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Social Science Teaching

Social Science Teaching
BS
Hours77.5 - 94 Credit Hours
MAPMajor Academic Plan

Program Requirements

Licensure: This program meets the educational requirements designed to lead to an occupationally required professional license or certificate in the state of Utah. Students pursuing occupations requiring a license or certificate in a state other than Utah should contact the appropriate BYU academic advisement center as well as the licensing agency in the state where they intend to work to seek information and guidance regarding licensure and certification requirements.
This major is designed to prepare students to teach in public schools. In order to graduate with this major, students are required to complete Utah State Office of Education licensing requirements. To view these requirements go to https://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/licensing or contact the Education Advisement Center, 350 MCKB, 801-422-3426.
For students accepted into the major after December 16, 2019, grades below C in any required coursework in a teaching major or teaching minor will not be accepted. Teacher candidates must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.7 or higher once admitted into the program and to qualify for student teaching. For additional details on admission and retention requirements for teaching majors and teaching minors, see Educator Preparation Program Requirements in the Undergraduate Catalog.
requirement 1 Complete 1 course
Complete the following prerequisite:
Note: FBI fingerprint and background clearance MUST be completed PRIOR to enrolling in HIST 276.
requirement 2 Complete 5 courses
Note: Hist 220 and 221 must be completed as college/university courses and cannot be fulfilled with AP or other test scores.
requirement 3 Complete 1 course
requirement 4 Complete 3.0 hours from the following course(s)
HIST 218 - The Family and the Law in American History 3.0
HIST 231 - Introduction to East Asian History 3.0
HIST 232 - Introduction to the History of Christianity 3.0
HIST 238 - Ancient Near East to 330 BC 3.0
HIST 239 - Ancient Near East, 330 BC - 640 AD 3.0
HIST 240 - Middle East History to 1800 3.0
HIST 241 - Middle East History from 1800 3.0
HIST 242R - (Hist-NES 347R) Arab and Islamic Civilization 2.0v
HIST 243R - (Hist-NES 349R) Jewish Civilization 2.0v
HIST 244 - Jewish History: A.D. 70 to the Present 3.0
HIST 247 - (Hist-ClCv 304) Greek History 3.0
HIST 248 - (Hist-ClCv 307) Roman History 3.0
HIST 250 - Europe 1500 to the Present 3.0
HIST 251 - Conquest and Colonization of Latin America 3.0
HIST 252 - Modern Latin America 3.0
HIST 253 - Religion in Colonial Latin America 3.0
HIST 260 - Early Africa 3.0
HIST 261 - Modern Africa 3.0
HIST 290 - Nature and History: The Earth's Environmental Past 3.0
HIST 292 - Food and History 3.0
HIST 293 - World War II in History and Memory 3.0
HIST 295 - Latin America in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1850 3.0
HIST 298 - Digital History 3.0
HIST 300 - The Early Middle Ages 3.0
HIST 301 - The Late Middle Ages 3.0
HIST 302 - The Italian Renaissance 3.0
HIST 303 - The Reformation: Age of Turmoil 3.0
HIST 304 - The Expansion of Europe, 1400-1800 3.0
HIST 305 - The Age of Enlightenment 3.0
HIST 307 - Europe Since 1914 3.0
HIST 308 - The Mediterranean 3.0
HIST 309 - European Revolutions Since 1500 3.0
HIST 311 - The History of Film, Radio, and Television 3.0
HIST 312 - History of Ideas 3.0
HIST 313 - Strategy in Peace and War 3.0
HIST 314 - Fascism and Nazism in Europe, 1914-present 3.0
HIST 315 - European Jews and the Holocaust 3.0
HIST 316 - Modern American Warfare Studies 3.0
HIST 317 - Terrorism and Counterterrorism 3.0
HIST 318 - European Women's History 3.0
HIST 319 - The Family in Europe 3.0
HIST 322 - Pre-Modern Britain 3.0
HIST 323 - Modern Britain 3.0
HIST 324 - France 3.0
HIST 325 - Spain 3.0
HIST 326 - The History of Mexico 3.0
HIST 327 - Italy in the Modern World Since 1848 3.0
HIST 328 - Modern Germany 3.0
HIST 329 - The City in Brazil: An Urban History 3.0
