Graduate Teacher Certification Plan Social Studies 4-8

Required Courses:

• GEOG 1303 - World Regional Geography Credit Hours: 3
• GEOG 4314 - Teaching Geography Credit Hours: 3

Choose one course from:

• GEOG 1301 - Modern Physical Geography Credit Hours: 3
• GEOG 1302 - Global Geography Credit Hours: 3

Choose one course from:

Other required courses:

• TCED 4102 - Secondary (4-8 and 7-12) Content Teacher Seminar Credit Hours: 1
• TCED 4304 - Creating Positive Learning Environments in 4-8 Credit Hours: 3

One of the following:

• LLLS 5531 - Critical Reading and Thinking Credit Hours: 3
• LLLS 4351 - Content Area Literacy Credit Hours: 3

One of the following:

• SLIS 5533 - Selecting Literature and Materials for Children Credit Hours: 3
• LLLS 4345 - Survey of Children’s Literature Credit Hours: 3

One of the following:

• SPED 5030 - Survey of Individual Differences Credit Hours: 3
• SPED 4300 - Survey of Exceptionalities Credit Hours: 3

One of the following:

• SILC 6030 - Foundations of Multicultural Education Credit Hours: 3
• SILC 4315 - Theories of American Pluralism Credit Hours: 3

One of the following:

• TCED 6031 - Application of Technology in the Classroom Credit Hours: 3
• INST 3313 - Survey of Instructional Technologies Credit Hours: 3

Pedagogy course:

• TCED 4331 - Social Studies Methods for Grades 4-8 Credit Hours: 3

One of the following options: