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

Required General Studies

• Students must satisfy the Written Communication general studies requirement.
• COMM 1010 - Presentational Speaking Credits: 3
• General Studies Arts and Humanities (6 credits) (Recommended: JMP 1010 - Critical Thinking through 21st Century Media )
• General Studies Historical (satisfied by additional required content area courses for social studies licensure)
• General Studies Natural and Physical Sciences (6 credits) (see note)
• General Studies Social and Behavioral Sciences (satisfied by EDS 3130 and EDS 3150 in licensure sequence)
• MTH 1610 - Integrated Mathematics I Credits: 3

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  3 credits of the Natural and Physical Sciences Requirement will be satisfied by GEG 1100, required in the Additional Content Courses for Secondary Social Studies Licensure section below.

  The Global Diversity requirement will be satisfied by GEG 1000, required in the Additional Content Courses for Secondary Social Studies Licensure section below.

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  General Studies total credits: 21

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

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  And one additional course from the following:

   

• HIS 1030 - World History to 1500 Credits: 3
• HIS 1035 - The Medieval World 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 1600 - Women in World History Credits: 3
• HIS 1940 - Survey of African History Credits: 3

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  History Major Core total credits: 15

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 and licensure students to take HIS 3425 Colorado and the Nation as one of the electives.

History Major Electives total credits: 27

Additional Content Courses for Secondary 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.

• 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

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  Additional Content Courses for Secondary Social Studies Licensure total credits: 15

Foundation and Methods Courses for Secondary Education

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
• EDT 3010 - Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching Credits: 3
• SED 3600 - Exceptional Learners in the Classroom 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 3280 - Disciplinary Literacy in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Schools Credits: 3
• HIS 4020 - Field Experience in Teaching Social Studies in Secondary Schools Credits: 1
• EDS 4290 - Student Teaching and Seminar: Secondary 7-12 Credits: 6,12

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  Foundation and Methods Courses for Secondary Teacher Licensure total credits: 34

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 3510 - Perspectives in Education for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners 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

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  Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Focus Requirements total credits: 12

Summary of Requirements