History: Secondary Education Teacher Licensure Concentration

Curriculum Requirements - Total Credits: 127-128

First Year - Credits: 32

• World Language   (Cr: 6)

• ED 010 - Communication and Literacy Test Prep Workshop (Cr: 0)
  

• ED 111 - Clinical Field Based Experience I (Cr: 2)
  

• ED 125 - Approaches to Middle and Secondary Education (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 111 - Critical Reading and Writing I (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.

• ENG 112 - Critical Reading and Writing II (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Core requirement.

• HST 101 - Western Civilization I (Cr: 3)
  

• HST 102 - Western Civilization II (Cr: 3)
  

• HST 103 - United States History I (Cr: 3)
  

• HST 104 - United States History II (Cr: 3)
  

• HST 201 - Contemporary Approaches to History (Cr: 3)
  

Sophomore - Credits: 32

• Literary Perspectives General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
• Quantitative Reasoning General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)

• ED 030 - Subject Matter Test Prep Workshop (Cr: 0)
  

• ED 203 - Inclusionary Practices in Educational Settings (Cr: 3)
  

• ED 211 - Clinical Field Based Experience II (Cr: 2)
  

• ED 240 - Literacies for Learning at the Middle and Secondary School (Cr: 3)
  

• ENG 218 - Argument Based Writing (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Writing Designated Requirement

• HST 235 - Public History (Cr: 3)
  
  Satisfies the Values & Ethical Reasoning General Education Requirement

• IDS 325 - World Geography (Cr: 3)
  

• POL 113 - American Government and Politics (Cr: 3)
  

• PSY 200 - Child and Adolescent Psychology (Cr: 3)
  

Junior - Credits: 32

• History Electives  (Cr: 6)
  (must be at the 300 level)
• Aesthetic Awareness and Creative Expression General Education Requirement   (Cr: 3)
• Global Issues General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)
• Individual and Society General Education Requirement (Cr. 3)
• World Cultures General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3)

• ED 303 - Pre-Practicum Field Experience (Cr: 1)
  

• ED 330 - Sheltered English Immersion (Cr: 3)
  

• ED 339 - Assessment for Learning (Cr: 3)
  

• ED 380 - Methods in the Secondary Content Areas and Field Experience (Cr: 3)
  

• IDS 302 - Methods of Inquiry in the Humanities (Cr: 3)
  

Senior - Credits: 31-32

• General Education Electives  (Cr: 9)
  • One must be above the 100 level.
• Science and Technology General Education Requirement  (Cr: 3-4)

• EC 400 - Senior Transition (Cr: 1)
  

• ED 400 - Practicum and Seminar in Education (Cr: 12)
  

• HST 489 - Senior Research (Cr: 3)
  

• HST 490 - Senior Thesis (Cr: 3)
  
  Or

• HST 491 - Senior Capstone (Cr: 3)
  

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the history program, students will:

• Demonstrate knowledge of contemporary approaches to the study of history.
• Communicate effectively within the conventions of the discipline of history.
• Interpret primary sources and use them to develop historical arguments. 
• Place events, people, texts, objects, and ideas in their proper historical context, with attention to categories such as race, gender, ethnicity, class, and culture. 
• Demonstrate the critical inquiry and analysis skills needed to engage constructively in intellectual discourse within the discipline.
• Implement skills learned in coursework in professional contexts through a series of internships.

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