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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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


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 1200   3   ECON 1110  OR ECON 1111  OR ECON 1112   3
Gen Ed Quantitative Reasoning 3   World Language I 3
DRGN 1000 - Red Dragon Seminar    3   Gen Ed 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
World Language II 3   Gen Ed Elective 3
ECON Elective 3   Gen Ed 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


Dragon Academy Elective: a course carrying one or more General Education area attribute(s): Oral Communication (OCOM), Written Communication (WCOM), Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice (DESJ), Quantitative Reasoning (MAT), Scientific Reasoning (NSCI), Humanities (HUMA), Social Sciences (SOSC), Arts (ARTS), US History & Civic Engagement (UHCE), World History & Global Awareness (WHGA), World Languages (WLAN), Critical Thinking and Reasoning (CTR), Information Literacy (IL), and Global Literacy (GL). Elective courses and major courses carrying Gen Ed attributes apply toward SUNY Oneonta’s Gen Ed requirements .

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 an 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 Math Pathways site.