INTEGRATED SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION

Sample Four Year Academic Plan

The course plan below is a sample plan for your major; it does not and should not replace meeting with your Academic Advisor to map out the best course plan that suits your individual academic goals and placement upon initial registration.  Classes listed may not necessarily be offered during a particular term.  Full descriptions and requirements for all ODU majors, programs and courses can be found in the ODU Catalog.

FIRST YEAR (Freshman)
ENG 110 College Writing I	3		ENG 111 College Writing II	3
HST 106 World History I or... HST 110 Western Civilization I	3		HST 107 World History II or... HST 111 Western Civilization II	3
Foreign Language I or... Math Requirement (121 or above)	3		Foreign Language II	3
Freshman Core Seminar 179 (in Philosophy or Theology)	3		POL 101 Great Issues of Politics	3
EDU 112 Intro toTeaching: Adolescence to Young Adult	3		Natural Science Requirement	3
SECOND YEAR (Sophomore)
Fall Semester			Spring Semester
HST 201 American History I	3		HST 202 American History II	3
POL 279A Core: Environmental Values and Policymaking	3		EDU 220 Educational Psychology	3
POL 290 Politics and Government: Process and Issues			Philosophy or Theology Req.*	3
SOC 101 Intro to Sociology or... SOC 110 Anthropology: What Makes us Human or... PSY 100 Intro to Psychology or... PSY 212 Social Psychology or... PSY 270 Human Development: Child and Adolescence	3		POL 279C American Political Thought, Nature and the Common Good or... HST 348F: History and Technology	3
Literature Requirement	3		Art Requirement	3
THIRD YEAR (Junior)
Fall Semester			Spring Semester
POL 348C Interpreting Civilizations	3		POL/HST 365 The U.S. Presidency	3
HST 320 Twentieth-Century America or... HST 342 History of Christianity or.. POL/HST 348C U.S. Foreign Policy	3		HST 330 World Powers or... POL 360 International Politics or... POL 379A War and Peace or... HST 370 Africa and America: The Uneasy Partnership	3
POL 230 Law, Society and Polity or... POL 370C Causes of Collective Violence	3		Philosophy or Theology Req.*	3
Philosophy or Theology Req.*	3		EDU 314 Content Reading Area	3
EDU 379A Core: Principles of Education	3		Elective	3
FOURTH YEAR (Senior)
Fall Semester			Spring Semester
HST 479 History Senior Seminar	3		EDU 487 Student Teaching	11
POL 498 Seminar: Theory and Ideology	3		EDU 488 Student Teaching Seminar	1
EDU 346 AYA MultiAge Methods	3		Elective	3
GEO 125 World Geography**	3
EDU 354 Social Studies Methods/Field Exp	3

*Six semester credits in Philosophy and six in Theology. At least one course in each area must be at the 200 level or higher.
**Diversity requirement will be fulfilled with this course. 

For more information contact your Academic Advisor or Admission Counselor at (614) 251-4500 or admissions@ohiodominican.edu.