Accelerated Bachelor's in
Secondary Education
Social Studies Licensure #2700
Online
120 credits
*
3 years
Program Highlights & Benefits
Flexible, online format
Easy, efficient admissions steps
50% or more transfer credits considered
Professors who are committed to helping foster personal and professional success
For
This program is for Wisconsin teacher licensure in grades 4 to 12 Social Studies. Pass along your passion for history, political science, geography, economics, and other social sciences to the next generation.
What You Learn
- Through a blend of the social sciences, history, and humanities, you will learn to guide your students through a myriad of perspectives and social structures and be able to adapt such lessons for the next generation of thinkers.
- You will understand how to help your students discover how people relate to each other, how we interact as groups, and how we organize our thoughts, religions, and governments.
- With a foundation in social studies, your students will be able to understand the world around them, and their place in it.
How You Learn
- 100% Online
- Students take three successive 8-week sessions within each semester.
- Students that want to complete the program in three years will need to take two courses at the same time during an 8-week session. This would be a total of six credits as each course is three credits.
Career Outcomes
Upon completion of this online accelerated program, you will earn your Bachelor’s degree and a valid Wisconsin License to teach 4th -12th grades.
- Learn to teach the various topics that are included in today’s social studies curriculum to elementary through high school students.
- Give students the knowledge to develop an appreciation and understanding of history, and the current events and issues in our diverse society.
Degree Requirements
Core Curriculum – Click Here (44-47 Credit Hours)
Social Studies Curriculum (Courses Listed Below)
| Course | Title | Hours |
| ED 1230 | Nature of the Exceptional Child | 3 |
| ED 1275 | Human Learning | 3 |
| ED 4340 | The Art and Science of Assessment & Instruction | 3 |
| ED 4373 | Curriculum & Methods of Teaching Social Studies Secondary | 3 |
| ED 4411 | The Profession and Ethics of Teaching | 3 |
| ECON 2000 | Principals of Economics | 3 |
| PSY 1010 | General Psychology | 3 |
| HIST 1610 | World Civilizations I | 3 |
| HIST 1615 | World Civilizations II | 3 |
| HIST 2240 OR POLS 2010 | The American Federal System American Government | 3 |
| HIST 3200 | Early America: 1492-1800 | 3 |
| HIST 3220 | Indus America: 1865-1920 | 3 |
| HIST 3230 | US-World Power: 1920-Present | 3 |
| HIST 3210 | The American Republic, 1800-1860 | 3 |
| HIST 3850 | Historical Methods | 3 |
| HIST 4800 | History Seminar | 3 |
| ED 4501 | Clinical Field Experience 1 | 3 |
| ED 4502 | Clinical Field Experience 2 | 3 |
| ED 4507 | Clinical Field Experience 7 | 3 |
| ED 4414 | Portfolio Completion-Secondary | 1 |
| ED 4433 & ED 4434 | Secondary Ed Student Teaching and Secondary Ed Student Teaching 2 | 12 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 120 |
