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Integrated Social Studies - B.S.E. Program Requirements PDFDownload to print

Attribute Legend: DD Diversity-Domestic; DG Diversity-Global; ELR Experiential Learning; KAD Kent Core Additional; KBS Kent Core Basic Sciences; KCM Kent Core Composition; KFA Kent Core Fine Arts: KHU Kent Core Humanities; KMC Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; KSS Kent Core Social Sciences; WIC Writing Intensive

Please read the sections in the University Catalog on Kent Core, diversity, writing-intensive and the experiential learning requirements.

DESTINATION KENT STATE: FIRST YEAR EXPERIENCE (1 credit)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  US 10097 Destination Kent State: First Year Experience 1 1  
MAJOR PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (36 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
KSS ECON 22060 Principles of Microeconomics 3 C
KSS ECON 22061 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 C
KSS GEOG 10160 Introduction to Geography 3 C
KHU/DG HIST 11050 World History: Ancient and Medieval 3 C
KHU/DG HIST 11051 World History: Modern 3 C
KHU/DD HIST 12070 Early America: From Pre-Colonization to Civil War and Reconstruction 3 C
KHU/DD HIST 12071 Modern America: From Industrialization to Globalization 3 C
KSS/DD POL 10100 American Politics 3 C
KSS/DD PSYC 11762 General Psychology 3 C
KSS/DD SOC 12050 Introduction to Sociology 3 C
DD WMST 30000 Colloquium in Women’s Studies 3 C
  Psychology, choose one from the following: 3 C
  PSYC 21211 Psychology of Adjustment (3)    
  PSYC 30652 Social and Personality Development (3)    
  PSYC 31532 Social Psychology (3)    
  PSYC 40112 Psychological Disorders of Childhood and Adolescence (3)    
  PSYC 40625 Development of Gender Role and Identity (3)    
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (54 credits)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  ADED 22275 Issues and Trends in Social Studies Education 3 C
WIC ADED 32142 Principles of Teaching Adolescents 3 C
  ADED 32275 Curriculum and Pedagogy in Social Studies 3 C
  ADED 42275 Teaching Social Studies in Grades 7-12 3 C
ELR ADED 42292 Field Work Practicum 3 C
ELR ADED 42357 Secondary Student Teaching 9 S
  ADED 49525 Inquiry into Professional Practice 3 C
  CI 47330 Reading and Writing in Adolescence/Adulthood 3 C
  CULT 29535 Education in a Democratic Society 3 C
  EPSY 29525 Educational Psychology 3 C
  ITEC 19525 Educational Technology 3 C
DD SPED 23000 Introduction to Exceptionalities 3 C
  Kent Core Composition 6-8 C
  Kent Core Fine Arts 3  
  Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning 3-5  
CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (33 credits)
  Economics (33)  
  Geography (33)  
  History (33)  
  Political Science (33)  
  Sociology (33)  
MINIMUM TOTAL 
124
 
  1. US 10097 is not required of transfer students with 25 credits (excluding College Credit Plus and dual-enrollment) or students age 21+ at time of admission.

Licensure Requirement (not required for graduation):
Candidates seeking Ohio licensure are required to pass specific assessments in order to apply for licensure. See Ohio Department of Education-Educator Preparation website for more information on assessments specific to licensure type. Taking and passing the licensure tests prior to graduation is encouraged but not required.

Students must apply for State of Ohio Licensure (defined by completion of all licensure program requirements) within 12 months of program completion. After 12 months, applicants must meet State approved program/licensure requirements that are in effect at the time of application. This means that students who apply after the 12 month deadline may have to take additional coursework if the content, methods courses, program requirements, or licensure requirements have changed from the catalog in force.

