Program Overview

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Program Overview

The Junior-Year Integrated (JYI) History Subject Matter Program for the Single Subject Credential is a collaborative effort between the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Michael D. Eisner College of Education. This program prepares students for a career teaching History-Social Science at the middle school and/or high school level.

Program Description

The JYI History Subject Matter Program integrates History-Social Science subject matter coursework and the coursework included in professional preparation for a career in teaching. The program includes all History major and teaching credential coursework. Students who successfully complete the requirements earn both a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and a Single Subject History-Social Science Preliminary Credential in three years.

Program Requirements

The program requires students to complete the following:

• The lower division General Education requirements and the lower division core requirements for the History major
• A minimum GPA of 2.75 or higher
• A grade of "C" or better and a GPA of 3.0 or higher in specific courses
• Completion of the Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA)
• Development and completion of an Individual Development Plan

Required Courses

The program consists of 73 units, including:

Fall Semester, Year 1 (12 units)

• HIST 389 Disability in American History and Law (3)
• Upper Division GE CSUN Section F: Comparative Cultural Studies (3)
• Upper Division GE Area 2 Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning or GE Area 5 Physical and Biological Sciences (3)
• HIST 417 California for Educators (3) or HIST 488 California (3)

Spring Semester, Year 1 (12 units)

• EPC 420 Educational Psychology of Adolescence (3)
• GEOG 321 United States (3)
• HIST 301 The Historian's Craft (3)
• Upper Division U.S. or Canadian History (3)

Fall Semester, Year 2 (12 units)

• HIST 497A-Z Proseminar (3)
• SED 511 Fundamentals of Secondary Education in Multiethnic Secondary Schools (3)
• Upper Division Asian, African, Middle Eastern, or Latin American History (3)
• Upper Division HIST any area (3)

Spring Semester, Year 2 (12 units)

• HIST 498 Tutorial in History (3)
• SED 525SS Methods of Teaching Social Studies (3)
• SED 529 Teaching English Learners in Multiethnic Secondary Schools (3)
• Upper Division European History (3)

Fall Semester, Year 3 (13 units)

• HSCI 466ADO Health Issues of the Adolescent (1)
• SED 514 Computers in Instruction (3)
• SED 521 Content Area Literacy and Learning in Multiethnic Secondary Schools (3)
• SED 554 Early Field Experience for the Single Subject Credential (4)
• SED 554S Early Field Experience Seminar for the Single Subject Credential (2)

Spring Semester, Year 3 (12 units)

• SED 555 Student Teaching for the Single Subject Credential (4)
• SED 555S Field Experience Seminar for the Single Subject Credential (2)
• SPED 420 Designing Equitable Learning Through Universal Design (3)
• AAS 417 Equity and Diversity in Schools (3) or AFRS 417 Equity and Diversity in Schools (3) or ARMN 417 Equity and Diversity in School (3) or CHS 417 Equity and Diversity in Schools (3) or ELPS 417 Equity and Diversity in Schools (3)

General Education

History majors in the Junior-Year Integrated (JYI) option satisfy General Education requirements by completion of the major.

Campus Requirements

Undergraduate students must complete 6 units of Campus Requirements as described in the Catalog.

Program Learning Outcomes

Students receiving a Bachelor of Arts in History will be able to:

• Analyze and explain problems of historical interpretation
• Comprehend, articulate and apply the various approaches to historical analysis
• Learn to read and interpret historical sources critically and analytically
• Express orally and exchange historical ideas
• Select a research problem and search for relevant primary and secondary sources
• Write a research essay using a scholarly format that includes footnotes and bibliography
• Demonstrate a complex understanding of the history of the U.S., Europe and one other region or culture over a period of time
• Understand historical subjects that transcend regional boundaries

Students receiving a Single Subject Preliminary Credential will be able to:

• Engage and support all students in learning
• Create and maintain effective environments for student learning
• Understand and organize subject matter for student learning
• Plan instruction and design learning experiences for all students
• Assess student learning
• Develop as a professional educator
• Provide effective literacy instruction