University Catalog 2023-2024

Teaching (MA): Social Studies Education Concentration

Degree Requirements

Core Courses12
Principles of Developing and Interpreting Assessment (2 credit hours)
Exploring Diversity in Classroom and Community (3 credit hours)
Organization and Behavioral Management of Inclusive Classrooms (3 credit hours)
Teaching Internship: MAT (4 credit hours)
Concentration Requirements18
Required Concentration Courses
Contemporary Approaches In the Teaching Of Social Studies
Theory and Research On Teaching and Learning Social Studies
Methods and Materials in Teaching Secondary Social Studies
Advanced Social Studies Courses
Select three hours of the following Social Science elective courses:
Special Problems in Social Studies Education
Theory and Research in Global Learning
Additional Elective Courses may be approved determined in conjunction with the academic committee. Select three hours from the following Social Science elective courses: *
Total Hours30
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Social Science courses may include 500- and 700-level courses of the following: Anthropology, Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology; EDP 582 Adolescent Development / EDP 504 Advanced Educational Psychology

Faculty

Full Professors

  • Margaret R. Blanchard
  • Aaron C. Clark
  • Jere Confrey
  • Cathy L. Crossland
  • Krista Dawn Glazewski
  • Karen Hollebrands
  • M. Gail Jones
  • Hollylynne Stohl Lee
  • John Kelly Lee
  • Soonhye Park
  • Edward J. Sabornie
  • Lee Stiff

Associate Professors

  • Candy M. Beal
  • K.C. Busch
  • Sarah Carrier
  • Cesar Delgado
  • Cameron D. Denson
  • Chu-Jen Huang
  • Jessica Hunt
  • Karen Keene
  • Meghan Manfra
  • Angela Wiseman
  • Carl A. Young

Assistant Professors

  • Robin Anderson
  • Sunghwan Byun
  • Michelle Marie Falter
  • Marissa Marie Sloan Franzen
  • Michael Andre Jarry-Shore
  • Tamecia Jones
  • Erin Krupa
  • Crystal Lee
  • Paula McAvoy
  • Amato Nocera
  • Jamie Pearson
  • Samantha Marshall Pham
  • Daniela Castellanos Reyes
  • William Reynolds
  • Jonee Wilson

Practice/Research/Teaching Professors

  • Drinda Elaine Benge
  • Vandna Gill Bindra
  • Sarah Cannon
  • Cyndi Edgington
  • Nolan Edward Fahrer
  • Valerie Faulkner
  • Anne Harrington
  • Kristen Hoffmann
  • Micha Jennine Jeffries
  • Jill Jones
  • Joanna Greer Koch
  • W. Matt Reynolds
  • Linda Smith

Emeritus Faculty

  • Ruie J. Pritchard

Teaching Assistant Professor

  • Jared Stewart-Ginsburg