Economics Education Requirements (BSE)

 
Major Requirements
ECON 201PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS3
or ECON 213 ECONOMICS FOR TEACHERS
ECON 202PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS 3
ECON 245BUSINESS STATISTICS3
ECON 301INTERMEDIATE MICROECONOMIC ANALYSIS3
ECON 302INTERMEDIATE MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS3
ECON 360GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE WORLD ECONOMY3
ECON 404HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT3
Select 9 units from ECON courses at the 300- or 400-level:9
ECONOMETRICS
DATA MANAGEMENT AND HANDLING
BIG DATA METHODS FOR BUSINESS
RACE, GENDER, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Labor Markets: Work, Wages and Policy
MONEY AND BANKING
PUBLIC FINANCE
THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY
BUSINESS CYCLES
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
ADVANCED ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS OF GLOBALIZATION
URBAN ECONOMICS, ISSUES, AND POLICY
ADVANCED ECONOMETRICS
ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE ECONOMICS
General Social Studies Requirements:
GEOGRPY 230HUMAN GEOGRAPHY3
GEOGRPY 250GEOGRAPHY OF WISCONSIN 3
or GEOGRPY 252 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
or GEOGRPY 270 GIS I: MAPPING OUR WORLD
HISTRY 125AMERICAN HISTORY SINCE 18773
HISTRY 154WESTERN CIVILIZATION 3
POLISCI 141AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS 3
POLISCI 240LAW AND SOCIETY3
or POLISCI 250 INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THEORY
or POLISCI 255 INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS
PSYCH 211INTRODUCTORY PSYCHOLOGY3
SOCIOLGY 240PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY3
Total Units54
Licensure Requirements 1
SPECED 205INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION3
ECON 213ECONOMICS FOR TEACHERS 3
BIOLOGY 214ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY3
or GEOGRPY 252 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
EDFNDPRC 210INTRODUCTION TO EDUCATION AND TEACHING3
EDFOUND 212EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY3
EDFOUND 243FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION IN A PLURALISTIC SOCIETY3
SECNDED 340INQUIRY IN BROADFIELD SOCIAL STUDIES3
SECNDED 425TEACHING OF SOCIAL STUDIES3
SECNDED 430THE TEACHING OF SOCIAL STUDIES IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL3
SECNDED 466LITERACY IN THE DISCIPLINES3
EDFOUND 425MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL3
CIGENRL 420PRE-STUDENT TEACHING SEMINAR1
CIGENRL 470STUDENT TEACHING SEMINAR2
Select one of the following Student Teaching options:14
Option 1
SOCIAL STUDIES PRE-STUDENT TEACHING, MIDDLE LEVEL
SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENT TEACHING, SECONDARY LEVEL
Option 2
SOCIAL STUDIES PRE-STUDENT TEACHING, SECONDARY LEVEL
SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENT TEACHING, MIDDLE LEVEL
Writing Requirement
BEINDP 290BUSINESS WRITING2
Total Units52
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GPA requirements:

  1. to graduate from the College of Education and Professional Studies, students in a BSE licensure major must have at least a combined GPA of 2.75; 
  2. students must achieve a grade of "C" (2.00) or better in all required courses with the prefixes EDFOUND, EDFNDPRC, CIGENRL, SECNDED, or SPECED before they can enroll in CIFLD 422 or CIFLD 424; and
  3. must maintain a content GPA of at least 3.0 across all major requirements, general social studies requirements, and SECNDED 425 and SECNDED 430, or pass the standardized content knowledge test approved by the State Superintendent.
First Year
FallUnitsSpringUnits
ENGLISH 100 or 1013-4ENGLISH 1023
MATH 139 or 1423CORE 1303
SPECED 2053MATH 1433
CORE 120 or 1403ECON 201 or 2133
INTRAUNV 1041BIOLOGY 2143
PEGNRL 1921 
 14-15 15
Second Year
FallUnitsSpringUnits
COMM 1103EDFOUND 2433
MATH 243, 250, or 2534-5EDFNDPRC 2103
ECON 2023EDFOUND 2123
ECON 2453Any Lab Science - Chemistry, Astronomy or Physics are recommended, not Biology as students will take Bio 2144-5
POLISCI 1413HISTRY 1543
 ECON 4981-3
 16-17 17-20
Third Year
FallUnitsSpringUnits
ECON 3013ECON 3023
ECON 4043SOCIOLGY 2403
ECON Elective (300 or 400 level)3ECON Elective (300 or 400 level)3
BEINDP 2902GEOGRPY 252, 250, or 2703
CORE 1103SECNDED 42513
GEOGRPY 2303SECNDED 34013
 17 18
Fourth Year
FallUnitsSpringUnits
EDFOUND 42513PSYCH 2113
SECNDED 43013POLISCI 240, 250, or 2553
SECNDED 46613HISTRY 1253
CIGENRL 42011CORE 3903
CIFLD 322 or 32412ECON Elective (300 or 400 level)3
ECON 3603 
 15 15
Fifth Year
FallUnits 
CIFLD 422 or 424112 
 12
Total Units: 139-144
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Require Admission to Professional Education. You will not be allowed to register for these courses without applying, and being admitted to the College of Education and Professional Studies. Eligibility requirements can be found at: https://www.uww.edu/coeps/advising-licensure#admissions

Economics BSE program completers will be licensed to teach Social Studies in grades 4-12.  This license authorizes candidates to teach coursework in Economics, Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology.

Students may be required to pass additional assessments prior to student teaching and licensure.