History Major with Secondary Social Studies Licensure and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Focus

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This program combines a History Major with a concentration in Secondary Social Studies licensure and a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse focus. It prepares teacher candidates to teach Social Studies in diverse secondary school contexts.

General Studies Required Courses for Written and Oral Communication and Quantitative Literacy

CAS 1010 - Public Speaking Credits: 3
ENG 1010 - Composing Arguments Credits: 3
ENG 1020 - Research and Argument Writing Credits: 3
MTH 1610 - Integrated Mathematics I Credits: 3
These General Studies courses amount to 12 credits.

General Studies Arts and Humanities

Six credits are required in this category. This is course is recommended:

COM 1010 - Critical Thinking through 21st Century Media Credits: 3

General Studies Historical

History majors need three additional credits in one of these categories: Arts and Humanities, Natural and Physical Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences I or II. The course below is recommended here:

ECO 2010 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3

General Studies Natural and Physical Sciences

Six credits are required in this category. The course below is recommended to fulfill three credits of this General Studies requirement.

GEG 1100 - Introduction to Physical Geography Credits: 3

General Studies Social and Behavioral Sciences I and II

Six credits are required in these General Studies categories. These two courses are strongly recommended.

ANT 2330 - Cross-Cultural Communication Credits: 3
PSC 1010 - American National Government Credits: 3

Global Diversity Requirement

This three-credit course is strongly recommended to satisfy the Global Diversity requirement.

GEG 1000 - World Regional Geography Credits: 3

History Major Core Requirements

All HIS concentrations require a minimum of 42 hours in history courses, including 15 hours of core courses. All students should check with a departmental advisor to make a proper selection of courses. A grade of “C-” or better is required for each course in this program to count toward licensure. Students majoring in history must have at least a 2.0 average in their history courses to graduate. Students seeking teaching licensure should consult the Secondary Education section of the catalog for additional GPA requirements prior to student teaching.

HIS 1040 - World History since 1500 Credits: 3
HIS 1210 - American History to 1865 Credits: 3
HIS 1220 - American History since 1865 Credits: 3
HIS 4010 - Methods of Teaching Social Science: Secondary School Credits: 3
And one additional course from the following:
HIS 1030 - World History to 1500 Credits: 3
HIS 1250 - China and East Asia Credits: 3
HIS 1270 - India and South Asia Credits: 3
HIS 1300 - Introduction to Latin American History Credits: 3
HIS 1940 - Survey of African History Credits: 3

History Major Electives

In addition to the required courses, students must take 27 additional hours in history selected in consultation with an advisor. At least 18 of the 27 additional hours must be upper-division (3000 or 4000 level) courses. Included in those hours must be at least three hours in American History (HIS 3400-3699), three hours in European History (HIS 3100-3399), and three hours in World History (HIS 3700-3799). The minimum total number of hours in the History major is 42. The department strongly encourages all majors to take HIS 3000-Historical Writing and Thinking.

Additional Social Science Course Requirements for Social Studies Licensure

Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts with a Concentration in Secondary Social Studies and a CLD focus must complete the following Social Science courses. Please note that most of these courses can also be used to satisfy General Studies requirements within this program.

ANT 2330 - Cross-Cultural Communication Credits: 3
ECO 2010 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
GEG 1000 - World Regional Geography Credits: 3
GEG 1100 - Introduction to Physical Geography Credits: 3
PSC 1010 - American National Government Credits: 3
PSC 2230 - Introduction to International Relations Credits: 3
These courses include just three credits not already counted as General Studies requirements.

Secondary Education Course Requirements

The Secondary Education Licensure Program prepares candidates to teach content-area courses in grades 7-12. Through the sequence of courses and field experiences, the candidate satisfies all of Colorado’s performance-based standards for licensure in Secondary Education. Note that these requirements for Social Studies licensure include HIS 4010, which is also a HIS major course requirement.

EDS 3130 - Foundations of Educational Psychology and Philosophy Credits: 4
EDS 3140 - First Field Experience in Secondary Education Credits: 1
EDS 3150 - Issues in Multicultural Education in Urban Secondary Schools Credits: 3
EDS 3210 - Classroom Management, Planning, and Assessment in Secondary Schools Credits: 3
EDS 3240 - Field Experience: Classroom Management, Planning and Assessment in Secondary Schools Credits: 1
EDS 4290 - Student Teaching and Seminar: Secondary 7-12 Credits: 6,12
EDT 3010 - Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching Credits: 3
HIS 4010 - Methods of Teaching Social Science: Secondary School Credits: 3
HIS 4020 - Field Experience in Teaching Social Studies in Secondary Schools Credits: 1
RDG 3280 - Teaching Content Literacy Skills Credits: 3
SED 3600 - Exceptional Learners in the Classroom Credits: 3
These courses include 34 credits not already counted in other categories

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Focus Requirements

The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Focus includes courses required for a CLD Endorsement by the Colorado Department of Education. Students seeking that endorsement with their teaching license will still need additional credits beyond those required here. Please see a CLD adviser for details.

ANT 2330 - Cross-Cultural Communication Credits: 3
CLD 2890 - Second Language Acquisition: K-12 Educational Implications Credits: 3
CLD 3290 - Literacy Development for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students K-12 Credits: 3
CLD 3910 - Assessment of English Language Learners Credits: 3
The CLD focus includes nine additional credits not already counted in other categories.