Social Studies Education, BA

The Hope College Education Department offers a social studies teaching major in the secondary level for certification through the Michigan Department of Education. The major consists of 36 credits. Students may also choose to declare a concentration (additional courses required): History  or Political Science . 

In addition, students must also declare one of the 44-credit secondary education teaching majors: Secondary Education, 5-9 Gr, 7-12 Gr, BA  (for a middle school focus) or Secondary Education, 7-12 Gr, 5-9 Gr, BA  for a high school focus).

Students may also declare one or more of these minors:

• Psychology Education Minor 
• Special Education, Emotional Impairments K-12 Minor 
• Special Education, Learning Disabilities K-12 Minor  
• Teaching English as a Second Language Minor