HIST 330 - The Russian Empire Under the Romanovs 3.0
HIST 331 - Soviet Union and Post-Soviet Russia 3.0
HIST 332 - Scandinavian History 3.0
HIST 333 - History of the Ottoman Empire 3.0
HIST 334 - History of Ancient Iraq 3.0
HIST 335 - Crusades 3.0
HIST 336 - South African Liberation Movements 3.0
HIST 337 - Pre-modern Korea 3.0
HIST 338 - Modern Korea 3.0
HIST 339 - African Social Change 3.0
HIST 340 - Traditional China 3.0
HIST 341 - China Since 1200 3.0
HIST 342 - The Mongol Empire in World History 3.0
HIST 343 - Early Japan: Shinto and Samurai, Courtiers and Courtesans 3.0
HIST 344 - Modern Japan 3.0
HIST 345 - Islam in Africa 3.0
HIST 347 - Chinese Cultural History 3.0
HIST 348 - Modern South East Asia 3.0
HIST 349 - History of Asian Religions and Thought 3.0
HIST 355 - History of Argentina 3.0
HIST 356 - Brazil 3.0
HIST 357 - The Indian in Latin American History 3.0
HIST 358 - Gender and History in Latin America 3.0
HIST 359 - Inter-American Relations 3.0
HIST 360 - American West to 1900 3.0
HIST 361 - The American West Since 1900 3.0
HIST 362 - United States Immigration History 3.0
HIST 363 - The Spanish Frontier in North America 3.0
HIST 365 - American South 3.0
HIST 366 - Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa and the Atlantic World 3.0
HIST 367 - Slavery in the United States 3.0
HIST 368 - Sport, Society, and American Culture 3.0
HIST 369 - History of Travel and Tourism 3.0
HIST 370 - Early America 3.0
HIST 371 - Revolutionary America 3.0
HIST 373 - Civil War Era, 1848-1877 3.0
HIST 374 - U.S. History from 1890 to 1945 3.0
HIST 375 - Joseph Smith in Mormon History and Historiography 3.0
HIST 376 - U.S. History from 1945 to 2000 3.0
HIST 377 - Growing Up in America: A History of Childhood and Youth 3.0
HIST 378 - History of American Families 3.0
HIST 379 - U.S. Religious History to 1860 3.0
HIST 380 - U.S. Religious History Since 1860 3.0
HIST 382 - Mormonism in the American Experience 3.0
HIST 383 - African-American History, 1865 to Present 3.0
HIST 384 - United States Women's History 3.0
HIST 385 - Latinos in the United States 3.0
HIST 386 - American Indian History to 1830 3.0
HIST 387 - American Indian History from 1830 to the Present 3.0
HIST 389 - Mormonism Among Christian Theologies: A Comparative History 3.0
HIST 391 - The Vietnam War 3.0
HIST 392 - U.S. Constitutional History 3.0
HIST 393 - U.S. Foreign Relations 3.0
HIST 394 - Scripture in American History 3.0
HIST 396 - Telling the Story of History: A Writing Workshop 3.0
HIST 398 - American Capitalism: Politics and the Economy in Modern American History 3.0
HIST 431 - Public History 3.0
HIST 485 - Topical Readings Seminar 3.0
HIST 487 - Philosophies of History 3.0
HIST 490 - Capstone Research Seminar 3.0
HIST 495R - Directed Research 3.0
HIST 496R - Academic Internship: History Teaching and Social Science Teaching 12.0
HIST 498R - Directed Readings 3.0v
requirement 5 Complete 2 courses
requirement 6 Complete 1 course
Note: Students planning to teach in the state of Utah should take Geog 245.
requirement 7 Complete 1 course
requirement 8 Complete 3.0 hours from the following course(s)
POLI 311 - State and Local Government and Politics 3.0
POLI 312 - American Judicial Politics 3.0
POLI 313 - Interest Groups 3.0
POLI 314 - The United States Presidency 3.0
POLI 315 - Congress and the Legislative Process 3.0
POLI 319R - Topics in American Government and Politics 3.0v
POLI 321 - The Media in American Politics 3.0
POLI 323 - Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in American Politics 3.0
POLI 325 - Politics of Wilderness, National Parks, and Public Land Management 3.0
POLI 335 - Social Policy 3.0
POLI 336 - Government and Religion 3.0
POLI 339R - Topics in Public Policy 3.0v
POLI 341 - European Politics 3.0
POLI 343 - Designing Democracy: Constitutional Design for Democratic Governance 3.0
POLI 344 - Comparative Political Economy 3.0
POLI 345 - Comparative Parties and Elections 3.0
POLI 346 - Southeast Asian Politics 3.0
POLI 347 - Russia/Former Soviet Politics 3.0
POLI 348 - Government and Politics of Asia 3.0
