Hi folks Is it possible to get a degree in social sciences in one of the "Big Three", including psych, sociology and a wholoe pile of appropriate CLEPS. What are the chances of some of those CLEPS clashing with credits earned in a GRE psych exam, how do you plan to avoid these clashes. Cheers
yes it is possible just go to any of their websites and look at the degrees offered there are many posts on this site with topics such as psychology, anthropology, sociology just searching posts over the last 2 months will give you tons of info as for CEPS clashing with the GRE, the colleges have advisors that will guide you with what courses/exams to take. that's what your money pays for.
TESC has a major in Social Science & History, but they don't take GRE. For EC and COSC you'd be doing a liberal or individualized studies concentration.
Excelsior ofers a BS in Psychology, BS in Sociology, BS in Economics, BS in Philosophy, BS in Criminal justice, BS in Political Science, BS in History all of those might be majors you'd be interested in
Charter Oak State www.cosc.edu and Thomas Edison State College www.tesc.edu are both listed in Bears' Guide, 15th edition as offering bachelor's degrees in psychology, sociology, and anthropology, though not Excelsior College www.excelsior.edu , though you could check their website, too.
its actually not for me. I know that here in Europe it is not possible to get a "social science" degree, you can only get it in specific disciplines, this chap may want to go on and teach and I was wondering if in the US you could take a degree in social sciences which includes a couple of disciplines such as psychology, sociology etc. I have my doubts but I said i would ask. thanks for all your answers so far.
Oh, okay. If you google "social studies major" you will find that many B&M schools have majors designed for schoolteachers. I guess you could use such a curriculum as the basis of a self-designed major or concentration at one of the big 3. Washington State University's distance degree program has a social science major but it's not super clep-friendly.
ok, when I think of high school and social studies, I think of history and geography, not psychology and sociology. I think that in the US if you want to teach HS social studes, you have to have a Masters degree in social studies education. That would be a broad range of history courses and 'theory of education' and 'how to teach' courses. Some HS's will accept a BS in History and allow you to teach while you obtain your Masters in Education. If you go to Excelsior and major in History, you still have to have a 2nd depth of study in another area, 4 courses. Could be ANYTHING you want. Most people of course choose something that relates to their major. I can't provide a link to Excelsior's requirements becasue you have to get a password to see their stuff anyway. Stupid Excelsior website. Here is TESC's study guide for the BA in History http://www.tesc.edu/prospective/undergraduate/degree/ba/ba_history.pdf Here is their Social Sciences study guide http://www.tesc.edu/prospective/undergraduate/degree/ba/ba_social_sciences.pdf Because your friend wants to teach this, I'm guessing that he has some interest and knowledge of the subject areas. Here are some exams he could take. Thre are many more psych exams, but I only listed those that I thought relate to classrooms and education. CLEP exams http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/exams.html American Government Introduction to Educational Psychology Principles of Macroeconomics Principles of Microeconomics Introductory Psychology Introductory Sociology U.S. History I: Early Colonizations to 1877 U.S. History II: 1865 to the Present Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648 Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present DANTES exams http://www.getcollegecredit.com/04learners_a.html#factsheets Art of the Western World Western Europe since 1945 An Introduction to the Modern Middle East Human/Cultural Geography Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union A History of the Vietnam War The Civil War and Reconstruction Foundations of Education General Anthropology Environment and Humanity: The Race to Save the Planet Physical Geology Introduction to World Religions Excelsior exams https://www.excelsior.edu/portal/page?_pageid=57,194513&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&DEPTS=EXAMS&AREA=A%26S&SORT=0 American Dream Cultural Diversity Ethics: Theory & Practice Life Span Developmental Psychology Social Psychology World Conflicts World Population Ohio University Course Credit by Examination or Correspondance Study http://www.ohiou.edu/independent/ccecourse.htm Intro to Non-Western History Since 1750: Cross-Cultural Perspectives The Rise of Modern Asia Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia The United States in World War II Ancient Greece Ancient Rome World War I TESC exams http://www.tesc.edu/students/tecep/teceplist.php Introduction to Political Science
