You can become a social studies teacher

Apply your love for history and for current global issues into a rewarding and interesting teaching career. Provide students with the skillsets and understanding to thoughtfully examine various cultures, practices, and happenings. With our world becoming more connected, it is more important than ever to teach future leaders how to be compassionate and open-minded. Acquire your content knowledge in Concordia classrooms and your teaching experience in local schools as a student teacher.

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Program Overview

Through a blend of the social sciences, history, and humanities, you will learn to guide 4th-12th grade students through different viewpoints and social structures. Perhaps most importantly, you will understand how to help your students discover how people relate to each other, how we interact as groups, and how we organize our thoughts, religions, and governments. With a foundation in social studies, your students will be able to understand the world around them, and their role in it.

Students who desire licensure in another state must contact their state department of education for details about whether or not this coursework will meet state requirements. 

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What to Expect
  • Professors are current and former educators 
  • Low student-to-faculty ratio for more personalized learning
  • Participate in off-campus field experiences in local schools
  • Student teaching is completed in your final semester
  • Option to earn a Lutheran Teacher Diploma to teach in Lutheran schools

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