Social Studies Education
Contact Jeffery Mangram, 150 Huntington Hall, 315-443-2685, jamangra@syr.edu.
In addition to the professional education requirements mentioned above, students in social studies education complete the B.A. in a social science subject area and the following requirements:
Core Requirements
Social studies education majors must complete the Liberal Arts Core curriculum with these additional specific requirements:
One mathematics course. Statistics (MAT 121 or 122) is recommended (can also meet one of the program's research requirements
One fine arts within Arts and Sciences (FIA) course
One humanities course (other than history (HST) or fine arts (FIA)
Foreign language proficiency achieved in one of three ways:
- Passing of level three language in high school
- Passing of a competency test if language was learned through means other than formal study (i.e. foreign language spoken at home, etc.)
- Completing one of Syracuse University’s four- credit 101 language courses or its equivalent as determined by the Department of Language, Literature, and Linguistics
Social Studies Content
* Social studies majors are required to complete a major in an area chosen from African American studies, American studies, anthropology, economics, geography, history, international relations, political science, policy studies, or sociology. If African American Studies or American Studies is chosen, all courses other than required humanities courses must be social science classes.
If history is not the chosen major, the following 18 credits of history must also be completed:
HST 101 American History to 1865
HST 102 American History Since 1865
HST 111 Early Modern Europe, 1350-1815
HST 112 Modern Europe: Napoleon to the Present
One nonwestern history course
One upper-division history (300-level or above) by advisement
All majors must complete a course in economics (ECN),
political science (PSC),
and geography (GEO) from the social science list.
SED 522 Study of Social Studies Three approved courses in research can overlap with other requirements.
* See specific departmental major course requirements for your chosen