Concentration in Social Studies Education

The Social Studies Education Concentration in Economics is designed for students who wish to become secondary school teachers. This degree provides the initial content area preparation for the Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) in Social Studies Education in the College of Education and Human Development at Georgia State or a similar master’s degree at another university. For teacher certification, the student must also complete the M.A.T. in Social Studies Education or a similar master’s degree at another university.

The Social Studies Education Concentration in Economics is designed to provide students with the content area preparation required for teaching economics and other social studies courses at the middle and high school levels. Students pursuing this concentration must take 21 hours in economics and must also choose three allied fields from the following departments, taking nine hours in each (for a total of 27 hours in allied fields): African-American studies, geography, history, political science, and one of the behavioral science departments of sociology, anthropology, or psychology.

Concentration Requirements

Major Courses (21 Hours)

Georgia State University undergraduate students must achieve an overall institutional grade-point average (GPA) of 2.0 and a major GPA of 2.0 to receive a bachelor’s degree from the University. Grades of C- can be used to satisfy graduation requirements in the Major requirements section. However, some courses have prerequisites that require a grade of C or higher (see 1460 GPA Requirement for additional information).

ECON 3900 - Macroeconomics-CTW 3 Credit Hours
ECON 3910 - Microeconomics 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4999 - Senior Capstone in Economics 3 Credit Hours (The prerequisites for ECON 4999 are ECON 3900, ECON 3910, and two 4000-level economics courses with a grade of “C” or better. Students are to plan accordingly with regard to the course prerequisites and graduation.)
Choose four 4000 level economics courses 12 Hours

Allied Fields (27 Hours)

The student must take a total of 27 hours in three allied fields (nine hours in each field). The allied fields are political science, geography, history, or behavioral science. The behavioral science field consists of nine hours from anthropology, psychology, or sociology. The student should see each department’s list for the courses to be taken in the nine hours for that discipline.

Economics as an Allied Field (9 Hours)

If a student chooses economics as one of their three allied fields, three courses must be chosen from the following two lists: At least one course must be taken from each list.

Macroeconomics & Policy

These courses have ECON 2105 as a prerequisite

ECON 3900 - Macroeconomics-CTW 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4500 - Money and Credit 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4600 - Economic Development 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4810 - International Finance 3 Credit Hours

Microeconomics & Policy

These courses have ECON 2106 as a prerequisite

ECON 3910 - Microeconomics 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4210 - Health Economics 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4220 - Environmental Economics and Policy 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4230 - Experimental Economics 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4300 - Economics of Cities 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4350 - Economics of Poverty and Public Policy 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4400 - Public Sector Economics 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4470 - Industrial Organization, Regulation, and Antitrust Economics 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4800 - International Trade 3 Credit Hours
ECON 4960 - Economics of Work and Pay 3 Credit Hours

Electives (12 Hours)

These 12 semester hours must be at the 3000/4000 level. Elective courses to complement the major are selected in consultation with the faculty mentor or undergraduate advisor in the University Advisement Center or Office of Academic Assistance.