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Please note:
All students who are pursuing the Social Science Major under a Fall, 2004 or later catalog should take the following courses:

In the History Component students complete HIS 3555 rather than HIS 3600G

In the History Component students complete HIS 1500G (1: Society and Religion) rather than the other two versions of HIS 1500G

Students who are pursuing the Psychology Designation only complete PSY 3310 rather than PSY 3680.
Geography Designation  
Geography Component
GEG 1100G, GEG 1200G, GEG 3200, GEG 3025, GEG 3420,
ESC 1300G, ESC 1400G, and two electives from GEG 3600,
GEG 3750 and GEG 3800		 29 sem. hrs
Economics Component
ECN 2801G, ECN 2802G.		  6 sem. hrs.
History Component
HIS 1500G, HIS 2010, HIS 2020, HIS 3600G		 12 sem. hrs.
Political Science Component
PLS 1003, PLS 1153G, PLS 2603, PLS 2253G		 12 sem. hrs.
Psychology Component
PSY 1879G, PSY 3521, PSY 3780		  9 sem. hrs.
Sociology/Anthropology Component
SOC 2710G, SOC 2721, SOC 2850, ANT 2200G		 12 sem. hrs.
Teaching Methods Component
SOS 3400 		 3 sem. hrs.
Total 83 sem. hrs.

Note: Students pursuing Social Science Certification in History must enroll in the History (with Teacher Certification Option) offered by the History Department. Please see the current EIU Undergraduate Catalog for specific requirements by the History Department. For convenience, however, the coursework for that option is listed below.  
History  
History Component
HIS 1500G, HIS 2010, HIS 2020, HIS 2300, HIS 2400, HIS 3600G
History electives numbered above 3000 to include 3 sem. hrs. in U.S. history and 9 sem. hrs. in non-U.S. history, including 3.sem. hrs. in third world history		 18 sem. hrs
12 sem. hrs.
Economics Component
ECN 2801G, ECN 2802G.		  6 sem. hrs.
Geography Component
GEG 1100G, GEG 1200G, GEG 3025, GEG 3200		 12 sem. hrs.
Political Science Component
PLS 1003, PLS 1153G, PLS 2603, PLS 2253G		 12 sem. hrs.
Psychology Component
PSY 1879G, PSY 3521, PSY 3780		  9 sem. hrs.
Sociology/Anthropology Component
SOC 2710G, SOC 2721, SOC 2850, ANT 2200G		 12 sem. hrs.
Teaching Methods Component
SOS 3400 		 3 sem. hrs.
Total 84 sem. hrs.

Political Science Designation  
Political Science Component
PLS 1003, PLS 1153G, PLS 2003, PLS 2253G, PLS 2603,
PLS 3203, PLS 3543, PLS 3753		 24 sem. hrs.
Economics Component
ECN 2801G, ECN 2802G.		  6 sem. hrs.
Geography Component
GEG 1100G, GEG 1200G, GEG 3025, GEG 3200		 12 sem. hrs.
History Component
HIS 1500G, HIS 2010, HIS 2020, HIS 3600G		 12 sem. hrs.
Psychology Component
PSY 1879G, PSY 3521, PSY 3780		  9 sem. hrs.
Sociology/Anthropology Component
SOC 2710G, SOC 2721, SOC 2850, ANT 2200G		 12 sem. hrs.
Teaching Methods Component
SOS 3400 		 3 sem. hrs.
Total 78 sem. hrs.

Psychology Designation  
Psychology Component
PSY 1879G, PSY 3521, PSY 3590, PSY 3620, PSY 3680,
PSY 3780, PSY 3870		 21 sem. hrs.
Economics Component
ECN 2801G, ECN 2802G.		  6 sem. hrs.
Geography Component
GEG 1100G, GEG 1200G, GEG 3025, GEG 3200		 12 sem. hrs.
History Component
HIS 1500G, HIS 2010, HIS 2020, HIS 3600G		 12 sem. hrs.
Political Science Component
PLS 1003, PLS 1153G, PLS 2603, PLS 2253G		 12 sem. hrs.
Sociology/Anthropology Component
SOC 2710G, SOC 2721, SOC 2850, ANT 2200G		 12 sem. hrs.
Teaching Methods Component
SOS 3400 		 3 sem. hrs.
Total 78 sem. hrs.

Sociology/Anthropology Designation  
Sociology/Anthropology Component
SOC 2710G, SOC 2721, SOC 2780, SOC 2840, SOC 2850,
SOC 3620, ANT 2200G, ANT 3712		 24 sem. hrs.
Economics Component
ECN 2801G, ECN 2802G.		  6 sem. hrs.
Geography Component
GEG 1100G, GEG 1200G, GEG 3025, GEG 3200		 12 sem. hrs.
History Component
HIS 1500G, HIS 2010, HIS 2020, HIS 3600G		 12 sem. hrs.
Political Science Component
PLS 1003, PLS 1153G, PLS 2603, PLS 2253G		 12 sem. hrs.
Psychology Component
PSY 1879G, PSY 3521, PSY 3780		  9 sem. hrs.
Teaching Methods Component
SOS 3400 		 3 sem. hrs.
Total 78 sem. hrs.

For complete program descriptions with recommended semester coursework schedules, see pgs. 136-139 in the 2003-2004 Undergraduate Catalog.

(Major GPA based on all anthropology, economics, geopgraphy, history, political science, psychology, sociology and social science courses taken at EIU.)

University approval to take Teacher Education courses should occur at the at the end of the first semester junior year with Formal University Admission to Teacher Education occuring at the end of the junior year. See the “Teacher Certification Programs” section in the 2003-2004 Undergraduate Catalog (pg 59).

Satisfactoy completion of this major requires:
  1. a grade of C or higher in each course that applies to the 78-84 semester hours of courses required, regardless of where taken;
  2. a major and cumulative grtade -point average of at least 2.75 in all courses
    attempted at EIU;
  3. at least 45 semester hours of the requireds for the social science major must be in courses taken at EIU.


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Last update July 25, 2003