The Social Studies Education Major is for students who want to become teachers in the fields of History, Civics, Economics, Geography, and Social Studies for middle school and high school levels. 

• This program satisfies the Social Studies Secondary Education endorsement (grades 5th though 12th) for the state of Washington. 
• Alternative required courses may be used if pre-approved by the Director of the Social Studies Education program.
• Social Studies Education students must complete at least 15 credits of this major at Eastern Washington University.

• Although this major does not require a minor, it is highly recommended that majors acquire a minor endorsement in disciplines such as English Education, English as a Second Language, Middle Level Mathematics, or Earth and Space Science Education.​

Admission: This Program requires admission into the School of Education.  

Grade Requirements: A grade ≥B- is required for each required course in the Social Studies Education major. Education Grade Requirements

Advising Note
Students need to meet with the Director of Social Studies Education to create a comprehensive Program Plan as soon as the major has been declared.
Required Education Courses
EDUC 231	FOUNDATIONS OF INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT	3
EDUC 232	FOUNDATIONS OF CLASSROOM COMMUNITY AND CULTURE	3
EDUC 233	FOUNDATIONS OF TEACHING, LEARNING, AND MOTIVATION IN SCHOOL CONTEXTS	4
EDUC 234	UNDERSTANDING EDUCATION IN THE US	3
EDUC 331	SECONDARY APPLIED INSTRUCTION AND ASSESSMENT	4
EDUC 332	PRACTICES OF CLASSROOM COMMUNITY AND CULTURE IN SECONDARY CLASSROOMS	4
EDUC 431	DESIGNING EQUITABLE LEARNING IN SECONDARY CLASSROOMS	4
EDUC 434	PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS	3
EDUC 386A	FIELD EXPERIENCE 1	2
EDUC 386B	FIELD EXPERIENCE 2	2
EDUC 386C	FIELD EXPERIENCE 3	5
EDUC 423	FULL-TIME STUDENT TEACHING	15
Required Social Studies Courses
CSBS 186	EARLY CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE	1
SOST 390	SOCIAL STUDIES METHODS AND CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT	4
SOST 350	INQUIRY BASED LEARNING & DESIGN	3
ESLG 380	INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE	5
SOST 400	SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION ASSESSMENT	1
SOST 490	SENIOR CAPSTONE SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION	4-5
or CSBS 490	SENIOR CAPSTONE
SOST 420	STUDENT TEACHING SEMINAR	1
or CSBS 420	STUDENT TEACHING SEMINAR
Required History Courses
HIST 102	WORLD HISTORY TO 1500	5
HIST 103	WORLD HISTORY FROM 1500	5
HIST 111	AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877	5
HIST 112	AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 1877	5
HIST 444	HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST	5
or SOST 300	PEOPLES AND GOVERNANCE OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Latin American History Distribution List		5
Upper-Division American History Distribution List		5
Upper-Division European History Distribution List		5
Upper-Division Asian History Distribution List		5
Required Economics Courses
ECON 100	GENERAL EDUCATION ECONOMICS (Students should first pass Math requirement before taking this course.)	5
ECON 317	POLITICAL ECONOMY	5
or ECON 324	ECONOMICS OF POVERTY AND DISCRIMINATION
or ECON 412	ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Required Geography Courses
GEOS 200	GLOBALIZATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT	5
GEOS 230	WORLD GEOGRAPHY	5
Required Civics Courses
POLI 100	INTRODUCTION TO US POLITICS	5
HIST 477	U.S. CONSTITUTION, 1787 TO THE PRESENT	5
or AAST 321	AFRICAN AMERICAN POLITICAL AWARENESS
or CHST 320	CHICANX-LATINX POLITICS IN U.S
or POLI 304	U.S. CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES
or POLI 330	FEDERALISM, STATE AND LOCAL POLITICS
or POLI 350	CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PROBLEMS
Distribution Lists
Advance Course Sequence: Students must meet with advisor to select courses in each of the required areas (based on Social Studies Education Distribution Lists).
Latin American History Distribution List
HIST 218	CHICANO HISTORY
HIST 318	MODERN LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
HIST 361	COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA
HIST 418	CULTURAL HISTORY OF LATIN AMERICA
HIST 462	HISTORY OF MEXICO
Upper-Division American History Distribution List
HIST 313	ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY
HIST 316	AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY I
HIST 317	AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY II
HIST 380	THE U.S. CIVIL WAR
HIST 381	RACE & CULTURE IN THE AMERICAN WEST
HIST 383	WOMEN IN AMERICAN HISTORY
HIST 484	COLONIAL AMERICAN HISTORY, 1607-1763
HIST 486	AMERICAN EMPIRE SINCE 1898
HIST 488	U.S. HISTORY SINCE 1945
Upper-Division European History Distribution List
HIST 372	FRENCH REVOLUTION AND NAPOLEON
HIST 374	IMPERIAL RUSSIA
HIST 422	CITIES AND THE MAKING OF MODERN GERMANY
HIST 424	HISTORY OF SPAIN
HIST 472	RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION EUROPE
Upper-Division Asian History Distribution List
HIST 310	IMPERIAL CHINA
HIST 311	COLONIALISM AND NATIONALISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
HIST 321	DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN ASIA
HIST 410	CHINA IN 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES
HIST 416	MODERN JAPAN
Total Credits		146-147

