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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Social Studies Education (BS) Academic Degree Map

Location(s): Manhattan Campus


First Year Hours K-State Core  
Semester 1      
EDCI 110   - Foundations of Education   3      
ENGL 100   - Expository Writing I   3      
GEOG 100   - World Geography & Globalization   3      
HIST 151   - History of the United States to 1877   3      
MATH 100   - College Algebra   3      
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
COMM 106   - Public Speaking I   3      
ENGL 200   - Expository Writing II   3      
HIST 152   - History of the United States Since 1877   3      
POLSC 115   - U.S. Politics   3      
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Second Year      
Semester 1      
EDCI 200   - Teaching as a Career   1      
EDCI 230   - Early Field Experience   1      
HIST 111   - World History to 1450   3      
POLSC 145   - World Politics   3      
Arts & Humanities Requirement 3 KSC 060  
Natural & Physical Sciences Requirement - with Lab 4 KSC 040  
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
ECON 110   - Principles of Macroeconomics   3      
EDSEC 328   - Social Studies Colloquium I   1      
GEOG 121   - Introductory Physical Geography: Earth Systems Science   3      
GEOG 122   - Introduction to Physical Geography: Earth Systems Science Laboratory   1      
HIST 112   - World History From 1450   3      
SOCIO 211   - Introduction to Sociology   3      
Free Elective {Institutionally Designated Area} 3 KSC 070  
Total Credits: 17      
       
Third Year      
Semester 1      
ANTH 204   - A General Education Introduction to Cultural Anthropology   3      
ECON 120   - Principles of Microeconomics   3      
EDSEC 428   - Social Studies Colloquium II   1      
GEOG 200   - Human Geography   3      
HIST 558   - History of Kansas   3      
POLSC 155   - Introduction to Political Thought   3      
Total Credits: 16      
       
Semester 2      
EDCI 315   - Educational Psychology   3      
EDCI 318   - Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning   1      
EDCI 320   - Core Teaching Skills and Lab   3      
EDCI 405   - Middle-Level Education   2      
EDSP 323   - Exceptional Students in the Secondary School   2      
Upper Level Social Studies 3    
Elective 1    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Fourth Year      
Semester 1      
EDSEC 455   - Teaching in a Multicultural Society   1      
EDSEC 477   - Content Area Literacies and Diverse Learners   2      
EDSEC 525   - Interpersonal Relations in the Schools   1      
EDSEC 528   - Social Studies Colloquium III   3      
EDSEC 544    - Social Studies Methods for Secondary and Middle Schools    3      
EDSEC 545   - Social Studies Methods Practicum    2      
Upper Level Social Studies Course 3    
Total Credits: 15      
       
Semester 2      
EDSEC 586   - Teaching Internship in Secondary Schools   1-12      
Total Credits: 12      
       
Total Program Hours: 120