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  • 2.00 - 9.00 Credits

    Depending on the investigative circumstances, provides an opportunity to acquire field experience - survey, mapping, excavation, material analysis - at land or underwater sites. Division of Continuing Education only. Summers.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduces the Social Science student to the importance and uses of Statistics in disciplines such as History, Geography, Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work and Political Science. Focuses on a beginning level understanding of probability, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics using applied examples from Social Science disciplines. Students are also introduced to computer applications for Social Science Statistics. May be taken as SW 3700. Springs. Prerequisite(s): Mathematics Foundations. (QUAN)(QRCO)
  • 1.00 - 6.00 Credits

    Students engage in work programs and thereby apply knowledge gained from major or minor course areas or concentrations. Qualifications to be an intern are determined by the Department Chair and a faculty member who acts as a supervising professor. Once placed, student interns have both an immediate supervisor and a supervising professor.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Serves as the capstone experience for the Social Studies Teacher Certification Option. Students have an opportunity to learn and apply social studies theory to the experience gained in previous courses, developing methodology and presentation skills needed to prepare for the student teaching experience. Students develop and present interdisciplinary lessons and units, integrating the skills and content of the various disciplines encompassed in the social studies as outlined in the New Hampshire Social Studies Framework and NCSS Standards. Students complete at least 20 hours in a classroom setting, actively participating in Social Studies classes in a middle or secondary school. Falls. Prerequisite(s): SS 2500 and permission of instructor.
  • 12.00 Credits

    The culminating field-based clinical experience for all students completing the Social Studies Teacher Certification (5-12) option of the BS Social Science major. It is a continuous, full-time (5 days per week) experience of 12 credits during which, after a period of structured observation, teacher candidates gradually assume responsibility for a full range of Social Studies teaching activities encountered in a middle or high school situation, thereby demonstrating the appropriate professional skills and attitudes essential for successful teaching of diverse populations of students. Student Teaching is conducted under the supervisory guidance of School Faculty and Plymouth State Clinical Faculty in Social Science. Required periodic seminars complement the experience. Falls and Springs. Prerequisite(s): minimum 2.50 cumulative GPA; completion of all other curricular requirements in Social Studies Teacher Certification (5-12) Option by the beginning of the student teaching experience; permission of the Coordinator of Teacher Certification and Clinical Experiences.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Consent required of the instructor who will supervise the independent study and the Department Chair.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Engages students in experiential learning about the challenges of working in interdisciplinary teams and perspectives. Provides students with opportunities to research significant issues of local or regional scale using multiple perspectives in a collaborative. Each spring 1 or more research teams are formed to conduct a project often developed in cooperation with an NGO or government agency to meet the needs of that organization and/or a community in the region. The projects are not theoretical or broad in scope, but rather focused on the kinds of problems that graduates might expect to face. Falls and Springs. Prerequisite(s): Junior status; permission of the instructor. (INCO)
  • 4.00 Credits

    Individualized instruction in a small-size class environment. A total immersion experience for beginning students. Offered through Plymouth's Study Abroad Program in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Four weeks at this program is equivalent to a one-semester course at PSU and can be used to complete one half of the BA language requirement; can fit either the SP 1010-1020 or the SP 1110-1120 sequence. Please see the Languages and Linguistics Department Chair for information on this program. Winterim or Summer.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Individualized instruction in a small-size class environment. A total immersion experience for students beyond the beginning level. This course is offered through Plymouth's Study Abroad Program in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Four weeks at this program is equivalent to a one-semester course at PSU, can be used to complete one half of the BA language requirement and can be applied to the Spanish major or minor; can fit the SP 2010-2020 sequence or above. Please see the Languages and Linguistics Department Chair for information on this program. Winterim or Summer.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Introduces students to the history and conceptions of social welfare and the role of government in the U.S. in meeting basic human needs and promoting human development. Unscheduled. (SPSY)
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