no grade lower than C, and 2.75 in courses under Program Requirements with no grade lower than C.

Minimum of 39 hours of 3000 and 4000 level courses.

Electives to total 120 hours.

See Degree and Graduation Requirements  for additional requirements.

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