Qualifications for Social Studies Majors and Minors
To qualify to teach social studies at the secondary level, applicants must meet two conditions:
- possess an acceptable social science major or minor(s)
- satisfy specified geography (minimum 6 credits) and history requirements (minimum 18 credits)
You must meet the academic requirements to be eligible to apply to PDP at the Secondary level. The specific courses to meet the Social Studies requirements do not have to be completed prior to application to PDP. If admitted to the Program to teach Social Studies you will not be recommended for a Teaching Certificate until PDP and the Social Studies requirements are complete.
Acceptable social science majors/minors
Students may qualify for a teachable major in social studies if they have a designated (or equivalent) major or two minors in a social science area(s). Students may qualify for a teachable minor in social studies if they have a designated (or equivalent) minor in a social science area. A major is approximately 15 to 18 credits of lower level coursework (100 & 200 level courses), plus approximately 30 credits of upper level coursework (300 & 400 level courses) in one subject. A minor is approximately 12 to 15 credits of lower level coursework and approximately 18 credits of upper level coursework in one subject. A completed Masters degree in a social science area may count as the equivalent of a minor.
Majors or minors listed below will qualify provided they have a predominately social scientific focus (and not, for example, a linguistic, literary or artistic emphasis). Other majors or minors may qualify provided they meet three criteria for a social studies designation:
- the program teaches a methodology for conducting social science inquiry;
- the coursework addresses a number of topics specifically mentioned in the secondary social studies curriculum;
- the program provides a broadly applicable perspective or orientation to the teaching of the secondary social studies curriculum.
- Anthropology
- Archaeology
- Asia/Pacific Studies
- Canadian Studies
- Classics/Greek & Roman Studies
- Criminology
- Economics
- First Nations Studies
- Geography
- Germanic Studies
- History
- Humanities (counts as minor only)
- International Relations/Studies
- Law
- Political Science
- Slavic Studies
- Sociology
- Spanish & Latin American Studies
- Urban & Community Studies
- Women's Studies
In addition to a major/minor(s) in acceptable social science areas, students require the following history and geography components to qualify for a teachable major or minor in social studies. The following courses are acceptable to meet the History and Geography components of the secondary level Social Studies requirements.
Course numbers listed are SFU courses. For acceptable courses at other institutions, please refer to the BC Online Transfer Guide on course transferability. There may be courses not listed, such as Special Topics courses, which satisfy one of the required areas; a detailed course outline may be submitted to PDP Admissions for evaluation.
Geography Component
A minimum of 6 credits in Geography including 3 credits of Canadian Geography.
Canadian Geography
GEOG 162-3: Canada
GEOG 264-3: Canadian Cities
GEOG 265-3: Geography of British Columbia
GEOG 469-4: Canadian North and Middle North
GEOG 470-4: Geography of Western Canada
History Component
All three history components must be completed.
- Canadian History
A minimum of 6 credits covering both pre- and post-Confederation periods.
Canada: Pre-Confederation
HIST 101-3: Canada to Confederation
HIST 201-3: History of Western Canada
HIST 204-3: Social History of Canada
HIST 325-4: History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America to 1850
HIST 329-4: Canadian Family History
HIST 430-4: New France
HIST 431-4: Problems in the History of British North America: 1760-1850
HIST 436-4: British Columbia
Canada: Post-Confederation
ASC 301-3: Asia-Canada Identities: Experiences and Perspectives
HIST 102-3: Canada since Confederation
HIST 201-3: History of Western Canada
HIST 204-3: Social History of Canada
HIST 326-4: History of Aboriginal Peoples of North America since 1850
HIST 327-4: Canadian Labour and Working Class History
HIST 328-4: Province of Quebec from Confederation
HIST 329-4: Canadian Family History
HIST 424-4: Problems in the Cultural History of Canada
HIST 428-4: Problems in the Social and Economic History of Canada
HIST 436-4: British Columbia
- European History
A minimum of 9 credits covering three periods: 500-1600, 1500-1815 and 19th/20th Century.