Double Majors/Dual Degrees
Students in the this major seeking to declare an additional teacher education major in the B.S.E. degree (double major), or in a different degree (dual degree) may have the double major/dual degree approved as long as the following requirements are met:

  1. Approval is received from the academic unit administrating each major. A program of study for those interested in pursuing a double major must be approved in writing by faculty from each major area prior to admission to advanced study.
  2. All required content courses are completed for each major
  3. All required methods courses are completed for each major.
  4. Separate practicum and inquiry courses are completed for each major as listed below:
    1. ADED 42292 Field Work Practicum (or the equivalent required by the major outside the college)
    2. ADED 49525 Inquiry into Professional Practice (or the equivalent required by the major outside the college)
  5. Students who have two majors from among the following only need to take one ADED 42357 Secondary Student Teaching course, consisting of a 16-week classroom experience involving both subject areas: Life Sciences, Earth Science, Physical Sciences, Integrated Science, Integrated Mathematics, Life Science/Chemistry, Integrated Social Studies and/or Integrated Language Arts.
  6. Students who have a second major not included in the list above (#5) will have their student teaching requirements determined by faculty from both program areas at the time the program of study is developed, with a minimum 16 weeks spent in the classroom.

 

Economics Concentration

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (27 credits) Courses count in major GPA1
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  Economics, choose from the following: 12 C
  ECON 32025 Money, Credit and Banking (3)    
  ECON 32040 Intermediate Microeconomic Theory and Applications (3)    
  ECON 32041 Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory and Applications (3)    
  ECON 32070 Labor Problems (3)    
  ECON 32083 Economics of Poverty (3)    
  ECON 32084 Economics of the Environment (3)    
  ECON 42072 Economics of Labor Markets (3)    
  ECON 42075 International Economic Relations (3)    
  ECON 42078 Economic History of Technological and Industrial Development (3)    
  ECON 42080 Regional Economics (3)    
  ECON 42081 Urban Economics (3)    
  ECON 42085 Public Finance (3)    
  ECON 42086 Economics of Health Care (3)    
  ECON 42087 Law and Economics (3)     
  Geography, choose one from the following: 3 C
  GEOG 32080 Politics and Place (3)    
  GEOG 34070 Economic Geography (3)    
  GEOG 36065 Cities and Urbanization (3)    
DG GEOG 37040 Geography of Africa (3)    
DG GEOG 37050 Geography of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (3)    
DG GEOG 37066 Geography of Europe (3)    
DG GEOG 37070 Geography of East and Southeast Asia (3    
DG GEOG 37079 Geography of South Asia (3)    
DG GEOG 37084 Geography of South America (3)    
  GEOG 37085 Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean (3)    
  GEOG 41073 Conservation of Natural Resources (3)    
  GEOG 42064 Historical Geography of the United states and Canada (3)    
  Upper-Division History, choose one from the following: 3 C
  HIST 31112 Chinese Civilization (3)    
  HIST 31125 Zionism and Israel (3)    
  HIST 31126 History of the Middle East (3)    
  HIST 31128 Late Medieval and Modern Jewish History (3)    
  HIST 31130 History of African Civilization (3)    
  HIST 31140 Modern Latin America (3)    
  HIST 31141 Early Latin America (3)    
  HIST 41087 Progressive America: The United States, 1896-1919 (3)    
  HIST 41088 New Era Through World War: The United States, 1920-1945 (3)    
  HIST 41089 Recent America: The United State, 1945-Present (3)    
  HIST 41112 History of Modern China (3)    
  HIST 41116 History of Japan (3)    
  HIST 41132 History of Africa, 1880 to Present (3)    
  HIST 3/4xxxx History non-western, upper-division elective (3)    
  Lower-Division Political Science, choose one from the following: 3 C
KSS/DG POL 10004 Comparative Politics (3)    
KSS/DG POL 10500 World Politics (3)    
  POL 20002 Political Thought (3)    
  Upper-Division Political Science, choose one from the following: 3 C
  POL 30100 American Political Theory (3)    
  POL 30820 International Organization and Law (3)    
DD POL 40183 Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties (3)    
  Sociology, choose one from the following: 3 C
  SOC 22100 Sociological Analysis (3)    
DG SOC 22778 Social Problems (3)    
  SOC 32400 Individual and Society (3)    
DD SOC 32570 Inequality in Societies (3)    
ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (6-7 credits)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) 6-7  
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 33  

 

