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 111B - Human Culture and Communication
- ECON 111 - Principles of Macroeconomics
- ECON 112 - Principles of Microeconomics
- HIST 112 - A World History to 1500 or HIST 112B - World History 1500 to Present
- HIST 323 - Social Science Pedagogy
- HIST 330 - History of Illinois
- POLS 250 - Introduction to Comparative Politics
- POLS 112 - Introduction to American National Government & Politics
- SOC - 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.
