{"id":70,"date":"2022-02-18T16:45:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T22:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/professional-education\/fastrack\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2025-02-27T12:52:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T18:52:25","slug":"social-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/professional-education\/fastrack\/program-of-study\/social-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Social Studies Education<\/h2>\n<p>Required Credits: 89<br>\nRequired GPA: 2.5<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> No grade below a &ldquo;C&rdquo; may be used to meet program requirements.<\/p>\n<p>I Economics Courses<\/p>\n<p>Complete the following courses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ECON 2000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/econ\/2000\">Markets and Resource Allocation<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>ECON 2100 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/econ\/2100\">Macroeconomics and the Business Cycle<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>II Geography Courses<\/h3>\n<p>Complete the following courses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GEOG 2100 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/geog\/2100\">Introduction to Physical Geography<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>GEOG 2200 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/geog\/2200\">Introduction to Human Geography<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Select 1 of the following courses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GEOG 3410 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/geog\/3410\">Geography of North America<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>GEOG 3810 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/geog\/3810\">Geography of Europe<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>GEOG 3820 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/geog\/3820\">Geography of East, South, and Southeast Asia<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>GEOG 3840 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/geog\/3840\">Geography of Africa<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>GEOG 3850 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/geog\/3850\">Geography of the Middle East<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>GEOG 3860 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/geog\/3860\">Geography of Latin America and the Caribbean<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>III History Courses<\/h3>\n<p>Complete the following courses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HST 1114 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/1114\">United States History I, to 1877<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 1115 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/1115\">United States History II, since 1877<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 1304 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/1304\">World History I, Prehistory-1500<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 1305 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/1305\">World History II, 1500-Present<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 2610 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/2610\">Minnesota History<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Select 1 of the following courses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>HST 3117 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/3117\">American Revolutionary Era, 1763-1800<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 3128 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/3128\">Testing Democracy: Reform in Antebellum America, 1787-1865<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 3137 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/3137\">The American Civil War<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 3159 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/3159\">The World at War, 1931-1945<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 3187 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/3187\">American West<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 3208 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/3208\">Greece And Rome, 1500 BCE-500 CE<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 3258 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/3258\">The Roman Civil Law Tradition<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 3268 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/3268\">The Roman Revolution, 200 BCE-CE 14<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 3409 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/3409\">Colonialism and Modernization in the Non-Western World<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 3419 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/3419\">East Asia<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 3429 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/3429\">South and Southeast Asia<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 3449 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/3449\">Middle East<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 3459 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/3459\">Latin America<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 3650 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/3650\">Environmental History<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 3799 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/3799\">Tudor and Stuart England, 1485-1714<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 3800 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/3800\">Georgian Britain, 1688-1820<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 4000 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/4000\">Historiography<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>HST 4500 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/hst\/4500\">Historical Methods<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>IV Political Science Courses<\/h3>\n<p>Complete the following courses<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>POL 1200 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/pol\/1200\">Introduction to American Politics<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>POL 1300 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/pol\/1300\">Introduction to International Relations<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 of the following courses (3 credits minimum):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>POL 3100 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/pol\/3100\">American Foreign Policy<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>POL 3130 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/pol\/3130\">Asian Political Development<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>POL 3140 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/pol\/3140\">Canadian Politics<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>POL 3150 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/pol\/3150\">Topics in Political Science<\/a> (1-3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>POL 3160 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/pol\/3160\">Comparative European Politics<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>POL 3170 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/pol\/3170\">International Relations<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>POL 3180 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/pol\/3180\">International Law and Organization<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>POL 3190 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/pol\/3190\">International Political Economy<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>POL 3200 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/pol\/3200\">Minnesota Politics<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>POL 3210 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/pol\/3210\">Public Administration<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>POL 3230 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/pol\/3230\">Environmental Politics<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>POL 3410 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/pol\/3410\">Legislative and Executive Relations<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>POL 3420 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/pol\/3420\">Campaigns and Elections<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>POL 4200 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/pol\/4200\">Constitutional Law<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>V Psychology Course<\/h3>\n<p>Complete the following course<\/p>\n<p>PSY 1100 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/psy\/1100\">Introductory Psychology<\/a> (4 credits)<\/p>\n<h3>VI Sociology Courses<\/h3>\n<p>Complete the following courses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SOC 1104 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/soc\/1104\">Society and Social Issues<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>SOC 3010 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/soc\/3010\">Social Theory<\/a> (3 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>VII Social Studies Methods Course<\/h3>\n<p>Complete the following course:<\/p>\n<p>ED 3580 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/catalog\/current\/courses\/ed\/3580\">Teaching of Middle and Secondary School Social Studies<\/a> (4 credits)<\/p>\n<h3>Required Professional Education Courses<\/h3>\n<p>Complete the following courses:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ED 6101 Educational Foundations (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>ED 6107 Advanced Educational Psychology (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>ED 6140 Human Diversity in Education (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>ED 6334 Curriculum and Instructional Design (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>ED 6108 Equitable and Inclusive Learning Communities (3 credits)<\/li>\n<li>ED 5799 Professional Teacher (1 credit)<\/li>\n<li>ED 5737 Content Area Reading (3 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Student Teaching and Final Reflection Course:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ED 5820, ED 5830, OR ED 5840 Student Teaching (6-credits)<\/li>\n<li>ED 6407 The Reflective Educator (2 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Complete 6 credits of student teaching:<\/p>\n<p>ED 5830 <a 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