SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION (SSSE) w/concurrent POLITICAL SCIENCE (POLS)
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
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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 a grade 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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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)
POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR CONTENT (69 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.
Political Science Requirements
33 credit hours minimum
18 hours Political Science electives minimum
At least 9 hours of the 18 total must be upper division
At least 6 hours of the 18 total must be related to the U.S. Constitution. It is
highly encouraged for students to complete POLS 4100 and 4110 when
available.
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Additional Content Requirement - 36 credit hours minimum
Geography - 7 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.
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42 (42 hours minimum required to graduate)
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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Economics - any 3 credits minimum
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POLS 2460: Intro to Political Theory (3)
POLS 3600: American Political Thought (3)
GEOG 1000: World Regional Geography (3)
GEOG 1020: Intro to Human Geography (3)
6EDST 3000 EDST 3550
EDSE 3273
EDSE 4273
EDSE 4500 153POLS Sem.
POLS 2200: Politics of Europe/European Union (3)
POLS 2310: Intro to International Relations (3)
HIST 1120: Western Civilizations II (3)
HIST 1330: World History since 1750 (3)
HIST 1110: Western Civilizations I (3)
HIST 1320: World History to 1750 (3)
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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9POLS UD Elec
POLS 1200: Non-Western Political Cultures (3)
POLS 1250: Intro to Comparative Government (3)
Psychology - any 3 credits minimum
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Sociology or Anthropology - any 3 credits minimum in one field
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POLS 1000: American & Wyoming Government (3)
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POLS 48xx: Political Science Seminar (3)
HIST 1211: US to 1865 (3)
HIST 1221: US from 1865 (3)
GEOG 1010: Intro to Physical Geography (4)
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