Adolescence Education: Social Studies, B.S. - 4-Year Degree Map

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First Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
EDUC 1060 - Issues, Philosophy, and Foundations of Education	3	HIST 1144 OR HIST 1145	3
GEOG 1000 - Introductory Geography	3	COMP 1000 - Composition	3
HIST 1100 OR HIST 1101 OR HIST 2200	3	ECON 1110 OR ECON 1111 OR ECON 1112	3
Math Gen Ed Elective	3	Foreign Language I
Elective	3	Elective	3
TOTAL	15	TOTAL	15

Second Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
EPSY 2050 - Adolescent Growth and Development	3	POLS 1210 - U.S. Government	3
GEOG 2030 - Geography of Culture and Environment	3	EPSY 2075 - Psychological Foundations of Education: Learning and Motivation	3
EDUC 3001 - Diversity and Teaching	3	US History/Geography Elective	3
Foreign Language II	3	Gen Ed Elective	3
ECON Elective	3	Elective	3
TOTAL	15	TOTAL	15

Third Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
EDUC 2046 - Development of Language and Adolescent Literacies	3	EDUC 3013 - Education Law Requirements	1
EDUC 2054 - Integrating Technology into the Curriculum: Middle and High School	3	EDUC 3046 - Teaching Reading in Content Areas	3
POLS 2000-level or higher Elective	3	EPSY 3029 - Survey of Exceptional Children	3
World History/Geography Elective	3	GEOG 2070 or HISE 3000-level or higher	3
US History/Geography Elective	3	World History/Geography Elective	3
		US History/Geography Elective	3
TOTAL	15	TOTAL	16

Fourth Year

Fall	Credit	Spring	Credit
SSED 4092 - Research, Theory and Practice in Middle and High School Social Studies Education	4	SSED 4096 - Student Teaching in Secondary Social Studies	6
POLS 2000-level or higher Elective	3	SSED 4096 - Student Teaching in Secondary Social Studies	6
GEOG 2070 OR HISE 3000-level or higher	3	SSED 4098 - Seminar in Middle and High School Social Studies Education	3
Elective	3
Elective	1
TOTAL	14	TOTAL	15

Elective Key and Math Course Guidance

Gen Ed Elective: a course carrying one or more Gen Ed area attribute(s): Basic Communication (BC3), Mathematics (M3), American History (AM3), World Civilizations (OW3), Foreign Language (FL3), Social Sciences (SS3), Humanities (H3), The Arts (A3), Natural Sciences (NS3), Western Civilization (WC3). Elective courses and major courses carrying Gen Ed attributes apply toward SUNY Oneonta’s Gen Ed requirements .

OCS Elective: any course that carries an Oral Communication Skills (OCS) attribute.

Liberal Arts Elective: any course that carries a Liberal Arts (LA) attribute. SUNY Oneonta’s minimum LA requirements vary by degree award.

Upper Division Elective: any elective course numbered 3000 and above. All courses (required and elective) at this level apply toward SUNY Oneonta’s upper division requirement .

Upper Division Liberal Arts Elective: any course numbered 3000 and above that carries a LA attribute.

Elective: any course outside the major. Electives apply toward the total credits required by a degree program. Electives may also be needed to satisfy other degree requirements , including the minimum number of credits outside the department of the major.

Math Course Guidance

SUNY Oneonta recognizes that students enter college with different math backgrounds. For guidance on the math course(s) most suited to your preparation and program of study, visit the College’s Math Pathways site.