Program Overview

History, B.S. - Secondary Education

The program course outline and graduation requirements for this catalog year are listed below. To graduate, a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7 must be achieved, and a total of 120 credits is required. This total includes both the required courses for the program and any free electives selected.

General Education Requirements (46 Credits)

All bachelor's degree programs include liberal education (LEP) and writing (W) course requirements.

Major Requirements (60 Credits)

Up to three courses in the major/cognate may also satisfy LEP requirements and will be indicated below; no more than two courses in the same subject may be used towards LEP Explorations.

History Requirements (33 Credits)

• Select one:
  • HIS 100 Western Civilization to 1500
  • HIS 101 Western Civilization from 1500 to the present ('B-' or better)
• HIS 200 The Historian's Craft
• HIS 309 Issues in Global History
• HIS 485 Seminar in History
• Holocaust/Genocide (Select 3 credits from):
  • HIS 227 Colonial Latin America
  • HIS 235 The Holocaust
  • HIS 237 Modern Germany
  • HIS 257 Indigenous Histories in North America to 1850
  • HIS 320 History of the Indochina Wars
  • HIS 336 Nazi Germany
  • HIS 340 The Crusades
  • HIS 347 Cultural Confrontation in the Developing World
  • HIS 409 Ethnic Groups and Ethnic Conflict: An International Perspective
• European History (Select 3 credits from):
  • HIS 301 Roman Empire
  • HIS 302 The Renaissance
  • HIS 303 England and France in the Middle Ages
  • HIS 304 The Reformation
  • HIS 305 Europe in the 17th Century
  • HIS 306 Europe in the 18th Century
  • HIS 307 Europe in the 19th Century
  • HIS 308 Europe in the 20th Century
  • HIS 310 Topics in Environmental History
  • HIS 313 English Origins of American Law
  • HIS 316 History of Ancient Greece
  • HIS 317 History of Rome from its Origins to Caesar
  • HIS 330 Religion and Society in the Byzantine Empire
  • HIS 336 Nazi Germany
  • HIS 337 Utopia
  • HIS 338 History, Myth, and Legend in the Middle Ages
  • HIS 343 Modern Eastern Europe
  • HIS 367 The 20th Century World in Conflict
  • HIS 373 Bourbons, Revolution, & Napoleon: France
  • HIS 374 The French Republic: Problems Since 1870
  • HIS 375 Themes in Russian History to 1800
  • HIS 376 Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age
  • HIS 389 Topics in the History of Science
• U.S. History (Select 3 credits from):
  • HIS 311 Who Built America?
  • HIS 312 Who Built America? 1929-Present
  • HIS 313 English Origins of American Law
  • HIS 315 American Roots
  • HIS 318 Women in American History
  • HIS 319 Women in American History, 1865 - Present
  • HIS 345 The African Diaspora
  • HIS 349 Dress in Recent U.S. History: Lives and Times of Ten Iconic Fashions
  • HIS 350 Colonial U.S. History I
  • HIS 351 Religion in America
  • HIS 352 The Early Republic
  • HIS 353 The Era of Civil War and Reconstruction
  • HIS 354 The New Nation:
  • HIS 355 America Between Two Wars -
  • HIS 357 Recent American Histories - 1945 to the Present
  • HIS 358 American Frontier
  • HIS 359 American Environmental History
  • HIS 360 U.S. Foreign Policy I
  • HIS 361 U.S. Foreign Policy II
  • HIS 370 Public History
  • HIS 371 Historic Preservation and Restoration
  • HIS 480 Seminar in Oral History
• Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, African History (Select 3 credits from):
  • HIS 300 The Vietnam War Era
  • HIS 320 History of the Indochina Wars
  • HIS 340 The Crusades
  • HIS 341 Islamic Fundamentalism
  • HIS 342 20th Century China
  • HIS 347 Cultural Confrontation in the Developing World
  • HIS 378 Early China
  • HIS 393 Modern Central America: Imperialism, Nationalism, and Struggle
  • HIS 409 Ethnic Groups and Ethnic Conflict: An International Perspective
• Select an additional 3 credits of HIS at 100-level or above (excluding HIS 110,111 112, 490, 494, 496).
• Select an additional 6 credits of HIS at 200-level or above (excluding HIS 490, 494, 496).

Education Requirements (27 Credits)

• EDU 316 Child Development and Psychology for Educators ('C' or better)
• EDU 413 Secondary Education ('C' or better)
• EDU 471 Supporting English Learners for School Success ('C' or better)
• HIS 490 Social Science (Secondary School) ('B-' or better)
• HIS 494 Student Teaching (History)
• HIS 496 Student Teaching Seminar (History)
• RDG 470 Literacy in the Content Areas ('C' or better)
• SED 225 Introduction to Exceptionalities ('C' or better)

Cognate Requirements (27 Credits)

• EDU 200 Teachers, Schools and Societies ('C' or better) (IV)
• SHE 203 School Health (IV)
• Select 3 credits of ECO
• Select 3 credits of GEO (PR for GEO 201)
• Select 3 credits of PSC
• Select 9 credits from ANT, ECO, GEO, PSC, PSY, or SOC (LE for ANT 102, IC for ANT 205 or GI for GEO 100)
• Select one:
  • HIS 110 United States History to 1877 (US)
  • HIS 111 United States History to 1877 to present ('B-' or better) (US)

Accelerated Pathway Option (6 Credits)

Students with a 3.0 GPA and at least 90 credits may be eligible to complete an accelerated pathway during their senior year to earn dual credit towards both their current undergraduate program and future graduate program of interest. Approval to start graduate coursework does not guarantee admission to the graduate program.

Students will meet with their faculty advisor to prepare a Graduate Course Plan (500-level courses or higher), with a maximum of 6 credits per semester, based on their graduate program of interest. Approval from both the Program Department Chairperson and the Graduate Coordinator is required. Programs may have higher requirements, and seat availability in certain graduate programs may be limited.

Courses completed with a grade of 'C' or higher will earn dual credit for both undergraduate and graduate transcripts. Graduate programs may have higher grade requirements in place for certain courses which may require the student to retake the course for a higher grade letter.