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SSED.BA - Social Science Education BA

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Education

Program Code

SSED.BA

Program Title

Social Science Education BA

Degree

Bachelor of Arts

Department

Education

Description

This major encompasses the coursework requirements for Illinois teacher licensure in (5-8) and (9-12) broadfield social science. Completing this major will result in a double major in Social Science Education and either History or Political Science. Students should request academic advisors in both the Education and History or Political Science departments and work with their advisors to carefully plan their course sequence. Students also must pass the one of the State mandated content area tests prior to student teaching: Test #204 Middle Grades Social Science (5-8), Test #246 History (9-12), or Test #247 Political Science (9-12). The middle grades social science and 9-12 content test are required for licensure.

Outcome

1A. Implement and evaluate innovative, responsive, and evidence-based practices to advance content knowledge while affirming student identity. (IPTS 1, 2, 5)

Outcome

2A: Apply a multiplicity of literacies required for learning new content knowledge in order to guide students in processes to navigate their communities. (IPTS 2, 3, 5, 6)

Outcome

3A: Ensure equitable student-driven engagement in learning by leveraging student diversity through culturally responsive teaching. (IPTS 1, 5)

Outcome

4A: Uses classroom organizational routines and norms that align with restorative justice practices and are responsive to democratic and cultural values of all students and their families. (IPTS 4)

Outcome

5A: Candidates will collaborate with stakeholders to create learning opportunities that affirm the lived experiences, diverse histories, and languages of the learning community. (IPTS 8)

Outcome

6A: Explains how critical reflection is utilized before, during, and after instruction through collaboration with others, interaction with theory and research, and analysis of student data and feedback. (IPTS 9)