SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION (SSSE) w/concurrent GEOGRAPHY (GEOG)
Wyoming Teacher Education Program
Total credit requirement: 120 minimum
42 credit hours must be upper division
Effective: Fall 2015
Updated: Fall 2017
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UNIVERSITY STUDIES PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
please see USP catalog info for full course options
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:
All Professional Ed courses must be completed with a grade of C or better. Please
note that grades of C- or lower will not satisfy this requirement.
Phase Prerequisites
2.50 minimum UW Total Institution GPA
Sophomore Standing (30+ credits)
Phase I : The above criteria must be met prior to enrollment
C or better in Q
C or better in COM1
Current Wyoming Substitute Teaching Permit
2.75 minimum UW Total Institution GPA
Junior standing (60+ credits)
Application is due prior to enrollment
Phase II : The above criteria must be met prior to enrollment
2.75 minimum UW Total Institution GPA
2.5 minimum major content GPA (see page 2)
Application is due prior to enrollment
Phase III : The above criteria must be met prior to enrollment
Phase IIIa - Methods - Offered FALL SEMESTER ONLY
Phase IIIb - Residency - Offered SPRING SEMESTER ONLY
EDSE 4500: Residency in Teaching (15)
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Background check completed
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED - complete Methods I & II the fall prior to your Residency.
DFS/DCI WY Sub Permit
Q Sem/Yr.
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First Year Experience
(Each requirement must be completed with a grade of C or better to meet College of
Education Phase II prerequisites or USP requirements. Please note that grades of C- or
lower will not satisfy these requirements.)
Intellectual and Practical Skills (IPS)
COM3 Sem/Yr.
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Additional IPS
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Courses may be part of a major, but cannot be offered by the major
department.
One course cannot fulfill both categories.
Knowledge of Human Culture (H), Physical & Natural World (PN),
US/WY Constitution (V)
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PN
ECON 1200: Economics, Law & Government (3)
HIST 1211: US History to 1865 (3)
HIST 1221: US History from 1865 (3)
HIST 1251: History of Wyoming (3)
POLS 1000: American & Wyoming Government (3)
Wyoming Challenge Exam Eligible
Quantitative Reasoning (3)
Communication 1 (3)
First Year Seminar (3)
EDSE 4273: Social Studies Methods II (4)
EDST 3000: Teacher as Practitioner (6)
US/WY Constitution (3)
Human Culture (EDST 2450) (3)
Human Culture (EDST 2480) (4)
Physical & Natural World
Physical & Natural World
EDST 2450: Foundations of Dev. & Learning (3)
EDST 2480: Diversity & Politics of Schooling (4)
ITEC 2360: Teaching w/Technology (3)
EDEX 2484: Intro to Special Education (3)
EDST 3000: Teacher as Practitioner (6)
EDST 3550: Educational Assessment (2)
EDSE 3273: Social Studies Methods I (3)
EDSE 4273: Social Studies Methods II (4)
GEOGRAPHY MAJOR CONTENT (66 hrs minimum)
Minimum 2.50 GPA required in major content. All major content courses must be completed with a grade of C or better.
Please note that grades of C- or lower will not satisfy this requirement.
GEOGRAPHY Core Requirements - 34 credit hours minimum
17 hours Geography Electives
At least 9 hours of the 17 must be upper division.
It is highly encouraged that students take geography courses in Human
Geography and in Natural Resources Geography.
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Required additional content - 32 credit hours minimum
History - 12 credit hours minimum
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Upper Division Credits
Must have a minimum of 42 upper division hours to graduate.
EDST 3000
EDST 3550
EDSE 3273
EDSE 4273
GEOG 3050
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15
TOTAL 42 (42 hours minimum required to graduate)
EDSE 4500
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Petitions & Notes (USP, UW Exception Requests, College of
Education Exception Requests)
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Any ONE course can fulfill only TWO requirements on this program sheet.
Courses CANNOT count in two areas of content.
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GEOG elects.
If a minor is desired, please note the following:
1. The minor must be declared with the Office of the Registrar.
2. An advisor for the minor requirements from that department is highly recommended.
3. If the minor requirements are not met prior to graduation, the minor must be officially
undeclared to graduate.
4. A minor can not be finished after the associated degree is conferred by the University of
Wyoming.
HIST 1120: Western Civilizations II (3)
HIST 1330: World History since 1750 (3)
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HIST 1110: Western Civilizations I (3)
HIST 1320: World History to 1750 (3)
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Economics - any 3 credits minimum
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Foreign Language: 8 Hours in a single language:
(Or equivalent based on placement as evaluated by the UW Classical & Modern Language
Department.)
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Political Science - 3 credit hours minimum
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Psychology - any 3 credits minimum
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Sociology or Anthropology - any 3 credits minimum
GEOG 1000: World Regional Geography (3)
GEOG 1010: Physical Geography (4)
GEOG 1020: Intro to Human Geography (3)
GEOG 2150: Foundations of GIS & Technology (4)
GEOG 3050: Economic Geography (3)
HIST 1211: US to 1865 (3)
HIST 1221: US from 1865 (3)
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Choose one: