Program Overview

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School of Education

The School of Education at Indiana University Indianapolis offers a range of programs for students pursuing a career in education.

Academics

The school is divided into several academic departments, including Urban Teacher Education and Urban Educational Counseling, Leadership & Policy Studies.

Degrees & Programs

The school offers various degree programs, including:

• Bachelor's Degree
  • Principles
  • Secondary Education
    • World Languages
  • Elementary Education
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Urban Education Studies Minor
• Master's Degrees
• Doctoral Degrees
• Alternative Certification/T2T Programs
• Education Non-Degree Graduate
• Hoosier STEM Academy
• License Addition
• License Renewal
• Non-U.S. Degree

Social Studies Degree Requirements

The Social Studies major for Secondary Education focuses on grades 5-12 and requires 120 credit hours to be completed.

General Education Core

The General Education Core consists of 30 credit hours and includes:

1. Core Communication (2 courses, 6 credit hours)

• ENG W131 Elementary Comp I (3 credit hours)
• COMM R110 Fundamentals of Speech Communication (3 credit hours)

2. Mathematics/Analytical Reasoning (2 courses, 6 credit hours)

• Select 1 course from List A (3 credit hours)
• Select 1 course from List A (3 credit hours) or List B (3 credit hours)

3. Life and Physical Sciences (2 courses, 6 credit hours)

• GEOG G107 Physical Systems of the Environments (3 credit hours)
• ANTH A103 Human Origins and Prehistory (3 credit hours)

4. Cultural Understanding (1 course, 3 credit hours)

• EDUC E201 Multicultural Education/Global Awareness (3 credit hours)

5. Arts & Humanities and Social Sciences (3 courses, 9 credit hours)

• PHIL P120 Ethics (3 credit hours) or REL R212 Comparative Religions (3 credit hours)
• PSY B110 Introduction to Psychology (3 credit hours)
• SOC R121 Social Problems (3 credit hours)

Pre-professional Program Requirements

The Pre-professional Program Requirements consist of 10 credit hours and include:

• EDUC F110 Windows on Education - Freshman Only (1 credit hour)
• EDUC F200 Examining Self as Teacher (3 credit hours)
• EDUC W200 Using Computers in Education (3 credit hours)
• EDUC H341 American Culture and Education (3 credit hours)

Social Studies Coursework Requirements

The Social Studies Education - Historical Perspectives Major Requirements consist of 42 credit hours and include:

• Historical Sources and Analysis (3 credit hours)
  • HIST H217 - The Nature of History (3 credit hours)
• Indiana History (3 credit hours)
  • HIST A363 - Hoosier Nation: Indiana History (3 credit hours)
• American History (12 credit hours)
  • HIST H105 - American History I (3 credit hours)
  • HIST H106 - American History II (3 credit hours)
  • HIST A313 - Origins of Modern America (3 credit hours)
  • Choose two of the following: HIST A301 - Colonial and Revolutionary America I (3 credit hours), HIST A303 - United States: (3 credit hours), HIST A315 - United States History since World War II (3 credit hours)
• World History (18 credit hours)
  • HIST H108 - Perspectives on the World to 1800 (3 credit hours)
  • HIST H109 - Perspectives on the World since 1800 (3 credit hours)
  • HIST B361 - Europe in the Twentieth Century (3 credit hours)
  • HIST F341 - Latin America: Conquest and Empire (3 credit hours)
  • HIST E342 - History of Africa ll (3 credit hours)
  • HIST G452 - The Far East ll (3 credit hours)
• Geographic & Economic Perspectives (6 credit hours)
  • GEOG G110 - Introduction to Human Geography (3 credit hours)
  • ECON E101 - Survey of Economic Issues and Problems (3 credit hours)

Social Studies Professional Education Coursework

The Social Studies Professional Education Coursework consists of 38 credit hours and includes:

• Block I: Diversity and Learning (10 credit hours)
  • EDUC M322 Diversity & Learning (6 credit hours)
  • EDUC M403 Field Experience (1 credit hour)
  • EDUC L441 Bilingual Education - Intro (3 credit hours)
• Block II A: Middle School (7 credit hours)
  • EDUC S420 Teaching/Learning in Middle School (3 credit hours)
  • EDUC K306 Teaching Students with Special Needs in Secondary Classrooms (3 credit hours)
  • EDUC M404 Field Experience (1 credit hour)
• Block II B: Specialty Methods (3 credit hours)
  • EDUC M442 Social Studies Methods (3 credit hours)
• Block III: High School (4 credit hours)
  • EDUC S430 Teaching/Learning in High School (3 credit hours)
  • EDUC M405 Field Experience (1 credit hour)
• Block IV: Student Teaching (14 credit hours)
  • If not doing a license addition: EDUC M451 Middle Schools (14 credit hours) or EDUC M480 High School (14 credit hours)
  • If doing a license addition: EDUC M451 Middle Schools (7 credit hours) and EDUC K480 High School (7 credit hours), and EDUC M470 Special Education or ESL Practicum (7 credit hours)

Admissions Requirements

All students must apply and be admitted to the Secondary Teacher Education Program (TEP). Once admitted, students need to maintain specific requirements to continue in the program. The admissions and program requirements are available below.