Requirements for History Secondary Social Studies Teaching (SST) Dual Majors

115-128 Total Credit Hours

Students are responsible for consulting advisors and additional department materials, especially about criteria for admission to the SST major, and student teaching.

Degree Plan Checklist Form (.pdf)
Please contact the History Department Office if you require assistance accessing this form or require a hard copy.

I. Writing Skills

 6 hours
CPN 102 & 103 or 100 6 hours
Two Writing Intensive (WI) courses: HIS 290 & 490 (part of history major)

II. Quantitative Skills

 3 hours

III. Foreign Language

 0-13 hours
Students must complete a foreign langauage sequence up through the 202 level.  

IV. General Education

 22 hours
GE1: American State and Society.
Part of history major. 
( HIS 200 or HIS 201 satisfies this requirement.)		 3 hours
(part of history major)
GE2: Prejudice and Discrimination.  3 hours
GE3: Contrasting Cultures.  3 hours
GE4: Fine Arts.  3 hours
GE5: History and the History of Ideas.
Part of history major 
(Western Civilization (HIS 110 or 111) or World History (HIS 100 or 101) satisfies this requirement.) 		3 hours
(part of history major)
GE6: Literature.  3 hours
GE7: Science, Technology, and Human Affairs.  3 hours
GE8: Natural Sciences.  7 hours
IMPORTANT NOTE: Although transfer students may receive waivers of some or all Cortland GE requirements, all Cortland graduates must satisfy SUNY GE requirements. Certain courses can meet both sets of requirements. Consult online and catalog information AND your advisor for details.

V. History Requirements

 36 hours
HIS 110 & HIS 111 or HIS 100 &101 (GE 5)  6 hours

HIS 200 & HIS 201 (GE 1) 

 3 hours

HIS 290: Historical Methods

 3 hours

300 level or above 18 hours
(Two courses on Europe, two courses on the United States, and two courses on the non-Western world)

 18 hours
HIS 490: Senior Seminar. Writing intensive.  3 hours

VI. Social Science Requirements

 12 hours
ECO 105 3 hours

POL 100

 3 hours

GRY 425, 482, 484 or 486

 3 hours
GRY 480 OR 481 3 hours

VII. Professional Requirements

 11 hours
PSY 232 or PSY 332 3 hours

AED 310-700 or LIT/EDU 449 (or 549, with approval)

 3 hours

PSY 350 or SHH 300-700

 3 hours
HLH 199 2 hours

VIII. SST Professional Sequence: Junior Year

 4 hours
These courses must be taken during the junior year. They contain 60 of the 100 hours of the Pre-Student Teaching Secondary Education Observation required by State Education. After students register for these courses, they will be contacted by the college Field Placement Office about procedures for placement. Students must apply to and be formally accepted into the SST Program in fall of their junior year in order to proceed in the SST Professional Sequence. See admission requirements.

Fall Semester:
AED 391: Introduction to Adolescence Education

Contains a 25-hour field observation component, which will be assigned during the semester by our Field Placement Office.

  3 hours
In fall of their junior year, students must apply and be accepted into the SST major for spring in order to proceed in the Professional Sequence. To change from the SSTW [SST-Wait”] to the SST major, they must have: junior status (at or near 75 credit hours); a minimum overall GPA of 2.5; a minimum of 18 credit hours, a 2.5 GPA, and a C- or better in all introductory courses in the social science major; and a minimum of 25 hours of field experience in secondary schools. They must also meet the campus “moral character” criteria for teacher education majors, which address issues such as judicial and criminal findings, and academic dishonesty findings. 
Spring Semester:
AED 300: Introduction to Secondary Social Studies 

Contains a 35 hour field observation component, which will be assigned during the semester by our Field Placement Office.

1 hour

IX. SST Professional Sequence: Senior Year

Taken during the student’s final year.

 21 hours
 Fall Semester: Final preparation for student teaching

AED 301: Pre-Practice Teaching Seminar 

Students who enroll in AED 301 will receive, through the Field Placement Office, field observation placements of 40 hours in schools at or near their home towns. These observations are to be completed in May and June, and credit will be awarded, in conjunction with attached coursework, through AED 301. 

 6 hours

Spring Semester: Student teaching in two placements, and seminar

Student teaching is the capstone experience in the program. Students who cannot graduate by the December following student teaching cannot enroll.

 15 hours

To enroll in the courses below, students must have: senior status (at or near 90 credit hours); a minimum overall GPA of 2.5; a minimum of 24 credit hours, a 2.7 GPA, and a C- or better in all introductory courses in the social science major (calculated at the end of the spring semester preceding student teaching); a grade of C or better in SSS 300; and a minimum of 100 hours of field experience in secondary schools in order to enroll. They must also meet the campus “moral character” criteria for teacher education majors, which address issues such as judicial and criminal findings, and academic dishonesty findings. 

AED 400: Student Teaching I 

 7 hours

AED 401: Student Teaching II 

 7 hours

AED 402: Student Teaching Seminar 

 1 hour
Meetings scheduled throughout the semester, integrated with student teaching.