Social Science Teacher Education
SIUE offers a variety of programs that lead to a teaching certificate. Within the Social Sciences, a student can major in Geography, History or Political Science to pursue a teaching certificate.
A Secondary Education certificate in Social Studies through Geography requires a major in Geography, a Social Sciences Minor (see below), and professional education courses through the School of Education, Health and Human Behavior.
Requirements for the Social Sciences Minor
The Social Sciences minor spans the areas outside the major that a student with a Social Sciences teaching certificate should be prepared to teach. The listing below details the requirements for the minor:
- ANTH 111 Introduction to Anthropology
- ECON 111 Macroeconomics
- ECON 112 Microeconomics
- HIST 112A World History to 1500
- HIST 112B World History 1500 to Present
- HIST 130A or 130B
- 130A History of Black America to 1865
- 130B History of Black America 1865 to Present
- HIST 323 Social Science Pedagogy
- HIST 330 History of Illinois
- POLS 111 Introduction to Political Science
- POLS 112 American Government
- SOCI 111 Introduction to Sociology
Advising information
Geography majors pursuing Social Science Certification to teach must meet with Dr. Susan Hume (Phone: 618-650-2091 / Email: shume@siue.edu) before the end of their first semester as a declared Geography major pursuing teacher certification.
