Social Studies Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

As a Social Studies Education major, you will receive training to teach social studies in grades 4-12. To prepare for the wide array of the courses you will teach, you will receive a rigorous preparation by taking courses in U.S. history, world history, psychology, economics, sociology, geography, and political science. Even with these extensive courses, you should be able to finish your training in four years. The Social Studies Education program is designed to meet the license requirements of the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.

Career Options

• Social studies/History teacher • Archivist or curator • Researcher • Governmental relations • Historical site guide • Curriculum developer

Some careers and employment positions require graduate degrees, specialized training, or additional certificates and licenses.

alumni spotlight JOEL & HOPE EBEL

Joel ('09) and Hope (’10) Ebel met during freshman orientation at MBU, graduated together, married, moved to Colorado, and have been blessed with three boys—Xavier, Jaxon, and Knox. After Hope graduated with a BS in Math Education, she taught math for eight years, completed her master’s degree in school counseling, and is now employed at a public middle school. Joel graduated with a BA in Biblical Studies and has been in bi-vocational ministry for nine years, serving in children’s and student ministries. He currently serves as a youth pastor in Franktown, CO, owns his own Medicare sales agency, and coaches high school baseball.

Teacher Education Requirements (36 hours) EDUC 100 Freshman Fieldwork 0

EDUC 144 Foundations of Education 2

EDUC 201 Sophomore Fieldwork 1

EDUC 207 Instructional Media & Technology

3 EDUC 225 Human Relations 1 3 SEED 242 Sec. & Middle School Teaching Methods 3 EDUC 299 Upper Level Status 0 EDUC 301 Junior Practicum 2 EDUC 340 Classroom Management and Positive Behavior 3 EDUC 342 Educational Assessment 2 SEED 353 Teaching Social Studies 1 3 EDUC 421 Education Seminar 2 EDUC 443 Supervised Student Teaching 12 History Requirements (27 hours) HUHI 130 The Modern World 3 HUHI 141 United States History 1 3 HUHI 142 United States History 2 3 HUHI 220 Ancient Civilizations 3 HUHI 335 Native American History 3 HUHI 497 Historical Method & Philosophy 3 History Electives (6 hours) HUHI 233 History of England 3 HUHI 237 Renaissance & Reformation 3 HUHI 250 East Asian History 3 HUHI 330 Civil War & Reconstruction 3 HUHI 367 Europe in the Middle Ages 3 Contemporary History Elective (Choose one course) HUHI 245 20th Century History 3 HUHI 347 Recent & Contemporary America 3 HUHI 352 Modern European History 3 Social Studies Requirements (30 hours) HUSO 141 Introduction to Sociology 3 BUMG 222 Macroeconomics 3 BUMG 223 Microeconomics 3 EDUC 233 American Government for Educators 3 HUPS 233 Developmental Psychology 3 EDUC 234 Introduction to Geography for Educators 3 EDUC 236 The Exceptional Child 3 EDUC 303 Educational Psychology 1 3 HUHI 320 Early American Political Thought 3 HUHI 354 American Constitutional History 3

1 This course must be taken at Maranatha and may not be taken as a Directed Study.

Course Distribution

Social Studies Education Major History Requirements Social Studies Requirements Biblical Studies Core Liberal Arts Core

Minimum Hours Required

36 27 30 24 19 136

Suggested Schedule

Year 1

Freshman Fieldwork 0 Foundations of Education 2 Introduction to Sociology 3 Old Testament Survey 3 English Composition 1 3 The Modern World 3 14 Fundamentals of Public Speaking 2 New Testament Survey 3 English Composition 2 3 Math Elective 3 History Elective 3 14

Summer

Baptist Heritage 3

Year 2

Sophomore Fieldwork 1 Intro to Geography for Educators 3 United States History 1 3 Secondary & Middle School Teaching Methods 3 Native American History 3 Ancient Civilizations 3 16

Summer

Bible Doctrine 1 or 2 3

Year 3

Junior Practicum 2 Instruct. Media & Technology 3 Early American Political Thought 3 Macroeconomics 3 American Constitutional History 3 World Religions 3 17

Summer

Bible Doctrine 1 or 2 3

Year 4

Education Seminar 2 Teaching Social Studies 3 Educational Assessment 2 History Elective 3 Educational Psychology 3 Bible Elective 3 16 Literature Elective 3 6

Upper Level Status

0 Human Relations 3 Developmental Psychology 3 United States History 2 3 American Government for Educators 3 The Exceptional Child 3 15

Christian Life, Leadership, and Evangelism 3 6

Historical Method & Philosophy 3 Classroom Management 3 Life Science Elective 3 Microeconomics 3 Music Elective 2 14

Student Teaching 12 12

See page 26 for General Education Core requirements. Humanities Electives (6) are met by required Intro to Sociology and Developmental Psychology. Requirements for American Studies Elective and The Modern World are met by requirements in the major. Scientific Reasoning requirement must be a Life Science course.