Department of Education, UMBC

Secondary Social Studies Certification Requirements: Geography Major
University of Maryland Baltimore County Department of Education

GEOGRAPHY CORE REQUIREMENTS		PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
GEOG 102	Human Geography	EDUC 310	Inquiry into Education
GEOG 110	Physical Geography	EDUC 311	Psychological Foundations of Education
GEOG 280	Map Use and Cartographic Principles	EDUC 412	Analysis of Teaching and Learning
GEOG 300	Geography: Development Methods, Research and Writing	EDUC 428	Secondary Social Studies Methods
GEOG 31X	Physical Geography Elective	EDUC 388	Inclusion and Instruction
GEOG 327	Cultural Ecology	EDUC 410	Reading in a Content Area I
GEOG 330	Location of Economic Activity	EDUC 411	Reading in a Content Area II
GEOG 332	Natural Resources: Problems and Policies	EDUC 456	Internship
GEOG 34X	Urban geography Elective	EDUC 457	Internship Seminar
GEOG 400	Special Topics: Geography and Education
GEOG 34X	Geography Elective
GEOG 34X	Geography Elective
REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY SOCIAL STUDIES COURSES		GENERAL FOUNDATION REQUIREMENTS
ECON 101 ECON 102 HIST 110 HIST 111 HIST 102 HIST 3xx POLI 100	Principles of Microeconomics OR Principles of Macroeconomics Western Civilization to 1700 OR Western Civilization 1700 to the Present American History 1877 to the Present A non-western history American Government and Politics	During initial advisement, the teacher candidate should see an education adviser. Certain GFR courses can also be used to meet specific requirements of the Education Certification Program. * PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology * Two additional social science courses * ENGL 100 Composition * Three language and culture courses * A mathematics course * Two science courses

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