Indiana University of Pennsylvania

2000-2001 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Bachelor of Science in Education Social Science Education/Geography Track

Liberal Studies: As outlined in Liberal Studies section         54-55
with the following specifications:
Social Science:  GEOG 102, PSYC 101, ECON 121
Liberal Studies electives:  ECON 122, SOC 337, 
and one of the following ANTH 271-ANTH 274 (SOC 271-SOC 274)

College:						        32
Professional Education sequence:
COMM 301   Technology for Learning and Instruction      3sh
EDEX 301   Education of Students with Disabilities
	   in Inclusive Secondary Settings		2sh
EDSP 202   Educational Psychology                       3sh
EDSP 377   Educational Tests and Measurements	        3sh
EDUC 242   Pre-student Teaching Clinical Experience I	1sh
EDUC 342   Pre-student Teaching Clinical Experience II	1sh
EDUC 441   Student Teaching		                12sh
EDUC 442   School Law			                1sh
EDUC 455   Teaching of Social Sciences in
	   Secondary Schools				3sh
FDED 202   American Education in Theory and Practice	3sh

Major:						                24
Required courses:
GEOG 230   Cultural Geography		                3sh
GEOG 241   Physical Geography		                3sh

Controlled electives:
At least one course from each of the following three groups:

Environmental Geography:
GEOG 341   Geography of Freshwater Resources	        3sh
GEOG 342   Climatology		                        3sh
GEOG 343   Physiography		                        3sh
GEOG 440   Conservation:  Environmental Analysis        3sh

Human Geography:
GEOG 231   Economic Geography	                        3sh
GEOG 331   Population Geography	                        3sh
GEOG 332   Urban Geography	                        3sh
GEOG 333   Trade and Transportation	                3sh
GEOG 334   Political Geography 	                        3sh
GEOG 336   Social Geography		                3sh
GEOG 337   Historical Geography	                        3sh
GEOG 431   Geography of the American Indians	        3sh

History, Tools, and Techniques:
GEOG 213   Cartography I	                        3sh
GEOG 314   Map and Photo Interpretation	                3sh
GEOG 411   History of Geography	                        3sh
GEOG 412   Research Seminar		                3sh
GEOG 415   Remote Sensing 	                        3sh

Two of the following regional geography courses:
GEOG 251   Geography of Pennsylvania	                3sh
GEOG 252   Geography of Latin America	                3sh
GEOG 253   Geography of Europe 	                        3sh
GEOG 254   Geography of Soviet Sphere	                3sh
GEOG 255   Geography of Africa 	                        3sh
GEOG 256   Geography of East Asia                       3sh
GEOG 257   Geography of South and Southeast Asia        3sh
	   Geography Electives		                3sh

Social science distribution requirements:		        15-18
The following courses are required:
PLSC 280   Comparative Government I: Western 
	   Political Systems 				3sh
HIST 203   U.S. History for Historians	                3sh
Plus one of the following options:	             9-12sh
6 additional semester hours in one social science field (history recommended) and 3sh in another.
9-12 additional semester hours in one social science field (history recommended), sufficient to meet the requirements for a minor.

Other Requirements:				                0

Free Electives: 				                0

Total Degree Requirements: 125-129

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