Interested in teaching history at the college level? You’ll need 18 history credits — but that’s easy to get at UNCP. Just add one more 3-credit course to your history concentration and you’re set. Graduate ready for post-secondary teaching.
Social Studies Education
Grow as both a scholar and a teacher in UNC Pembroke’s Master of Arts in Social Studies Education program. Whether your focus is history or the social sciences, this graduate program deepens your subject knowledge and sharpens your teaching. You’ll build the tools to lead engaging, inclusive classrooms. Take the next step in your teaching career.
Degrees
ConcentrationConcentration
Focus Areas
History, Social Sciences
MA in Social Studies Education
This 30-credit program helps you grow as a teacher and deepen your understanding of social studies. You’ll explore new ways to teach, create your own curriculum and work closely with faculty and peers.
You’ll get to:
- Learn in small, supportive classes
- Hybrid courses
- Join professional development and travel opportunities
- Attend professional conferences
- Complete a capstone project that connects to your classroom
Focus on history while building your teaching skills. All history classes are taught as interactive seminars by PhD faculty with expertise across historical fields. You’ll study major topics in U.S. and world history and learn how to teach them in powerful, engaging ways.
With this concentration, you will:
- Strengthen your skills in leadership and curriculum development
- Explore key topics in history
- Strengthen your skills in teaching with primary sources
- Create your own lessons and classroom materials
- Prepare for leadership and curriculum roles
Advance your teaching career while deepening your understanding of social sciences through UNCP’s 30-credit Master of Arts in Social Studies Education with a Social Sciences Concentration. This dynamic program includes 15 credits of core pedagogical coursework and 15 credits of advanced study across disciplines like psychology, geography, economics, sociology and civics — culminating in a capstone project that integrates scholarship with classroom practice.
Expand Your
Teaching Options
Courses
- Historiography
- Advanced North Carolina History
- History of the New South 1865-1980
- Themes in World History
- Introduction to Public History
- Public History Internship
- Historical Research
Earn an MAT in Social Studies
At UNC Pembroke, the Middle Grades Social Studies Education (6-9) and Secondary Social Studies Education (9-12) tracks within the MAT program prepare aspiring teachers through a 30-credit curriculum
that combines content mastery, pedagogy and full-time internships. The Middle Grades
track equips candidates to teach history, geography and social sciences using discussion,
projects, primary sources and critical-thinking lessons tied to current issues, culminating
in North Carolina licensure for grades 6-9. The Secondary track deepens this focus
by emphasizing historical thinking, research skills, and real-world case studies for
high school learners, leading to licensure for grades 9-12.
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After UNCP
Making the decision to start (the program) helped me develop into the teacher I am today. Because all of the techniques and stuff they were teaching us in class, I was able to actually use.
Carly Edwards
Social Studies Education 2020Common Careers
- High School Social Studies Teacher
- Community College Instructor
- Department Chair
- Curriculum Specialist
- Instructional Coach
- Education Consultant
Watch Carly’s Story
Get In Touch
Our Admissions counselors are here to answer any questions you have.
or call us at 910.521.6271
Faculty
Ryan Anderson
Professor of History, American Studies Minor Coordinator
ryan.anderson@uncp.edu910.775.4263
Serina Cinnamon
Associate Professor of History, SSE Undergraduate Coordinator, and Graduate Director
serina.cinnamon@uncp.edu910.521.6441
