Psychology Career Path: Psychology (B.S.) and Integrated Social Studies (B.S.Ed.) Double Major
- Fieldwork and Research in Psychology
- Potential Job Titles
- Requirements for Integrated Social Studies
- Undergraduate Course Requirements
- What is Integrated Social Studies?
Potential Job Titles
- Teacher
What is Integrated Social Studies?
Regardless of the college of the university from which you graduate, if you wish to be licensed through Ohio University to teach integrated social studies, you must complete the following program and earn passing scores on the Praxis II exams.
Some students choose to double major in both Psychology and Integrated Social Studies as the subject matter of the two majors complement each other well. The Psychology major provides students with an in-depth understanding of human thought and behavior, and the Integrated Social Studies major prepares students to teach topics in areas such as history, economics, political science, and cultural studies to students in grades 7 through 12.
The Integrated Social Studies program prepares students for a two-year provisional license that qualifies students to teach integrated social studies in grades 7-12 inclusive. The Integrated Social Studies program prepares candidates to teach all areas of social studies in grades 7-12. The program of study includes courses in history, economics, geography, and political science.
The purpose of this double major is to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of psychology while preparing students for a two-year provisional license to teach integrated social studies in grades 7-12 inclusive.
Undergraduate Course Requirements
University and College Requirements
In addition to the suggestions for the Integrated Social Studies track, be sure to complete all other university and college requirements, including the foreign language requirement.
The center staff recommend beginning the foreign language requirement in the first year. NOTE: Students may begin with a class higher than 1110 depending on foreign language placement test results. It is possible to place out of the foreign language requirement. Therefore, it is recommended that students take the placement test for any foreign language completed in high school.
Required Courses in Psychology
Additional Recommended Courses
The following courses are highly recommended for students planning on pursuing a graduate degree in child or developmental psychology:
- PSY 2720 Personality Psychology (3)
- PSY 3220 Learning (3)
- PSY 3310 Human Memory (3)
- PSY 3440 Psychology of Gender (3)
- PSY 3520 Social Psychology of Justice (3)
- PSY 3710 Intro to Clinical & Counseling (3)
Fieldwork and Research in Psychology
Students have the opportunity to obtain course credit for volunteering in a mental health setting or working as a research assistant in a psychology lab. These experiences offer valuable skills that can be used while working in an education setting.
Requirements for Integrated Social Studies
If you are interested in pursing a career in psychology and teaching, be sure to work with an adviser to develop an academic plan that is tailored to your interests. Your plan should lead to the completion of coursework that is required for licensure as an educator. In addition to the requirements for the Psychology major, be sure to complete all other university and college requirements, including the foreign language requirement.
Admission to Teacher Candidacy
All students pursuing teacher education programs at Ohio University are subject to the Selective Admission and Retention Program in teacher education. Criteria and procedures are available in the Office of Student Affairs, Lindley Hall. The following requirements must be met during the first 30 hours of enrollment.
- Completion of 30 semester hours of credit with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher. No education courses may be included in the GPA.
- Completion of the following courses with a grade of C or better in each course:
- Tier 1 Math course (1M)
- EDTE 1500 Intro to Teacher Education (3)
- Tier 1 Freshman Composition course (1E)
- PSY 1010 General Psychology (3)
- Satisfactory scores on the PRAXIS CORE Test (156+ in reading, 150+ in math, and 163+ in writing) or on the ACT (Composite 21+) or SAT (990+).
- Submit results of a background check.
- Submit results of a tuberculosis skin test.
Screening and recommendation by a representative appointed by faculty
Admission to Advanced Standing in Teacher Candidacy
Admission to Advanced Standing is required before taking any education courses at the 3000-level or higher. Applications for admission should be submitted a semester after the semester at which students will have earned at least 60 credits in the major.
AYA Teacher Candidacy
Complete the following courses with a 2.75 GPA and no grade below a C.
- EDTE 2000 Learning & Human Devel. (3)*
- EDTE 2010 Characteristics of Learners with Exceptionalities (3)*
- EDTE 2020 Field Experience in Educ. (1)*
- EDCT 2030 Tech. Applications in Educ. (3)
- EDCS 3010 Educ. & Cultural Diversity (3)
- EDSE 3500 Sec. School Planning & Inst. (3)
- EDSE 3510 Sec. School Managing & Monitoring of Learning (3)
- EDTE 3730 Instructional Adaptations for Learners with Exceptionalities and Diverse Needs (3)
* Must be taken together as a block
Methods Courses
Complete the following courses with a grade of C or better in each.