Plan of Study

The following plan of study is for a student with zero credits. Individual students may have different factors such as: credit through transfer work, Advanced Placement, Running Start, or any other type of college-level coursework that requires an individual plan.

Courses could be offered in different terms, checking the academic schedule is paramount in keeping an individual plan current. Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.

All Undergraduate students are required to meet the Undergraduate Degree Requirements.

First Year
Fall Quarter	Credits	Winter Quarter	Credits	Spring Quarter	Credits
ENGL 101	5	ENGL 201	5	GEOS 230 (Global Studies - graduation requirement)	5
HIST 102 (Humanities & Arts BACR 1)	5	HIST 103	5	HIST 111	5
POLI 100 (Humanities & Arts BACR 2)	5	Elective - minor or general elective	3	MATH 107	5
	15		13		15
Second Year
Fall Quarter	Credits	Winter Quarter	Credits	Spring Quarter	Credits
GEOS 200 (Social Science BACR 1)	5	ECON 100	5	EDUC 234	3
HIST 112 (Social Science BACR 2)	5	CSBS 186	1	Latin American History2	5
EDUC 231	3	EDUC 233	4	Natural Science BACR 21	5
EDUC 232	3	Natural Science BACR 11	5	Diversity - graduation requirement3	5
	16		15		18
Third Year
Fall Quarter	Credits	Winter Quarter	Credits	Spring Quarter	Credits
ECON 317, 324, or 412	5	SOST 350	3	EDUC 331	4
HIST 477	5	American History2	5	EDUC 332	4
SOST 390	4	Asian History2	5	EDUC 386A	2
				HIST 444	5
				SOST 400	1
	14		13		16
Fourth Year
Fall Quarter	Credits	Winter Quarter	Credits	Spring Quarter	Credits
EDUC 386B	2	EDUC 386C	5	EDUC 423	15
EDUC 431	4	EDUC 434	3	SOST 420 or CSBS 420	1
ESLG 380	5	SOST 490 or CSBS 490 (Senior Capstone - graduation requirement)	5
European History2	5
	16		13		16
Total Credits 180

¹

University Graduation Requirements (UGR) and Breadth Area Course Requirements (BACR) courses may be less than 5 credits and additional credits may be required to reach the required 180 total credits needed to graduate.  Students should connect with an advisor to ensure they are on track to graduate.

²

Advance Course Sequence: Students must meet with an advisor to select courses in each of the required areas (5 credits each).
Latin American History Distribution List
Upper-Division American History Distribution List
Upper-Division European History Distribution List
Upper-Division Asian History Distribution List

³

The Diversity graduation requirement may be completed by selecting a distribution list course that satisfies this requirement.

