At-a-Glance
Mission: The primary mission of the Social Studies major is to provide students with the content competency to teach Social Studies in secondary schools. It forms the content knowledge basis for students to initiate teaching professions and provides the necessary critical thinking, analytical reasoning, and academic judgment skills upon which to embark on a lifetime of intellectual growth.
Hours Required in the Major: 73 - 82 hours of specific courses or thematic areas chosen from history, anthropology, economics, political science and sociology. Some of these courses also can be used to partially fulfill General Education requirements.
Teaching Licensure: A comprehensive program for students seeking teaching licensure in Social Studies is administered through the College of Education and Human Services. Interested students are urged to contact the college for further information.
Admission to the Major: Students register their intentions to pursue an academic major in Social Studies with the Department of History; those interested in teaching must be admitted to the teaching licensure program in the College of Education and Human Services.
After admission to the university, a student obtains a “Declaration of Major” packet from the History Department in RT 1319 that explains the advising procedures and asks the student for a writing sample and answers to a few questions. Once this information has been gathered, the student phones the History Department (687-3920) for an initial advising appointment with the Director of Undergraduate Studies. The Director will evaluate transfer credits for the major and give the student a copy of the filled out check-sheet. Following this advising session, students will receive a letter with the name of their individual faculty advisor in the department.
Advising: Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dr. Tom Humphrey 216-523-7183; Individual faculty advisers; webpage, http://www.csuohio.edu/history Students are urged to meet with their assigned faculty advisor at least once every semester.
The Social Studies major will have an academic adviser in the History Department in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences as assigned by the department. Those seeking a teaching license should have an adviser for education course work in the College of Education and Human Services.
This interdisciplinary major is administered by the Department of History and is primarily intended for students seeking secondary licensure. It provides comprehensive training in history and related social-studies fields taught in Ohio secondary schools. Interested students should also consider pursuing academic major(s) and/or academic minor(s) in history, political science, or economics.
For information: Call Dr. Tom Humphrey, 216-523-7183, or the History Department, 216-687-3920 or history.department@csuohio.edu. Those interested in licensure should contact the College of Education and Human Services.