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Bachelor of Arts Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Grades 4–8 Language Arts/Reading/Social Studies Certification Option)

The minimum number of semester credit hours required for the IDS degree with grades 4–8 Language Arts/Reading/Social Studies certification is 131, at least 39 of which must be at the upper-division level.

Core Curriculum requirements: Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with teacher certification must fulfill University Core Curriculum requirements. The courses listed in the table below satisfy both degree requirements and Core Curriculum requirements. For a complete listing of courses that satisfy the Core Curriculum requirements in this catalog.

Core Curriculum Requirements
Courses that Satisfy Core Curriculum and Degree Requirements

Rhetoric (6 semester credit hours)

All students must take the following six hours to meet this core requirement:
WRC 1013 Freshman Composition I
WRC 1023 Freshman Composition II

Domain I: Mathematics and Science

Mathematics (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Science (6 semester credit hours)
Three hours from Level One and three hours from Level Two will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain II: Society and Culture

United States History and Diversity (6 semester credit hours)
HIS 1043 and HIS 1053 will satisfy this core requirement.
Political Studies (6 semester credit hours)
POL 1013 plus 3 additional hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (3 semester credit hours)
IDS 2113 Society and Social Issues (recommended)
Economics (3 semester credit hours)
ECO 2013 or ECO 2023 will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain III: Literature and the Arts

Literature (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed below will satisfy this core requirement.
IDS 2303 World Literature I: Through the Sixteenth Century
IDS 2313 World Literature II: Since the Sixteenth Century
The Arts (3 semester credit hours)
Any three hours listed under this section in the list of core courses will satisfy this core requirement.

Domain IV: World Society and Issues

(3 semester credit hours)
IDS 2203 World Civilization to the Fifteenth Century will satisfy this requirement.

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Degree Requirements (71 semester credit hours):

A. 51 semester credit hours of required courses:

BBL 3403 Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
COM 2123 Oral Interpretation
EDP 2113 Development in the Elementary and Middle School Child
EDU 2103 Education in U.S. Society
ENG 3333 Introduction to the Structures of English
ESL 3063 Second Language Acquisition
GRG 1023 World Regional Geography
HIST 2053 Texas History
IDS 2083 Technology for Liberal Arts and Social Studies
IDS 2213 World Civilization Since the Fifteenth Century
IDS 2713 Modes of Inquiry across the Fields of Study
IDS 3303 Introduction to Exceptionalities
RDG 3633 Literature and Other Texts Across the Content Area–Grades 4–8
RDG 3803 Writing Development and Processes

Select 6 hours from the following:

U.S. History
ECO 3183 Economic History of the United States
ECO 3193 The International Economy
HIS 3003 Colonial America and the Formation of American Society
HIS 3023 American Independence and National Unity, 1760–1820
HIS 3043 History of Women in the United States: Pre-Columbus to 1890
HIS 3053 History of Women in the United States: Since 1890
HIS 3073 The Mexican Borderlands/The American Southwest
HIS 3083 History of the American West
HIS 3133 Themes in the Social History of the United States
HIS 3193 The South in American History
HIS 3553 Civil War America
HIS 3573 African American History since the Civil War

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Texas History
HIS 3123 Colonial Texas under Spanish and Mexican Rule to 1836
HIS 3493 History of San Antonio

World Civilization
HIS 3263 Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Europe
HIS 3273 The Early Middle Ages
HIS 3303 History of Mexico
HIS 3353 Latin American since Independence
HIS 3503 The Expansion of Europe, 1415–1800
HIS 3603 Africa in Colonial and Post-Colonial Contexts
HIS 3743 Imperial Russia
HIS 3753 The Soviet Union and After
HIS 3903 Modern Japan
HIS 3913 Late Imperial China
HIS 3933 Discovery of India

Select 3 hours from the following:

Geography
GRG 3113 Geography of the United States and Canada
GRG 3123 Geography of Latin America
GRG 3133 Geography of Europe
GRG 3143 Geography of Mexico
GRG 3153 Geography of Texas
GRG 3423 Geopolitics of Russia and Eurasia
GRG 3433 The Geography and Politics of the Asian Rim

B. 20 semester credit hours of required support courses:

IDS 3201 Physical Science Laboratory
IDS 3203 Physical Science
IDS 3211 Earth and Life Science Laboratory
IDS 3213 Earth and Life Science
MAT 1153 Essential Elements in Mathematics I
MAT 1163 Essential Elements in Mathematics II
RDG 3523 Developmental Reading–Grades 4–8
RDG 3533 Content Area Reading–Grades 4–8

Certification Requirements (18 Semester credit hours):

Students must be admitted to the Teacher Certification Program before enrollment in Certification, Professional Education, and Student Teacher coursework.

C&I 4513 Approaches to Teaching Language Arts, Reading, and Social Studies
C&I 4523 Approaches to Teaching Language Arts, Writing, and Social Studies
C&I 4686 Student Teaching: 4–8 Language Arts, Reading, and Social Studies
EDP 3303 Principles of Learning and Classroom Management (Grades 4–8)
EDP 4203 Assessment and Evaluation

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