The Secondary Social Science Education program is designed to prepare teachers of social studies, history, economics, government, sociology, and/or psychology in grades 6 - 12. It is designed to build upon a two-year program completed in liberal arts containing beginning-level coursework in the social sciences and history. The completion of a set of program prerequisites, A professional core of courses that provide the social, philosophical, historical and philosophical foundations of social science education, A sequence of generic courses in preparation for teaching, and Additional content courses.