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“I chose LSSU expecting a very good engineering education. What I didn’t expect was faculty with real-world engineering experience and abilities, labs with real-world equipment, projects with real-world outcomes, and an entire campus staff with real interest in my success, as a student and yet today. My LSSU engineering education has created or supported every desired career opportunity. LSSU was absolutely the right place for me.”

Dan Goodrich,
Mechanical Engineering 1999,
Vehicle Test & Development,
Electronic Brake Systems Group

Social Studies

Nurtures the intellectual growth and development of young people.

Passion

Degrees

A passion for history, political science or economics will help enable you to successfully complete a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science in elementary or secondary education.

If you are preparing for elementary school teaching you will complete course work in the areas of language arts, mathematics and natural sciences as well as courses in Teacher Education.

Preparation for teaching at the secondary level includes completing the social studies major and also a minor program of study in one of many teaching areas.

Both the elementary and secondary teaching degrees require completion of the sequence of teacher education courses and a fifth-year student internship.

You will also complete courses to meet the general education requirements for both elementary and secondary education.

Basic knowledge in history, geography, political science and economics, plus more extensive study in two or more of these areas, is required for this major.

After successfully completing the first two years of the Teacher Education Program, you will apply for admission to the Teacher Education Program. There are a number of requirements for admission as a junior. These are designed to assure that students who wish to become teachers have an intellectually and professionally sound preparation. Among these requirements is an overall grade point average of 2.70.

Careers

Elementary or Secondary Teacher — Teaches at the elementary, middle, or secondary school level. Nurtures the intellectual growth and development of young people. Teaching offers you the opportunity to expand your own knowledge and skills.

BS Social Studies
BA Social Studies
Elementary Education
Secondary Education

Average Starting Salary of LSSU Graduates*

$36,000

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*Based on survey of 2004-2006 LSSU graduates

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