Ed.M in Social Studies Education (Certification: Teacher of Social Studies)

The Graduate School of Education offers a postbaccalaureate master's degree/initial teacher certification program in social studies education. The program requires that a student have a bachelor's degree with a major appropriate to the area of licensure, 90 credits in liberal arts, and satisfaction of the general education distribution. The requirements needed to satisfy the general education distribution can be found in the Office of Student and Academic Services, Room 110, Graduate School of Education (848-932-3232).

The specific program requirements are as follows:

Social Studies Education (18 credits)

05:300:472  Materials and Methods in Social Studies (3)

15:257:560  Introduction to Social Studies Education (3)

15:257:561  Analysis of Social Studies Curricula (3)

15:257:562  Workshop in Social Studies Education (3)

Graduate-level electives in social studies education or core content areas with prior approval of adviser (6)

Common Professional Education Core (15 credits)

05:300:306  Educational Psychology: Principles of Classroom Learning (3) or 15:290:505 Introduction to Learning (3) or 15:295:510  Cooperative Learning (3) or approved substitute (3)

05:300:401  Individual and Cultural Diversity in the Classroom (3) or approved substitute (3)

15:255:533  Assessment and Measurement for Teachers (2)

15:255:534  Classroom Organization (1)

15:255:535  Teaching Internship (9)

15:255:536  Teaching Internship Seminar (3)

Every candidate for certification in social studies education must have completed a full major in one of the following: history, political science, economics, sociology, geography, anthropology, American studies, or area/gender/ethnic studies such as Africana studies, women's studies, Latino and Caribbean studies, etc. (Please note: art history is not an acceptable major.)

When a student's major is in one of the five core content areas (world history, U.S. history, political science, economics, or geography), then the student will need one course in each of those areas that they did not major in, except economics.

When a student's major is sociology, anthropology, American studies, or area/gender/ethnic studies such as Africana studies, women's studies, Latino and Caribbean studies, etc., then the student must complete 30 credits across the five content areas, including at least one 3-credit course in American history/New Jersey history, world history, civics/government, and geography.

Students who do not have an appropriate social studies major must complete 30 credits in one of the core content areas. Twelve of those 30 credits must be at the 300 level or higher.

All students who did not major in history must have completed at least 15 credits in world/U.S. history.

While it is not a requirement, we strongly urge all students to take an introductory-level economics course before completing the program.