Geography Concentration

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (27) Courses count in major GPA
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
KSS/DG
KSS/DD
GEOG
GEOG
17063
17064
World Geography (3) or
Geography of the United States and Canada (3)
3 C
KBS GEOG 21062 Physical Geography 3 C
  GEOG 29160 Mapping Our World 3 C
  Choose one from the following: 3 C
DG GEOG 32080 Politics and Place (3)    
  GEOG 34070 Economic Geography (3)    
DG GEOG 36065 Cities and Urbanization (3)    
  Choose one from the following: 3 C
  GEOG 37040 Geography of Africa (3)    
  GEOG 37050 Geography of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (3)    
  GEOG 37066 Geography of Europe (3)    
  GEOG 37070 Geography of East and Southeast Asia (3)    
  GEOG 37079 Geography of South Asia (3)    
  GEOG 37084 Geography of South America (3)    
  GEOG 37085 Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean (3)    
  Choose one from the following: Upper-Division History 3 C
  HIST 31112 Chinese Civilization (3)    
  HIST 31125 Zionism and Israel (3)    
  HIST 31126 History of the Middle East (3)    
  HIST 31128 Late Medieval and Modern Jewish History (3)    
  HIST 31130 History of African Civilization (3)    
  HIST 31140 Modern Latin America (3)    
  HIST 31141 Early Latin America (3)    
  HIST 41087 Progressive America: The United States, 1896-1919 (3)    
  HIST 41088 New Era Through World War: The United States, 1920-1945 (3)    
  HIST 41089 Recent America: The United State, 1945-Present (3)    
  HIST 41112 History of Modern China (3)    
  HIST 41116 History of Japan (3)    
  HIST 41132 History of Africa, 1880 to Present (3)    
  HIST 3/4xxxx History non-western, upper-division elective (3)    
  Lower-Division Political Science, choose one from the following: 3 C
KSS/DG POL 10004 Comparative Politics (3)    
KSS/DG POL 10500 World Politics (3)    
  POL 20002 Political Thought (3)    
  Upper-Division Political Science, choose one from the following: 3 C
  POL 30100 American Political Theory (3)    
  POL 30820 International Organization and Law (3)    
  POL 40183 Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties (3)    
  Sociology, choose one from the following: 3 C
  SOC 22100 Sociological Analysis (3)    
DG SOC 22778 Social Problems (3)    
  SOC 32400 Individual and Society (3)    
DD SOC 32570 Inequality in Societies (3)    
ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (6-7 credits)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) 3-4  
  General Elective 3  
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL  33  

 