Europe: 500-1600
HIST/HUM 105-3: Western Civilization from the Ancient World to the Reformation Era HIST 215-3: The Making of the British Isles
HIST/HUM 216-3: The Ancient World
HIST/HUM 219-3: The Early Middle Ages
HIST 220-3: The Later Middle Ages
Europe: 1500-1815
HIST 106-3: The Making of Modern Europe
HIST 215-3: The Making of the British Isles
HIST 223-3: Early Modern Europe, 1500-1789
HIST 309-4: Early Modern Greek History: 1453-1821
HIST 310-4: Women and the Family in Modern Europe
HIST 311-4: Education and Childhood in European History
HIST 312-4: Poverty, Crime and Madness: Society and the Outcast
HIST 315-4: Politics and Society in England: 1500-1702
HIST 316-4: English Society in the mid-18th Century
HIST 318-4: Early Modern France
HIST 322-4: Atlantic Migration
HIST 331-4: Germany from the Reformation to 1815
HIST 334-4: Russia to 1900
HIST 336-4: Absolutism and Enlightenment in Europe
HIST 339-4: British Empire and Commonwealth
HIST 360-4: The History of Science: 1100-1725
HIST 362-4: Ireland from Penal Era to Patition
HIST 402-4: Renaissance Italy
HIST 403-4: The European Reformation
HIST 404-4: Religion, Society and Politics in England: 1530-1640
HIST 416-4: The French Revolution
Europe: 19th/20th Century
HIST 215-3: The Making of the British Isles
HIST 224-3: Europe from the French Revolution to the 1st World War
HIST 225-3: 20th Century Europe
HIST 316-4: English Society since the mid-18th Century
HIST 319-4: France since 1800
HIST 322-4: Atlantic Migration
HIST 332-4: Germany since 1815
HIST 335-4: 20th Century Russia
HIST 337-4: The Balance of Power in Europe
HIST 338-4: World War II
HIST 339-4: The British Empire and Commonwealth
HIST 405-4: Early Modern English Society
HIST 413-4: Britain and Europe in the 20th Century
HIST 414-4: Impact of the Great War
HIST 415-4: Victorian Britain
HIST 417-4: Modern French Social History
HIST 419-4: Late Imperial and Revolutionary Russia
HIST 420-4: The History of Russian Foreign Policy from Catherine the Great to Stalin
HIST 421-4: Modern Greece: 1864-1925
HIST 422-4: Greece, 1935-1944: Occupation and Resistance
- African/Asian/Latin American History
A minimum of 3 credits covering at least one region.
Asia & Asia Minor
ASC 102-3: Introduction to Asia-Canada Studies II
ASC 200-3: Introduction to Chinese Culture
ASC 201-3: Introduction to Japanese Culture and History
ASC 202-3: Studies in Chinese Culture
HIST 151-3: The Modern Middle East
HIST 205-3: Premodern Japan
HIST 206-3: Modern Japan
HIST 249-3: Classical Islamic Civilization
HIST 252-3: Islamic India
HIST 254-3: China to 1800
HIST 255-3: China since 1800
HIST 308-4: The Byzantine Empire
HIST 350-4: The Ottoman Empire and Turkey
HIST 352-4: Religion and Politics in Modern Iran
HIST 355-4: The Arab Middle East in the 20th Century
HIST 365-4: Self and Society in Imperial China
HIST 465-4: The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
HIST 469-4: Islamic Social and Intellectual History
HIST 471-4: Women in Modern Japanese History
HIST 474-4: Modern Chinese Identities
HIST 481-4: British India
Africa
HIST 146-3: Africa in Recent History
HIST 231-3: The Origins of Modern Africa: Conquest, Resistance and Resurgence
HIST 251-3: The Western Imperial Presence in the Middle East and North Africa
HIST 343-4: Africa and the Slave Trade
HIST 344-4: East Africa
HIST 348-4: A History of 20th Century South Africa
HIST 473-4: The Making of South African Society
HIST 483-4: The Struggle for Identity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Latin America
HIST 208-3: Latin America: The Colonial Period
HIST 209-3: Latin America: The National Period
HIST 324-4: Slavery in the Americas
HIST 458-4: Problems in Latin American Regional History
HIST 459-4: Problems in the Political and Social History of Latin America
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