Social Studies Secondary Education (BA)

Federal CIP: 13.1318 Social Studies Teacher Education

Learning Outcomes

Students completing the Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Social Studies Secondary Education are expected to be knowledgeable and skilled according to the following:

1. CULTURE AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY-Social studies teachers should possess the knowledge, capabilities, and dispositions to organize and provide instruction at the appropriate school level for the study of culture, and cultural diversity (
2. TIME, CONTINUITY, AND CHANGE-Social studies teachers should possess the knowledge, capabilities, and dispositions to organize and provide instruction at the appropriate school level for the study of Time.
3. INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT AND IDENTITY-Social studies teachers should possess the knowledge, capabilities, and dispositions to organize and provide instruction at the appropriate school level for the study of Individual Development and Identity.
4. POWER, AUTHORITY, AND GOVERNANCE-Social studies teachers should possess the knowledge, capabilities, and dispositions to organize and provide instruction at the appropriate school level for the study of Power, Authority, and Governance.
5. PRODUCTION, DISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMPTION-Social studies teachers should possess the knowledge, capabilities, and dispositions to organize and provide instruction at the appropriate school level for the study of how people organize for the Production, Distribution, and Consumption of goods and services.
6. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY- Social studies teachers should possess the knowledge, capabilities, and dispositions to organize and provide instruction at the appropriate school level for the study of Science, Technology, and society.
7. CIVIC IDEALS AND PRACTICES- Social studies teachers should possess the knowledge, capabilities, and dispositions to organize and provide instruction at the appropriate school level for the study of Civic Ideals and Practices.