Secondary Education Major Teaching Subject: Social Studies

Requirements

3 units in Canadian History

3 units in Canadian Studies

Canadian society; Francophone studies; Native/Indigenous/FNMI studies.

3 units in Critical Issues

Aboriginal/Indigenous/Native studies (strongly recommended), critical/intersectional studies of race/ethnicity (Canadian context recommended), Francophone studies, gender, migration studies, women/gender studies.

Highly recommended courses

Other acceptable courses

3 units in Political Science

(Canadian context preferred)

3 units in Sociology

or a class in current world issues/events

3 units in World History Content

(i.e., covering more than one country)

15 units chosen from

any course listed in the above categories, or those offered by social sciences departments and programs in: Aboriginal/Indigenous/Native studies, anthropology, classics, economics, geography, human geography and planning, history, philosophy, political science, psychology, religious studies, sociology, women and gender studies. Students are limited to 6 units in psychology.

Notes

Students must take EDSE 373 during the Introductory Professional Term (IPT), which is normally offered in both the Fall and Winter Terms.
Students must take EDSE 473 during the Advanced Professional Term (APT), which is normally offered in both the Fall and Winter Terms.