Teaching (MA): Middle Grades Social Studies Concentration

Degree Requirements

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Core Courses		12
ED 507	Principles of Developing and Interpreting Assessment ( 2 credit hours)
ED 508	Exploring Diversity in Classroom and Community ( 3 credit hours)
ECI 579	Organization and Behavioral Management of Inclusive Classrooms (3 credit hours)
ED 569	Teaching Internship: MAT (4 credit hours)
Concentration Requirements		18
Required Concentration Courses		12
ECI 525	Contemporary Approaches In the Teaching Of Social Studies
ECI 526	Theory and Research On Teaching and Learning Social Studies
ECI 550	Foundations Of Middle Years Education
ECI 563	Methods and Materials in Teaching Secondary Social Studies
Advanced Social Studies Courses		6
For the additional 6 hours in the Advanced Social Studies Courses section, select six credits with the approval of the academic advisor including, if possible, the following courses
ECI 524	Theory and Research in Global Learning
ECI 727	Special Problems in Social Studies Education
Total		30

*: 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