PRE-EDUCATION CONCENTRATION
The Department of African-American Studies offers a pre-education track with a concentration in history for students who wish to become public school teachers and to be certified to teach by completing the initial teacher preparation alternative M.Ed. program in Social Studies Education in the College of Education (or a similar master’s level initial preparation program at another university). The pre-education track in African-American studies develops teachers to work effectively in multi-cultural classrooms. The pre-education track in African-American Studies prepares teachers to teach students from diverse ethnic, gender, cultural, and social class groups by offering curricula that examine the histories and experiences of people of African descent and aspects of cultural identity formation in the U.S., Africa, and the Caribbean. This track also prepares educators to develop their students to be citizens of a global community.

Students who wish to pursue the preeducation track in African-American studies must take ten designated upper-division major courses (33 credit hours) and complete the course work in three of the following allied fields: political science (9), geography (9), and economics (9), but only one of these behavioral sciences: anthropology, sociology, and psychology. After completion of the above requirements, the student will be awarded a Broad Field Social Science Pre-Education Certificate.

For the official university guidelines, please see the Georgia State University undergraduate catalog. AAS course descriptions are available here.

AAS 3975 Concepts and Theories in African-American Studies (3)
AAS 3450 History of African Americans in Georgia (3)
AAS 4640/Hist 4270 African-American People (4)
AAS 4600/Hist 4280 Enslavement and Resistance in North America (3)
AAS 4620/Hist 4290 Enslavement in the Americas (3)
AAS 4772/Hist/WSt 4772 Women in Africa (3)
AAS 4774/Hist 4774 African Rebellions (3)
AAS 4980 Seminar and Practicum in African-American Studies (3)
Hist 3000 Introduction to Historical Studies (4)
Hist 3220 United States in the Twentieth Century (4)
Total Number of Hours: 33
Allied Fields (27)

Select three out of the following four allied fields:
Political Science (9) (3000-4000 level courses)
Sociology (9) (3000-4000 level courses)
Geography (9) (3000-4000 level courses)
Economics (9) (3000-4000 level courses)