History Major, B.A. with Secondary Social Studies Teacher Licensure Concentration

Required General Studies

• Students must satisfy the Written Communication general studies requirement.
• COMM 1010 - Presentational Speaking Credits: 3
• General Studies Natural and Physical Sciences (6 credits)* (GEG 1100, required in a later sequence, will satisfy 3 credits in Natural and Physical Sciences, so only 3 additional credits are needed to satisfy this category)

• Note:

  *Included in General Studies courses, students must select one that satisfies the Global Diversity requirement.

• MTH 1610 - Integrated Mathematics I Credits: 3
• General Studies Arts and Humanities (6 credits)*
• General Studies Historical (satisfied by additional required content area courses for social studies licensure)
• General Studies Social and Behavioral Sciences (satisfied by EDS 3130 and EDS 3150 in licensure sequence)

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  Required General Studies total credits: 21

History Major Core Courses

Students in this concentration must complete the following courses:

• 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 course selected 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 Elective Courses

In addition to the required courses, students must take 27 semester hours in history selected in consultation with a history advisor.  At least 18 of the 27 semester hours must be upper-division (3000- or 4000-level) courses.  Included in those hours must be at least three semester hours in American History (HIS 3400-3699), three semester hours in European History (HIS 3100-3399), and three semester hours in World History (HIS 3700-3799).  The minimum total number of semester hours in the History Major is 42. The department strongly encourages all majors in the Secondary Education Concentration to take HIS 3000-Historical Writing and Thinking and HIS 3720-Themes in World History and licensure students to take HIS 3425 Colorado and the Nation as one of the electives.

History Major Electives total credits: 27 credits

Additional Content Courses for Secondary Social Studies Licensure

Students pursuing the Bachelor of Arts in History with recommendation for Secondary Social Studies Licensure must complete the following coursework in anthropology, economics, geography, and political science in addition to the major requirements.

• ANT 2330 - Cross-Cultural Communication Credits: 3
• ECO 2010 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: 3
• ECO 2020 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: 3

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• ECO 3200 - Economic History of the U S 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: 21

Foundation and Methods for Secondary Education

• 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
• CLD 3510 - Perspectives in Education for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners 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

• Note:

  * Requires at least provisional admission to the School of Education

  **Requires formal admission to the School of Education

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  Foundation and Methods for Secondary Teacher Licensure total credits: 37

Summary of Requirements