Preparing Social Studies Teachers (Current)

PROGRAM (PH5):(NYS program code: 25030C; HEGIS #: 0804.00; ISIS code: PH5)        
M.S. in Middle Childhood for Adolescence Education Teachers (Social Studies)
(for teachers with initial certification in Adolescence Education as Specialist in Social Studies)

Leads to the following NYS certification(s):

• Extension to teach social studies in grades 5-6
• Adolescence Education (grades 7-12) 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

*If EDU 427 is chosen, then one of the electives should be EDU 498 - Literacy Learning as Social Practice. 

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

Summer 1: (take the following summer if starting in Fall)

• Collaborative Teaching Partnerships in Inclusive Classrooms OR: Elective 1 (3 credits)
• Race, Class, Gender and Disability in American Education or Teaching, Curriculum and Change (3 credits)

Fall 1:

• Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Social Studies (3 credits)
• Masters' Research Methods (3 credits)
• Elective 1 OR: Theory & Practice in Teaching & Learning Literacy in Elementary School (3 credits)
• Elective 2 (3 credits)

Spring 1:

• Implementing Innovation in Social Studies Education (3 credits)
• Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Social Studies in Elementary School (3 credits)
• Elective 3 (3 credits)
• Elective 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)

Fall 1:

• Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Social Studies (3 credits)
• Masters' Research Methods (3 credits)

Spring 1:

• Implementing Innovation in Social Studies Education (3 credits)
• Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Social Studies in Elementary School (3 credits)

Summer 2:

• Collaborative Teaching Practices in Inclusive Classrooms OR: Elective 1 (3 credits)
• Elective 2 (3 credits)

Fall 2:

• Elective 1 OR: Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Literacy in Elementary School (3 credits)
• Elective 3 (3 credits)

Spring 2:

• Elective 4 (3 credits)
• Master's Essay (0 credits)