Social Studies Education Degree Requirements

IN ORDER TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATION TO TEACH SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY, THE STUDENT MUST COMPLETE 37 SEMESTER HOURS IN HISTORY AND 24 HOURS IN SOCIAL STUDIES. EACH PREFIX MUST HAVE AT LEAST ONE COURSE SELECTED. 

REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHER CERTIFICATION IN SOCIAL STUDIES–61 semester hours as follows: 
Required courses are as follows (19 hours): 

• HIST 137     World Civilization to 1648 
• HIST 138     World Civilization since 1648 
• HIST 224     Research Mechanics 
• HIST 225     Research Composition 
• HIST 231     American History to 1877 
• HIST 232     American History since 1877 
• HIST 490     Issues in History 

At least six hours in United States History chosen from: 

• HIST 333     American Diplomacy 
• HIST 336     American Military History 
• HIST 338     Early Republic 
• HIST 431     Early America 
• HIST 450     Origins of American Constitutionalism 

And at least six hours selected from: 

• HIST 332     Early Modern Western Military History 
• HIST 334     England: 1485-1832 
• HIST 335     Twentieth-Century Europe 
• HIST 436     The Renaissance and the Reformation 
• HIST 437     Imperial Russia 
• HIST 451     Nineteenth-Century Europe 

Plus six additional hours chosen from the History Department’s offerings The following courses are required: 

• POLS 131     Introduction to Political Science 
• POLS 233     American National Government 
• POLS 235     Introduction to International Relations 

Twenty-four hours chosen from the following: (6 hours of which must be BADM136 and BADM 137) 

• BADM 136     Microeconomics 
• BADM 137     Macroeconomics 
• POLS 131     Introduction to Political Science
• POLS 233      American National Government     

• POLS 235      Introduction to International Relations

• POLS 338      Comparative Politics                       

• POLS  433        Western Political Theory I       
• SOCI 131      Introduction to Sociology 
• PSYC 333      Psychology of Personality             

• PSYC 334      Social Psychology                        

• BADM 436      International Business                    

• GEOG 131     Introduction to Human Geography

• GEOG 231     Environmental Geography

• HSRV 237     Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Completion of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree plus a world language through the intermediate level.