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2018-2019 SUNY Potsdam Academic Catalog 
    
2018-2019 SUNY Potsdam Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Adolescence Education: Social Studies, B.A.


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Grades 7-12 with 5-6 extension

All Education courses must be completed with a 2.7 or higher, with a 3.0 GPA in the education major.

All Adolescence Social Studies Education programs require completion of an appropriate Arts and Sciences major, chosen from one of the following majors: anthropology, economics, history, politics or sociology. Contact the chair of one of these departments to declare the major, be assigned an adviser, and select appropriate courses.

The GPA in the selected major must be a 2.75 or higher.

Program Requirements


Cognate Requirements: 59-62 Credits


All cognate courses must be completed with a 2.0 or higher.

One of the Following:


Choose Two Courses on the Non-Western World: 6 Credits


(Africa, Asia, or Latin America/Caribbean)

The two courses must come from different disciplines: Anthropology, History, Sociology, Geography, and/or Politics

One of the Following:


One of the Following:


Modern Language (ML) Requirement: 0-9 Credits


Certification Requirements


  1. New York State Teacher Certification Exams required for Initial certification: EAS, edTPA and CST Social Studies (Certification exams are subject to change)
  2. Fingerprinting Clearance

Total Credit Hours Required: 92-104


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