Preparing Social Studies Teachers (Current)

PROGRAM (PH2):(NYS program code: 25033C; HEGIS #: 0829.00; ISIS code: PH2)
M.A.T. in Professional Study in Adolescence Education (Social Studies)
(for teachers with initial certification in that area)

Leads to the following NYS certification(s):

• Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12) as specialist in social studies (Professional) AND/OR:
• Middle Childhood Education (Grades 5-9) as specialist in social studies (Professional)

(30 credits of coursework)

Program of study
View Sample Programs (paths to degree depending on start date and full-time or part-time status)
Sample A -- full-time student
Sample B -- part-time student (begin Summer, taking 2 courses per semester)
Sample C-- part-time student (begin Summer, taking 1 course per semester)

Some recommended social studies courses (list NOT comprehensive):

• HIS 439 - America at War: The Civil War and Reconstruction (Fall or Spring) (6 credits)
• HIS 442 - Emergence of the Modern Congress (Fall) (6 credits)

NOTE: Graduate students taking 200-level courses receive 3 graduate credits (instead of 4 undergraduate credits). Most social studies courses are offered during the school day during the Fall and Spring semesters; students should consider their availability during the day before committing to this program on a part-time basis.         

Sample program A -- full-time student starting in Summer (Eliminate or substitute with an elective any course you already took in a previous program)

Summer 1:

• Race, Class, Gender and Disability in American Education OR: Teaching, Curriculum & Change (3 credits)
• Integrating Social Studies & Technology (Summer/even) OR: Integrating Social Studies & Literacy (Summer/odd) (3 credits)

Fall 1:

• Masters' Research Methods (3 credits)
• Theory & Practice in Teaching and Learning Social Studies (3 credits)
• History course 1 (3 credits)
• History course 2 (3 credits)

Spring 1:

• Implementing Innovation in Social Studies Education (3 credits)
• Content-pedagogy course from History department (3 credits)
• History course 3 (3 credits)
• History course 4 (3 credits)
• Master's Essay (0 credits)

Sample program B -- part-time student starting in Summer and taking 2 courses per semester (Eliminate or substitute with an elective any course you already took in a previous program)

Summer 1:

• Race, Class, Gender and Disability in American Education OR: Teaching, Curriculum and Change (3 credits)
• Integrating Social Studies & Technology (Summer/even) OR: Integrating Social Studies & Literacy (Summer/odd) (3 credits)

Fall 1:

• Theory & Practice in Teaching and Learning Social Studies (3 credits)
• History course 1 (3 credits)

Spring 1:

• Implementing Innovation in Social Studies Education (3 credits)
• History course 2 (3 credits)

Summer 2:

• Masters' Research Methods (3 credits)
• Integrating Social Studies & Literacy (Summer/odd) OR: Integrating Social Studies & Technology (Summer/even) (3 credits)

Fall 2:

• History course 3 (3 credits)

Spring 2:

• History course 4 (3 credits)
• Master's Essay (0 credits)

Sample program C -- part-time student starting in Summer and taking 1 course per semester (Eliminate or substitute with an elective any course you already took in a previous program)

Summer 1:

• Race, Class, Gender and Disability in American Education OR: Teaching, Curriculum and Change (3 credits)

Fall 1:

• Theory & Practice in Teaching and Learning Social Studies (3 credits)

Spring 1:

• Implementing Innovation in Social Studies Education (3 credits)

Summer 2:

• Integrating Social Studies and Literacy (Summer/odd) OR: Integrating Social Studies and Technology (Summer/even) (3 credits)

Fall 2:

• History course 1 (3 credits)

Spring 2:

• History course 2 (3 credits)

Summer 3:

• Integrating Social Studies & Technology (Summer/even) OR: Integrating Social Studies & Literacy (Summer/odd) (3 credits)

Fall 3:

• History course 3 (3 credits)

Spring 3:

• History course 4 (3 credits)
• Master's Essay (0 credits)

Summer 4:

• Masters' Research Methods (3 credits)