General Education Requirements (GER)

• Minimum Quarter Credits—180 cumulative credit hours
  • 60 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
  • 45 credits in residence (attendance) at EWU, with at least 15 upper-division credits in major in residence at EWU
• Minimum Semester Credits—120 cumulative credit hours
  • 40 upper-division credits (300 level or above)
  • 30 credits in residence (attendance) at EWU, with at least 10 upper-division credits in major in residence at EWU
• Minimum Cumulative GPA ≥2.0

---

University Competencies and Proficiencies

Writing 
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning 

Placement and Clearance 
Prior Learning/Sources of Credit AP, CLEP, IB

---

Breadth Area Core Requirements (BACR)

Humanities and Arts 
Natural Sciences 
Social Sciences

---

University Graduation Requirements (UGR)

Diversity Course List
Global Studies Course List
Minor or Certificate
Senior Capstone Course List 
World Language (for Bachelor of Arts)

---

Application for Graduation (use EagleNET) must be made at least two terms in advance of the term expected to graduate (undergraduate and post-baccalaureate).

Use the Catalog Archives to determine two important catalog years.

1. The catalog in effect at the student's first term of current matriculation is used to determine BACR (Breadth Area Core Requirements) and UGR (Undergraduate Graduation Requirements).
2. The catalog in effect at the time the student declares a major or minor is used to determine the program requirements.

---

Students who earn a BAE in Social Studies Education from EWU should be able to do the following:​

*Based on Washington State Social Studies Education “Learning Standards” and the Department of History Learning Outcomes.

Program Learning Outcome (Civics) - The student understands and applies knowledge of government, law, politics, and the nation’s fundamental documents to make decisions about local, national, and international issues and to demonstrate thoughtful, participatory citizenship.

SLOs - Understands to the level of being able to teach:

• key ideals and principles of the United States, including those in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and other fundamental documents;
• the purposes, organization, and function of governments, laws, and political systems;
• the purposes and organization of international relationships and U.S. foreign policy understands civic involvement.

Program Learning Outcome (Economics) - The student applies understanding of economic concepts and systems to analyze decision-making and the interactions between individuals, households, businesses, governments, and societies.

SLOs - Understands to the level of being able to teach:

• that people have to make choices between wants and needs and evaluate the outcomes of those choices;
• how economic systems function;
• the government’s role in the economy.
• understands the economic issues and problems that all societies face

Program Learning Outcome (Geography) - The student uses a spatial perspective to make reasoned decisions by applying the concepts of location, region, and movement and demonstrating knowledge of how geographic features and human cultures impact environment.

SLOs - Understands to the level of being able to teach:

• the physical characteristics, cultural characteristics, and location of places, regions, and spatial patterns on the Earth’s surface;
• human interaction with the environment;
• the geographic context of global issues.

Program Learning Outcome (History and Social Studies Skills, Part I) – Conduct research by using appropriate historical methods.

SLOs - Understands to the level of being able to teach:

• evaluating other scholars’ historical arguments;
• using various kinds of historical sources;
• assessing sources for their research value;
• adducing evidence to support a scholarly argument;
• following discipline-approved citation practices.

Program Learning Outcome (History and Social Studies Skills, Part II) – Communicate historical analyses to diverse audiences

SLOs - Understands to the level of being able to teach:

• conveying factually-based historical narrative from multiple perspectives;
• developing well-balanced scholarly judgements about the past;
• communicating historical analyses in clear expository pose.

Program Learning Outcome (History and Social Studies Skills, Part III) – Use historical knowledge in civic engagement.

SLOs - Understands to the level of being able to teach:

• contributing to public dialogues by providing historical information;
• advancing historical positions that incorporate diverse perspectives;
• working effectively as part of a team on a civically-oriented project;
• deliberating public issues.