History Concentration

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (27) Courses count in major GPA
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  PAS
PAS
35100
35200
Black Social and Political Thought (3) or
African Social and Political Systems (3)
3 C
  Choose one from the following: Non-Western History upper-division elective 3 C
  HIST 31112 Chinese Civilization (3)    
  HIST 31125 Zionism and Israel (3)    
  HIST 31126 History of the Middle East (3)    
  HIST 31127 Ancient and Early Medieval Jewish History (3)    
  HIST 31128 Late Medieval and Modern Jewish History (3)    
  HIST 31130 History of African Civilization (3)    
  HIST 31140 Modern Latin America (3)    
  HIST 31141 Early Latin America (3)    
  HIST 41112 History of Modern China (3)    
  HIST 41116 History of Japan (3)    
  HIST 41132 History of Africa, 1880 to Present (3)    
  U.S. History, choose one from the following: 3 C
  HIST 40197 American Cultural Heritage: the Arts and Society (3)    
  HIST 41056 History of Colonial America : 1492-1714 (3)    
  HIST 41057 Eighteenth-Century America: 1714-1789 (3)    
  HIST 41058 Jefferson-Jackson Era, 1789-1848 (3)    
  HIST 41062 The United States: The Westward Movement (3)    
  HIST 41065 Sectional Conflict and Civil War (3)    
  HIST 41066 Reconstruction and the Later South (3)    
  HIST 41071 American Social and Intellectual History, 1876-Present (3)    
  HIST 41079 Migrations to America, 1607 - Present (3)    
  HIST 41083 U.S. Foreign Relations Through World War I (3)    
  HIST 41084 U.S. Foreign Relations from 1920 (3)    
  20th Century U.S. History, choose one from the following: 3 C
  HIST 41084 U.S. Foreign Relations from 1920 (3)    
  HIST 41087 Progressive America: The United States, 1896-1919 (3)    
  HIST 41088 New Era Through World War: The United States, 1920-1945 (3)    
  HIST 41089 Recent America: The United States, 1945-Present (3)    
  Europe since 1500, choose one from the following: 3 C
  HIST 41014 Europe in the Renaissance (3)    
  HIST 41016 The Protestant and the Catholic Reformations (3)    
  HIST 41017 Seventeenth-Century Europe (3)    
  HIST 41018 Eighteenth-Century Europe: Age of Revolution (3)    
  HIST 41020 Nineteenth-Century Europe (3)    
  HIST 41024 Modern European History, 1914-1945 (3)    
  HIST 41025 Modern European History, 1945-Present (3)    
  Geography, choose one from the following: 3 C
  GEOG 32080 Politics and Place (3)    
  GEOG 34070 Economic Geography (3)    
  GEOG 36065 Cities and Urbanization (3)    
DG GEOG 37040 Geography of Africa (3)    
DG GEOG 37050 Geography of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (3)    
DG GEOG 37066 Geography of Europe (3)    
DG GEOG 37070 Geography of East and Southeast Asia (3    
DG GEOG 37079 Geography of South Asia (3)    
DG GEOG 37084 Geography of South America (3)    
  GEOG 37085 Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean (3)    
  GEOG 41073 Conservation of Natural Resources (3)    
  GEOG 42064 Historical Geography of the United states and Canada (3)    
  Lower-Division Political Science, choose one from the following: 3 C
KSS/DG POL 10004 Comparative Politics (3)    
KSS/DG POL 10500 World Politics (3)    
  POL 20002 Political Thought (3)    
  Upper-Division Political Science, choose one from the following: 3 C
  POL 30100 American Political Theory (3)    
  POL 30820 International Organization and Law (3)    
  POL 40183 Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties (3)    
  Sociology, choose one from the following: 3 C
  SOC 22100 Sociological Analysis (3)    
DG SOC 22778 Social Problems (3)    
  SOC 32400 Individual and Society (3)    
DD SOC 32570 Inequality in Societies (3)    
ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (6-7 credits)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) 6-7  
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 
33  

 

Political Science Concentration

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS Courses count in major GPA
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
KSS/DG POL 10500 World Politics 3 C
  POL 20002 Political Thought 3 C
  POL
POL
30430
30450
Ohio Government (3)     or
Urban Politics and Policy (3)
3 C
  Political Theory, choose one from the following: 3 C
  POL 30100 American Political Theory (3)    
  POL 30300 Public Policy Theory (3)    
  POL 30500 International Relations Theory (3)    
  American Government, choose one from the following: 3 C
  POL 30110 The Congress (3)    
  POL 30120 The Presidency and Executive Bureaucracy (3)    
  POL 30450 Urban Politics and Policy (3)    
  POL 40116 Public Opinion and Political Behavior (3)    
  POL 40118 Political Parties and Interest Groups (3)    
  POL 40183 Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties (3)    
  International Relation/Comparative Politics, choose one from the following: 3 C
  POL 30820 International Organization and Law (3)    
  POL 30530 Asian Politics (3)    
  POL 30540 African Politics (3)    
  POL 40540 Politics of Development (3)    
  POL 40560 Human Rights and Social Justice (3)    
  POL 40840 Comparative Foreign Policy (3)    
  POL 40930 United States Foreign Policy (3)    
  Geography, choose one from the following: 3 C
  GEOG 32080 Politics and Place (3)    
  GEOG 34070 Economic Geography (3)    
  GEOG 36065 Cities and Urbanization (3)    
DG GEOG 37040 Geography of Africa (3)    
DG GEOG 37050 Geography of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (3)    
DG GEOG 37066 Geography of Europe (3)    
DG GEOG 37070 Geography of East and Southeast Asia (3    
DG GEOG 37079 Geography of South Asia (3)    
DG GEOG 37084 Geography of South America (3)    
  GEOG 37085 Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean (3)    
  GEOG 41073 Conservation of Natural Resources (3)    
  GEOG 42064 Historical Geography of the United states and Canada (3)    
  Upper-Division History, choose one from the following: 3 C
  HIST 31112 Chinese Civilization (3)    
  HIST 31125 Zionism and Israel (3)    
  HIST 31126 History of the Middle East (3)    
  HIST 31128 Late Medieval and Modern Jewish History (3)    
  HIST 31130 History of African Civilization (3)    
  HIST 31140 Modern Latin America (3)    
  HIST 31141 Early Latin America (3)    
  HIST 41087 Progressive America: The United States, 1896-1919 (3)    
  HIST 41088 New Era Through World War: The United States, 1920-1945 (3)    
  HIST 41089 Recent America: The United State, 1945-Present (3)    
  HIST 41112 History of Modern China (3)    
  HIST 41116 History of Japan (3)    
  HIST 41132 History of Africa, 1880 to Present (3)    
  HIST 3/4xxxx History non-western, upper-division elective (3)    
  Sociology, choose one from the following: 3 C
  SOC 22100 Sociological Analysis (3)    
DG SOC 22778 Social Problems (3)    
  SOC 32400 Individual and Society (3)    
DD SOC 32570 Inequality in Societies (3)    
ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (6-7 credits)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) 6-7  
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL 
33  

