Requirements

Major

This interdisciplinary major is designed for the future teacher interested in a strong background in the social sciences and who intends to meet Illinois State Board of Education standards for teacher certification on the secondary level in Social Science: Economics; Social Science: History; Social Science: Political Science of Social Science: Sociology and Anthropology. A minimum of 17 hours in courses applied to the major field must be completed at Dominican. Students pursuing teacher certification must present at least a 2.75 grade point average in the major to receive the department’s recommendation for admission to student teaching (clinical practice). Before admission to clinical practice, students seeking certification on the secondary level must pass the Illinois State Board of Education content area test in one of the Social Science fields. Students should consult the Director of the Social Science program and the advisor in the School of Education about courses required to meet Illinois state standards for certification in social science on the secondary level or as a specified subject-area teacher for social studies. Students wishing to major in Social Science should consult with the director of the Social Science program as well as with an advisor in the designated social science discipline.

Major Requirements

Twelve semester hours of history, including History 111 or 151; History 112 or 152; 211 and 212; Economics 190; Political Science 170; Sociology 110. Well-prepared students may waive the 100-level and 200-level required courses in history with the written consent of a member of the history faculty, substituting upper-division history courses, which must include at least six hours of U. S. history.

Additional Requirements
Twenty-four additional semester hours meeting one of the following options:

Social Science: Economics
Economics 191, and eighteen semester hours in economics; three additional hours in economics, history, political science, psychology or sociology and anthropology.

Social Science: History
Fifteen additional hours in history on the 200- or 300- level, including History 300, at least one additional course in U. S. history, and one course in Asian, African or Latin American history; Economics 191; Political Science 240, 250, 263, 264, or 265; Sociology 268 or 361.

Social Science: Political Science
Twenty-one hours in political science, including Political Science 215; one of 240, 250 or 341; 280 or 295; 310 or 320; and one of 380, 381 or 382; Economics 191 or one additional course in modern European, Asian, African, or Latin American history.

Social Science: Sociology and Anthropology
Twenty-four additional hours in Sociology including Sociology 268, 361, 362; three courses from Sociology 210, 230, 240, 250 or 280; two courses from Sociology 372, 380, 407, or 409