POLI 349R - Topics in Politics 3.0v
POLI 353 - China: Government and Politics 3.0
POLI 354 - Japan: Government and Politics 3.0
POLI 357 - Middle East Politics 3.0
POLI 359R - Topics in Comparative Politics 3.0v
POLI 362 - Reason, Revelation, and Politics 3.0
POLI 364 - Jurisprudence 3.0
POLI 365 - Early American Political Thought: 1620-1865 3.0
POLI 366 - Modern American Political Thought: 1865-Present 3.0
POLI 368R - Topics in Political Philosophy 3.0v
POLI 372 - International Political Economy 3.0
POLI 376 - U.S. Foreign Policy 3.0
POLI 377 - National Security Affairs 3.0
POLI 378 - International Conflict 3.0
POLI 379R - Topics in International Relations 3.0v
POLI 382 - International Relations of North America 3.0
POLI 385 - International Relations of Asia 3.0
POLI 386 - Japanese Foreign Policy 3.0
POLI 387 - International Relations of Developing Countries 3.0
POLI 388 - Chinese Foreign Policy 3.0
POLI 391 - Advanced Seminar on Current Issues 3.0
POLI 392R - Topics in Political Strategy 3.0v
POLI 393R - Topics in Legal Studies 3.0v
POLI 394R - Topics in Global Development 3.0v
POLI 395R - Political Review 1.0
POLI 397 - Utah Legislative Politics 2.0
POLI 398 - Speaker Series on Political Careers 1.0
POLI 399R - Washington DC Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - Utah Legislature Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - International Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - Academic Internship 9.0v
POLI 399R - Pre-Law Internship 9.0v
POLI 420 - Constitutional Law - American Federal System 3.0
POLI 421 - Constitutional Law - Rights and Immunities 3.0
POLI 422 - Interests and Ideas in the American Founding 3.0
POLI 423 - Political Extremism in the United States 3.0
POLI 444 - The Political Economy of Development 3.0
POLI 450 - Research Project in Comparative Politics 3.0
POLI 462 - Tocqueville on America 3.0
POLI 472 - International Political Economy of Women 3.0
POLI 491R - Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy - Lab 1.0
POLI 492R - Global Politics Lab 1.0
requirement 9 Complete 1 course
requirement 10 Complete 3.0 hours from the following course(s)
ANTHR 300 - Biological Anthropology 3.0
ANTHR 301 - Human Osteology 2.0
ANTHR 309 - Language, Culture, and Society 3.0
ANTHR 311 - Museums and Cultures 3.0
ANTHR 312 - Intercultural Communication 3.0
ANTHR 314 - Museum Registration and Legal/Ethical Issues 3.0
ANTHR 327 - The Hmong Diaspora: Culture, History, and Language 3.0
ANTHR 328 - Andean South America 3.0
ANTHR 330 - Peoples of Africa 3.0
ANTHR 335 - Peoples of India 3.0
ANTHR 336 - Cinema and Culture in India 3.0
ANTHR 340 - Peoples of the Middle East 3.0
ANTHR 341 - Ethnonationalism and Southeast Asia 3.0
ANTHR 343 - Chinese Culture and Society 3.0
ANTHR 344 - Culture, Language, and History of Korea 3.0
ANTHR 345 - American Culture 3.0
ANTHR 346 - Anthropology of the Latter-day Saints 3.0
ANTHR 348 - Contemporary Japan 3.0
ANTHR 350 - Archaeological Cultures of North America 3.0
ANTHR 351 - Archaeology and the Bible 3.0
ANTHR 355 - Mesoamerican Archaeology 3.0
ANTHR 375 - Archaeology of Egypt 3.0
ANTHR 376 - Archaeology of the Ancient Aegean and Greece 3.0
ANTHR 377 - Archaeology of Roman Civilization 3.0
ANTHR 378 - Near Eastern Archaeology 3.0
ANTHR 379 - Archaeology of Islam 3.0
ANTHR 385 - Archaeology of Europe 3.0
ANTHR 390R - Special Topics in Regional Anthropology 3.0v
ANTHR 404 - Historical Anthropology 3.0
ANTHR 405 - Archaeological Science 3.0
ANTHR 406 - Archaeoinformatics 3.0
ANTHR 410 - Ethnoarchaeology 3.0
ANTHR 412 - Museum Collections Management 3.0
ANTHR 414 - Museum Projects 3.0
ANTHR 430 - Moral and Ritual Institutions 3.0
ANTHR 431 - Kinship, Race and Gender 3.0
ANTHR 432 - Economic and Political Institutions 3.0
ANTHR 434 - Medical Anthropology 3.0
ANTHR 436 - Symbolic Anthropology 3.0
ANTHR 439 - Psychological Anthropology 3.0
ANTHR 440 - The End of the World (As We Know It) 3.0
ANTHR 442 - Ethnographic Research Design and Methods 3.0
ANTHR 450 - Anthropology Seminar 1.0
SOC 310 - Social Inquiry 3.0
SOC 311 - Contemporary Sociological Theory 3.0
