Social Studies, Certification (7-12)

Professional Education Courses Tier 1

• ED 503 General Foundations of Education in the U.S. (3 credits)
• ED 580 Introduction to Inclusive Education (3 credits)
• ED 565 Introduction to Instructional Technology (3 credits)
• ED 622 ESL: Multilingual/Multicultural Literacies (3 credits)

Professional Education Courses Tier 2

• ED 584 Supporting Students with Low Incidence Disabilities (3 credits)
• ED 657 Diversity, Equity and Justice in Special Education (3 credits)
• ED 662 Teaching Methods for Students with Autism 3 credits
• ED 670 PK-12 Transition and CTE (3 credits)

Professional Education Courses Tier 3

• ED 512 Differentiated Instruction in the Inclusion Classroom (3 credits)
• ED 511 Stage 3 Fieldwork
• ED 562B Teaching Citizenship and Social Science, 7-12 (3 credits)

Professional Education Courses Tier 4

Requires completion of all professional education and content area courses.

• ED 471 Graduate Student Teaching, Secondary (6 credits) (credits not applicable to master’s degree or culminating activity)  OR   

Social Studies Content Area Required Courses

• HS 103 European Civilization: 1347 to 1789
• HS 104 European Civilization, 1789 to Present
• HS 117 American History to 1865
• HS 118 American History Since 1865
• IS 265 Migration Politics in the Americas OR IS 320 Global Poverty & Inequality OR IS 330 Social Life of War: Political, Cultural and Identity Process in Global Conflict
• ED 560 Public History (3 credits)
• PS101 American Politics OR PS150 Comparative Politics OR PS220 American Constitutional Law OR PS241 International Relations OR PS340 The Judiciary
• EC 210 Princ. of Macroeconomics OR EC 211 Princ. of Microeconomics
• PY 101 General Psychology OR PY 102 General Psychology OR PY 153 Social Psychology OR ED 315 Differentiated Instruction in Inclusive Classroom OR ED 580 Introduction to Inclusive Education 
• SO 101 Intro. Sociology OR ED 503 General Foundations of Education in the U.S.

Exit Requirements for Teacher Certification Candidates

https://www.arcadia.edu/school-education/current-students/teacher-certification