 

Sociology Concentration

CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (27 credits) Courses count in major GPA
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  SOC 22100 Sociological Analysis 3 C
  Choose one from the following: 3 C
DG SOC 22778 Social Problems (3)    
  SOC 32400 Individual and Society (3)    
DD SOC 32570 Inequality in Societies (3)    
  Sociology, choose from the following: 9 C
  SOC 32210 Researching Society (3)    
  SOC 32560 Sociology of Families (3)    
  SOC 32569 Minorities in America (3)    
  SOC 32762 Deviant Behavior (3)    
  SOC 42315 Sociology of Changing Gender Roles (3)    
  SOC 42478 Adolescent in Society (3)    
  SOC 42577 Sociology of Family Violence (3)    
  Geography, choose one from the following: 3 C
  GEOG 32080 Politics and Place (3)    
  GEOG 34070 Economic Geography (3)    
  GEOG 36065 Cities and Urbanization (3)    
DG GEOG 37040 Geography of Africa (3)    
DG GEOG 37050 Geography of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (3)    
DG GEOG 37066 Geography of Europe (3)    
DG GEOG 37070 Geography of East and Southeast Asia (3    
DG GEOG 37079 Geography of South Asia (3)    
DG GEOG 37084 Geography of South America (3)    
  GEOG 37085 Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean (3)    
  GEOG 41073 Conservation of Natural Resources (3)    
  GEOG 42064 Historical Geography of the United states and Canada (3)    
  History, choose one from the following: 3 C
  HIST 31112 Chinese Civilization (3)    
  HIST 31125 Zionism and Israel (3)    
  HIST 31126 History of the Middle East (3)    
  HIST 31128 Late Medieval and Modern Jewish History (3)    
  HIST 31130 History of African Civilization (3)    
  HIST 31140 Modern Latin America (3)    
  HIST 31141 Early Latin America (3)    
  HIST 41087 Progressive America: The United States, 1896-1919 (3)    
  HIST 41088 New Era Through World War: The United States, 1920-1945 (3)    
  HIST 41089 Recent America: The United State, 1945-Present (3)    
  HIST 41112 History of Modern China (3)    
  HIST 41116 History of Japan (3)    
  HIST 41132 History of Africa, 1880 to Present (3)    
  HIST 3/4xxxx History non-western, upper-division elective (3)    
  Political Science, choose one from the following: 3 C
KSS/DG POL 10004 Comparative Politics (3)    
KSS/DG POL 10500 World Politics (3)    
  POL 20002 Political Thought (3)    
  Political Science, choose one from the following: 3 C
  POL 30100 American Political Theory (3)    
  POL 30820 International Organization and Law (3)    
  POL 40183 Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties (3)    
ADDITIONAL CONCENTRATION REQUIREMENTS (6-7 credits)
Attribute Course Title Credits Min Grade
  Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory) 6-7  
MINIMUM SUBTOTAL  33