This is a teaching major designed to meet state requirements for a licensed teacher to teach secondary education (grades 5-12) and to become endorsed in several core areas of the social sciences. Students must double major in secondary education.
Program Learning Goals: Upon completion of the program students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate familiarity with a body of historical knowledge as a context for political, social and cultural events and movements.
2. Develop thesis-based arguments that evaluate the reliability of historical evidence and properly cite this evidence.
3. Model a humble self-awareness of the myths, ideologies, and preconceptions that hamper a meaningful narration of historical people as image-bearers of God.
4. Use disciplinary concepts to understand and analyze the American political system.
5. Demonstrate knowledge of traditions of political thought and their continuing relevance to contemporary American politics including their intersection with Christian commitments
6. Connect concepts of a social science discipline and use differing perspectives to engage learners in critical thinking, creativity, and collaborative problem solving related to authentic local and global issues.
7. Use a variety of instructional strategies to encourage learners to develop deep understanding in a social science discipline, and to build skills to apply knowledge in meaningful ways.
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