Social Studies, Certification (7-12)

Professional Education Courses Tier 1

• ED 505 Cultural Foundations of Education (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 523 The Teacher and the Classroom, Secondary (3 credits)
• ED 606S Strategic Instruction for Emergent and Content Literacy, 7–12 (3 credits)

Professional Education Courses Tier 3

• ED 512 Differentiated Instruction in the Inclusion Classroom (3 credits)
• ED 511 Stage 3 Fieldwork (1 credit)
• 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)

Social Studies Content Area Required Courses

Two courses in American History HS115 and HS116

Two courses in European World Civilization HS110 and HS130

One course in Geography ED360

One course in American Constitutional Government PS101

One course in International Studies IS101

One course in Economics EC210 or EC211

One course in Psychology PY101

On course in Sociology SO101

One course in Anthropology AN120

Exit Requirements for Teacher Certification Candidates

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