OK. If your friend wants to teach high school social studies, he needs to contact the state department of education in which he wishes to teach for their specific requirements. Foe some states, a bachelor's will suffice, though many states are now requiring a master's. Some states hire social studies teachers, so named, while others hire psychology teachers or sociology teachers or anthropology teachers, etc. When I was going through college in Colorado (1980-1984), a prospective social studies teacher might pick a major within social studies - say, history - and then take the freshman sequences in the other social sciences - anthropology, economics, geography, philosophy, political science, psychology, sociology, and general social sciences - and then also pick up a second major in education with teacher certification. Old threads on bachelor's degrees in psychology are available here: http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21985 http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21129 http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20592 http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19454 An old threads on bachelor's degrees in sociology are available here: http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14903 An old thread on bachelor's degrees in anthropology are available here: http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9230 Old threads on bachelor's degrees in social sciences are available here: http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12340 http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8767
SOCIOLOGY BACHELOR'S ONLINE I didn't think any of those old threads gave you sufficiently monstrous quantities of information on sociology degrees, so here goes: Acadia University http://conted.acadiau.ca (BG15, 153) American Military University www.apus.edu (BG15, 97) Athabasca University www.athabascau.ca (BG15, 98) University of Bradford www.brad.ac.uk (BG15, 176) California State University Chico www.rce.csuchico.edu (BG15, 101) Caldwell College www.caldwell.edu (BG15, 156) University of Calicut http://collegeskerala.com/calicut (BG15, 177) Central Queensland University www.dtls.cqu.edu.au (BG15, 103) Charter Oak State College www.cosc.edu (BG15, 104) Christopher Newport University www.cnuonline.cnu.edu (BG15, 105) Colorado State University Pueblo (formerly University of Southern Colorado) http://coned.uscolo.edu (BG15, 146) Florida State University http://online.fsu.edu (BG15, 112) Laurentian University http://laurentian.ca/cce/INDEX.HTML (BG15, 119) University of London www.lon.ac.uk (BG15, 138) Madurai Kamaraj University www.mkuniversity.org (BG15, 120) Mary Baldwin College www.mbc.edu/adp (BG15, 162) University of Maryland www.umuc.edu (BG15, 140) Mountain State University www.cwv.edu (BG15, 123) University of New England www.une.edu.au (BG15, 141) New York Institute of Technology www.nyit.edu (BG15, 125) Open University and Open College www.ola.bc.ca (BG15, 126) Open University (England) www.open.ac.uk (BG15, 126) Open University (Israel) www.openu.ac.il (BG15, 127) University of Pittsburgh www.pitt.edu (BG15, 179) University of Pretoria www.up.ac.za (BG15, 143) Queens University www.queensu.ca (BG15, 128) University of Saskatchewan www.usask.ca (BG15, 144) Simon Fraser University www.sfu.ca (BG15, 130) University of South Africa www.unisa.ac.za (BG15, 144) Southern Cross University www.scu.edu.au (BG15, 172) Southern New Hampshire University www.snhu.edu (BG15, 130) Southwestern Adventist University www.swau.edu (BG15, 173) Southwestern Assemblies of God University www.sagu.edu (BG15, 173) Thomas Edison State College www.tesc.edu (BG15, 133) Upper Iowa University www.uiu.edu (BG15, 149) Washington State University http://distance.wsu.edu (BG15, 150) University of Waterloo www.uwaterloo.ca (BG15, 148)
ANTHROPOLOGY DEGREES ONLINE Athabasca University www.athabascau.ca (BG15, 98) Charter Oak State College www.cosc.edu (BG15, 104) University of New England www.une.edu.au (BG15, 141) University of Saskatchewan www.usask.ca (BG15, 144) Simon Fraser University www.sfu.ca (BG15, 130) Thomas Edison State College www.tesc.edu (BG15, 133) Union Institute www.tui.edu (BG15, 175) University of Wales Lampeter www.lamp.ac.uk (BG15, 148) University of Waterloo www.uwaterloo.ca (BG15, 148)
INTERDISCIPLINARY SOCIAL SCIENCE DEGREES Caldwell College www.caldwell.edu (BG15, 156) University of Calicut http://collegeskerala.com/calicut (BG15, 177) California State University Chico www.rce.csuchico.edu (BG15, 101) Colorado State University Pueblo http://coned.uscolo.edu (BG15, 146) Florida State University http://online.fsu.edu (BG15, 112) Judson College www.judson.edu (BG15, 117) Kansas State University www.dce.ksu.edu (BG15, 117) University of Maryland www.umuc.edu (BG15, 140) Mountain State University www.cwv.edu (BGT15, 123) University of South Africa www.unisa.ac.za (BG15, 144) Southern Cross University www.scu.edu.au (BG15, 172) Thomas Edison State College www.tesc.edu (BG15, 133) Washington State University http://distance.wsu.edu (BG15, 150)
Bachelor's degrees in secondary education available via distance learning are here: http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22878 Master's degrees in education with teacher licensure available via distance learning are here: http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20939