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Interdisciplinary Social Science - Minor Requirements


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To be licensed to teach secondary school social studies, the student must satisfactorily complete requirements for a baccalaureate degree in either history or political science and complete the ISS minor that is paired with that major. Courses taken for General Education credit may be double counted.

ISS for History Majors

Complete all of the following:
9
GPOSC 225. U.S. Government
(Must be completed for GenEd credit)
   
Choose one:
GECON 200. Macroeconomics (may double count)
ECON 201. Microeconomics
   
Choose one:
GEOG 280. Human Geography: The Cultural Landscape
GGEOG 200. The Global Dimension (should double count)
   
Choose one:
GEOG 300 or 400 level
ECON 200, 300 or 400 level
   
Complete three of the following:
9
POSC 302. State and Local Government
POSC 385. The U.S. Congress
POSC 362. Political Behavior
POSC 369. Political Parties and Elections
POSC 370. U.S. Foreign Policy  
POSC 371. Comparative Politics for Teachers
Total credits
18



ISS for Political Science Majors

Complete all of the following:
9
GHIST 225. U.S. Government
(Must be completed for GenEd credit)
   
Choose one:
GECON 200. Macroeconomics (may double count)
ECON 201. Microeconomics
   
Choose one:
GEOG 280. Human Geography: The Cultural Landscape
GGEOG 200. The Global Dimension (should double count)
   
Choose one:
GEOG 300 or 400 level
ECON 200, 300 or 400 level
   
Complete three of the following:
9
HIST 350. Virginia History
HIST 362. U.S. Religious History
HIST 356. Afro-American History Since 1865
HIST 405. Travel and Exploration
HIST 453. Patterns of Global History
HIST 456. The Global Economy and Nationalism
Total credits
18



For further information about the ISS minor, please contact Dr. David Dillard, dillarpd@jmu.edu, 8-3757, or view the undergraduate catalog.