社会研究教育理学硕士（7-12）计划帮助候选人成为教育领导者和创新变革推动者，因为他们获得了7-12年级永久/专业教学认证的资格。该程序基于一个模型，该模型对教学法和内容有同等的重视。理学硕士的教育学位课程要求15个学分的社会研究教育/教学法和15个历史学/社会科学的学分。该计划的社会研究教育/教学法部分包括社会研究课程，社会研究方法，理论和研究方法的课程，以解决国家社会研究理事会的课程关注问题。历史/社会科学部分分为9个学分的集中时间和6个学分的选修课程。此外，该计划通过要求两门模块课程（每门6学分），
The master of science in social studies education (7-12) program helps candidates become educational leaders and innovative change agents as they acquire eligibility for permanent/professional teaching certification for grades 7-12. The program is based on a model that gives equal weight to pedagogy and content matter. Fifteen credit hours of social studies education/pedagogy and 15 credit hours of history/social sciences are required for the M.S. in education degree. The social studies education/pedagogy portion of the program consists of courses in social studies curriculum, social studies methods, theory, and research methods to address the curricular concerns of the National Council for the Social Studies. The history/social science portion is divided into 9 credit hours of concentration and 6 credit hours of electives. Furthermore, the program links pedagogy and the content area by requiring two block courses (6 credit hours each) so students concurrently take a history and related pedagogy course in the same semester.