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Social Studies Course Selections

The following courses have been approved to fulfill the Supporting and Related requirements for Middle Level Social Studies (4-8) Teaching Option. Consult the Penn State Bulletin to look up more information on courses.

Select 15 credits from Social sciences with at least 6 credits taken at the 100 level or above

Economic Policy Issues

At least 3 credits in from the following courses:

  • ECON 102(GS)(3), Introductory Microeconomic Analysis and Policy

  • ECON 104(GS)(3), Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy

  • ECON 014(GS)(3), Principles of Economics

  • GEOG 123(GS;IL)(3), Geography of Developing World

  • GEOG 126(GS;US;IL)(3), Economic Geography

  • HIST 155(GS;US)(3), American Business History

  • HIST 156(US)(3), History of the American Worker

  • PL SC 135(GS)(3), The Politics of the Ecological Crisis

  • WMNST 456(3) (Sem: 3-8), Gender, Occupations and Professions

Civics and Society

At least 6 credits from the following courses:

  • AF AM(GH;US;IL)(RL ST 145)(3), African American Religion

  • AF AM(US)(ENGL 235)(3), African-American Oral Folk Tradition

  • AF AM(US)(SOC 409)(3), Racial and Ethnic Inequality in America

  • EDTHP 200(GS)(3), Educational Reform and Public Policy

  • EDTHP 297A(3), Multicultural Perspectives: Families, Communities, and Education

  • EDTHP 401(IL)(CI ED 401)(3), Introduction to Comparative Education

  • EDTHP 411(US)(3), Ethnic Minorities and Schools in the United States

  • EDTHP 412(WMNST 412)(3), Education and the Status of Women

  • EDTHP 420(3), Education and Public Policy

  • EDTHP 427(3), Intelligence and Educational Policy

  • GEOG 130(GS)(3), Environment, Power and Justice

  • HIST 158(US;IL)(3), History of American Immigration

  • PL SC 002(3), American Public Policy

  • PL SC 003(GS;IL)(3), Introduction to Comparative Politics

  • PL SC 007(GS)(3), Contemporary Political Ideologies

  • PL SC 014(GS;IL)(3), International Relations

  • PL SC 017(GS)(3), Introduction to Political Theory

  • PL SC 110(GS;US)(3), Rights in America

  • PL SC 123(GS;US;IL)(3), Ethnic and Racial Politics

  • PL SC 125(3), Pennsylvania Government and Politics

  • PL SC 130(GS;US)(3), American Political Campaigns and Elections

  • SOC 119(GS;US)(3), Race and Ethnic Relations

  • S T S 135(GS)(PL SC 135)(3), The Politics of the Ecological Crisis

  • WMNST 104(GH;US)(AM ST 104)(3), Women and the American Experience

  • WMNST 430(US)(AM ST 430)(3)Women in American Society

  • WMNST 466(US;IL)(3) (Sem: 3-8), Lesbian and Gay History

Historical and Geographical Perspectives

At least 6 credits from the following courses:

  • AF AM 100(GS;US)(3), Evolving Status of Blacks in the 20th Century: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

  • AF AM 101(GH;US)(WMNST 101)(3), African American Women

  • AF AM 146(GH;US)(RL ST 146)(3), The Life and Thought of Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • AF AM 210(GH;US)(HIST 210)(3), Between Accomodation and Alienation: African Americans in a Jim Crow Nation, 1896-1932

  • EDTHP 430(3), History of Education in the United States

  • EDTHP 435(3), Child Labor and Education in the Global Economy

  • GEOG 030(GS)(3), Geographic Perspectives on Sustainability and Human-Environment Systems

  • GEOG 040(GS;IL)(3), World Regional Geography

  • GEOG 110(GN)(3), Climates of the World

  • GEOG 115(GN)(3), Landforms of the World

  • GEOG 122(GH;US)(3), The American Scene

  • GEOG 160(GS)(3), Mapping Our Changing World

  • HIST 010(GH;IL)(3), Non-Western Civilization

  • HIST 011(GH;IL)(3), World History II

  • HIST 012(GH;US)(3), History of Pennsylvania

  • HIST 021(GH;US)(3), American Civilization Since 1877

  • HIST 100(GH;IL)(3), Ancient Greece

  • HIST 101(GH;IL)(3), The Roman Republic and Empire

  • HIST 104(GH)(3), Ancient Egypt

  • HIST 107(GH;IL)(3), Medieval Europe

  • HIST 115(GH;US)(3), American Jewish History and Culture

  • HIST 120(GS;IL)(3), Europe Since 1848

  • HIST 121(GH;IL)(3), History of the Holocaust 1933-1945

  • HIST 127(US)(3), Introduction to U.S. Latina/o History

  • HIST 130(GH;US)(3), Introduction to the Civil War Era, 1848 through 1877

  • HIST 144(GH;US;IL)(3), Thw World at War: 1939-1945

  • HIST 152(GH;US;IL)(3), African American History

  • HIST 153(GH;US)(3), The Indian in North America

  • HIST 158(US;IL)(3), History of American Immigration

  • HIST 161(US)(3), The Battle of Gettysburg in American Historical Memory

  • HIST 165(IL)(3), Introduction to Islamic Civilization

  • HIST 174(GH;IL)(3), The History of Traditional East Asia

  • HIST 175(GH;IL)(3), The History of Modern East Asia

  • HIST 176(GH;IL)(3), Survey of Indian History

  • HIST 179(GH;IL)(3), Latin-American History Since 1820

  • HIST 180(GH;IL)(3), Ancient Warfare

  • HIST 181(GH;IL)(3), Introduction to the Middle East

  • HIST 191(GH;IL)(3), Early African History

  • S T S 123(GH)(HIST 123)(3), History of Science II

  • WMNST 102(GH;IL)(AAA S 102)(3), Women of Color: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

  • WMNST 117(GH;US;IL)(HIST 117)(3), Women in Modern History

  • WMNST 426Y(US;IL)(GEOG 426Y)(3) (Sem:3-8), Gender and Geography

  • *Additionally, the C&I department will accept any 400-level HIST course on the U.S. or other nations/regions of the world or any 400-level GEOG course on global geography for the Historical and Geographical Perspectives requirement.