Broadfield Social Studies Education program

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Become a social studies teacher

UWL’s Broadfield Social Studies Education (BFSS) programs will prepare you to teach middle and high school social studies in grades 4-12. This distinctive undergraduate program includes both professional education coursework and three semesters of hands-on clinical experiences, including five courses related to teaching methods.

The programs are part of the Secondary Teacher Education Preparation (STEP) program, housed within UWL’s History Department in the College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities (CASSH).

Types of Careers in Broadfield Social Studies Education?

Graduates of UWL’s BFSS program receive a degree in Broadfield Social Studies and a license to teach social studies in grades 4-12 in the state of Wisconsin. Additionally, graduates of the BFSS program have been hired for teaching positions in neighboring states. Graduates of the BFSS program have used their degree as a launching point for advanced degrees in social studies education and/or licensure in school counseling and school administration.

Teacher candidates in history, political science, or sociology concentrations complete enough coursework to be prepared for admission into master's degrees in those areas.

Careers in social studies education

Middle school teacher
High school teacher
Historian
Political scientist
Sociologist
School counselor
School administrator

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What is Broadfield Social Studies Education?

The Broadfield Social Studies Education program provides skills-based training for teacher candidates seeking to teach social studies. The program prepares candidates to teach all social studies disciplines including, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology and sociology.

What distinguishes UWL’s Broadfield Social Studies Education program?

Learn teaching methods and theory

In addition to content courses in the social studies, teacher candidates are required to take a sequence of five courses related to teaching methods and theory with particular emphasis on culturally-responsive teaching for social justice.

Graduates find jobs

Teacher candidates have a high success rate in finding full-time teaching positions in Wisconsin and neighboring states within one year of graduation.

Undergraduate research

Teacher candidates engage in research in social studies education, which has resulted in student-led research presentations on campus, and at state and national conferences.

Learn to teach English learners

Teacher candidates are required to take coursework designed to prepare them to teach English learners—a course unique to undergraduate teacher programs in the UW System.

Four paths to choose from

Teacher candidates completing one of the Broadfield Social Studies Education concentrations will complete at least 120 credits of coursework and will earn one of the following Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degrees, all leading to endorsement of a Middle and High School Social Studies license (grades 4-12). BFSS offers four distinct paths toward graduation and licensure, including a general BFSS program, and three others that allow students to choose an emphasis in the fields of History, Political Science, or Sociology.