Certification for Social Studies education
Citizenship Education: Students must major in history, political science, or economics. Political Science majors must take at least four courses outside of their major distributed between history and economics. Economics majors must take at least six courses outside their major distributed between history and political science. In fulfilling these requirements, students must include the following in their course programs (note that one course can fulfill more than one of the above requirements):
- • At least two history courses, one of which is about U.S. history and another focused on world history.
- • At least one political science course that includes the study of American as well as international politics.
- • At least one economics course that focuses on economic concepts and systems, local, state, and national commerce, and international trade and global economies (both micro and macroeconomics).
- • At least one course that substantially addresses geographic concepts (may be integrated in at least one of the two required history courses or in the political science requirement). Recommended: geography course at Villanova with Dean’s permission or while abroad (because geography is not currently offered at Bryn Mawr, Haverford, or Swarthmore).
Social Science: Open to students majoring in anthropology, sociology, or psychology. Students must take four courses outside their major in the other two areas of study included in this certification. Students must include the following in their course programs (note that one course may address more than one of the following):
- • At least one course that addresses anthropology and the origins of human culture and cultural change.
- • Social Psychology – Psychology 208 (Bryn Mawr) or Psychology 224a (Haverford).
- • Psychology course on growth and human development – e.g., Psychology 206 (Bryn Mawr), “Developmental Psychology.”
- • At least one course that addresses social organization, movements, change and the socialization process.
- • At least one course that addresses race, gender, and ethnicity.
- • At least one course that addresses the changing role of family in society.
Social Studies: The broadest of the three options, this certification is open to students majoring in history, political science, sociology, anthropology, or economics. Some interdisciplinary independent majors are accepted as well. Students must complete the following requirements. Students are also required to take at least four courses outside their major in the other social sciences.
- • At least two history courses, with a balance of American and world history.
- • At least one course that substantially addresses geographic concepts (may be integrated in other coursework). Recommended: geography course at Villanova with Dean’s permission or while abroad (because geography is not currently offered at Bryn Mawr, Haverford, or Swarthmore).
- • At least one political science course that addresses American and international politics.
- • At least one economics course that focuses on economic concepts and systems, local, state, and national commerce, and international trade and global economies (both micro and macroeconomics are recommended).
- • One social science (e.g., anthropology or sociology) course that addresses the origins of human culture and cultural change, rituals and kinship.
- • One social science (e.g., sociology or education) course that addresses sociological concepts, such as social organization, demography, race, gender, and ethnicity, etc.