- EDSE 4790 Introduction to Teaching Secondary Social Studies (3)
- EDSE 4790L Teaching Sec. Social Studies Field Experience (1)
Professional Internship in Teaching
Complete these courses concurrently. Apply by Dec. 1 of the year prior to teaching. EDPL 4650 must be completed with a C or better.
- EDPL 3600 Field Experience (1 - 3)
- EDPL 4630 Prof. Intern. in AYA (6)
- EDPL 4640 Prof. Intern. in AYA 6)
- EDPL 4650 Prof. Intern. Seminar (3)
AYA Reading Requirement
- EDTE 4200 Teaching Reading in the Content Areas (3)
Social Studies Teaching Requirements
All courses must be completed with an overall 2.75 GPA or higher.
- HIST 1210 Western Civilization: Antiquity to 1500 (3)
- HIST 1220 Western Civilization: Modernity from 1500 (3)
- HIST 1320 Intro to World Hist. Before 1750 (3)
- HIST 1330 Intro to World Hist. Since 1750 (3)
- HIST 2000 Surv. of U.S. Hist. Before 1750 (3)
- HIST 2010 Surv. of U.S. Hist. Since 1750 (3)
Complete one the following courses:
- GEOG 2400 Environmental Geography (3)
- GEOL 2150 Environmental Geology (3)
Complete one the following courses:
- AH 2110 Hist. of Art I (4)
- AH 2120 Hist. of Art II (4)
- FILM 2010 Introduction to Film: Hist. of World Cinema (3)
- FILM 2020 Introduction to Film: Film Analysis (3)
Complete one the following courses:
- GEOG 1100 Physical Geography (4)
- GEOL 1010 Introduction to Geology (4)
- GEOL 1200 The Mobile Earth (3)
- GEOL 2210 Earth and Life History (3)
Geography - Complete the following:
- GEOG 1200 Human Geography (3)
Economics - Complete the following:
- ECON 1030 Principles of Microeconomics (3)
- ECON 1040 Principles of Macroeconomics (3)
Political Science - Complete the following:
- POLS 1010 Politics in the US (3)
- POLS 1500 Themes in Global Politics (3)
- POLS 2500 International Relations (3)
Complete 1 of the following:
- POLS 3540 Different Approaches to American Foreign Policy (3)
- POLS 4150 The American Presidency (3)
- POLS 4160 Legislative Process (3)
- POLS 4600 International Political Economy (3)
Sociology - Complete the following:
- ANTH 1010 Intro to Cultural Anthropology (3)
- SOC 1000 Intro to Sociology (3)
Choose one of the following areas and complete three of the listed classes:
Contemporary World
- HIST 3231 Lat Amer. Hist.: From Independence to the Present (3)
- HIST 3411 Hist. of Africa Since 1850 (3)
- HIST 3464 Hist. of China from the Early Modern Era to the Present (3)
- HIST 3481 Modern Japan (3)
- HIST 3641 Contemporary Europe (3)
Women’s History
- HIST 3200 Women in American Hist. Before 1877 (3)
- HIST 3201 Women in American Hist. Since 1877 (3)
- HIST 3320 Hist. of Women in Middle East (3)
- HIST 3390 Women in African History (3)
- HIST 3601 Women in Modern European Hist., 1800-present (3)
History of Latin America
- HIST 3230 Latin American Hist.: The Colonial Era (3)
- HIST 3231 Latin American Hist.: From Independence to Present (3)
- HIST 3232 History of Brazil (3)
- HIST 3233 The History of Modern Mexico (3)
- HIST 3250 Hist. of U.S.- Latin American Relations (3)
History of the Middle East
- CLWR 3330 Introduction to Islam (3)
- HIST 3320 Hist. of Women in Middle East (3)
- HIST 3330 Oil, the Persian Gulf, and World Power (4)
- HIST 3371 Middle East Hist. 1500 - present (3)
History of Asia
- HIST 3050 U.S. and the Vietnam War (3)
- HIST 3440 History of Vietnam (3)
- HIST 3452 Southeast Asia, 1945 to the Present: The Search for Stability (3)
- HIST 3464 Hist. of China from Early Modern Era to Present (3)
- HIST 3481 Modern Japan (3)
- HIST 3868 Fall of the British Empire (3)