SOC 318 - Adolescent Development in the Family and Other Social Contexts 3.0
SOC 321 - Sociology of Innovation 3.0
SOC 322 - Class Inequality 3.0
SOC 323 - Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 3.0
SOC 325 - Introduction to the Sociology of Religion 3.0
SOC 326 - Sociology of Education 3.0
SOC 328 - Sociology of Sport 3.0
SOC 329 - Medical Sociology 3.0
SOC 330 - Cultural Sociology 3.0
SOC 333 - (Soc-Nurs) End-of-Life Care 3.0
SOC 339 - Social Organization and Change 3.0
SOC 340 - Sociology of International Development 3.0
SOC 345 - World Populations 3.0
SOC 350 - (Soc-Psych) Introduction to Social Psychology 3.0
SOC 360 - Introduction to Family Sociology 3.0
SOC 361 - Theoretical Foundations of Marriage and Family 3.0
SOC 365 - Sociology of Aging 3.0
SOC 367 - Sociology of Gender 3.0
SOC 370 - Urban Sociology 3.0
SOC 380 - Deviant Behavior and Social Control 3.0
SOC 383 - Juvenile Delinquency 3.0
SOC 390R - Special Topics in Contemporary Sociology 3.0v
SOC 399R - Academic Internship 6.0v
requirement 11 Complete 2 options
option 11.1 Complete 1 course
option 11.2 Complete 1 course
PSYCH 321 - Developmental Psychology: Adolescence 3.0
PSYCH 341 - Personality 3.0
PSYCH 342 - Psychopathology 3.0
PSYCH 350 - (Psych-Soc) Introduction to Social Psychology 3.0
PSYCH 361 - (Not currently offered)
PSYCH 365 - (Not currently offered)
requirement 12 Complete 2 options
option 12.1 Complete 1 course
option 12.2 Complete 1 course
requirement 13 Complete 2 options
Professional Education Component:
Licensure Requirements: Contact the Education Advisement Center, 350 MCKB, 801-422-3426, to schedule the exit interview to clear your application for the secondary teaching license. You should be registered for your last semester at BYU prior to the scheduled appointment.
option 13.1 Complete 6 courses
option 13.2 Complete 12.0 hours from the following course(s)
Apply for student teaching/internship one semester in advance by September 15th or January 15th. Applications are online at https://educator.byu.edu/.
Note: It is the student's responsibility to be sure that the Praxis test has been taken and that BYU has received the test scores, that their fingerprint background clearance is current, and that state licensing fees have been paid prior to graduation. Students are strongly discouraged from working another job during the time of their student teaching/internship. In addition, students must pass the PPAT assessment to graduate and receive a teaching license. Students will also be responsible for any additional requirements imposed by the state prior to their graduation. To confirm the status of these requirements contact the Education Advisement Center, 350 MCKB, 801-422-3426. Graduation and Utah licensure cannot be processed until these requirements have been completed.
Program Outcomes: 

Subject Matter

Candidates can identify the core concepts and standards associated with the social science curricula taught in secondary classrooms (subject areas: history, political science, geography, psychology) and can create learning experiences that make these concepts meaningful for students.

Learner and Learning

Candidates can articulate how young people learn and develop, acknowledging individual and cultural differences, in order to create environments that motivate collaborative learning.

Instructional Strategies

Candidates use a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students? development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills, and use assessments to inform instruction.

Professional Development

Candidates continually reflect on and evaluate their teaching practices, actively seek opportunities to grow professionally, engage in ethical behavior, and collaborate with stakeholders (students, parents, and other professionals in the learning community).

Utah Effective Teaching Standards

Demonstrate basic competency in the Utah Effective Teaching Standards as established by Utah Teacher Education Assessment and Accreditation Council and the Utah State Board of Education