Overview | Social Studies Education

As a Social Studies Education major, you receive a rigorous foundation in U.S. history and world history, psychology, economics, sociology, geography, and political science. To ensure a strong understanding of social studies, you take concentrations in two of the five social studies disciplines, as well as at least two courses in each of the remaining three disciplines. The Social Studies Education program, which typically takes longer than four years to complete, is designed to meet the license requirements of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Program Outcomes

• Students will demonstrate the ability to identify a variety of differences among students and individualize instruction accordingly.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively plan for instruction, incorporating a wide variety of strategies for instruction and classroom management.
• Students will demonstrate social studies knowledge and application to teaching in history, psychology, sociology, economics, political science, and geography.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to conduct and interpret a wide variety of assessments.
• Students will demonstrate professionalism in education.
• Students will demonstrate the ability to teach content according to a biblical worldview.