History - Secondary Education Concentration, BA

Major in History

Theresa Case, PhD, Coordinator
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A Bachelor of Arts in History provides students with the intellectual discipline as well as the research, analytical, and communication skills that will prepare them for careers in teaching, government, non-profit organizations, and the private sector. Students interested in pursuing a professional degree in law, history, library studies, public history, or other disciplines in the social sciences and humanities will find the skills offered by the History Degree to be particularly useful to them in their future studies.

Program Learning Outcomes

Graduates who earn a BA in History will be able to demonstrate:

The mastery of academic conventions appropriate to historical writing
Historical awareness of global change.
The intellectual discipline necessary for historical study.
The research skills necessary for historical study.
The mastery of academic conventions appropriate to spoken discourse.
Historical awareness of the United States’ development.

NOTE: Students must select either the standard concentration or the education concentration in order to complete a BA in History.

Degree Requirements

To complete a BA in History with a Secondary Education Concentration, students must satisfy the “Requirements for CHSS Majors ” and fulfill the coursework listed below. Note that Student Teaching courses, SED 4301 and SED 4302 , require 15-week full-time supervised work in grades 8 - 12 (may be one or more grades). Courses identified as belonging to the same Professional Development (PD) series must be taken concurrently.

Common Core Requirements

See listing under Common Core Requirements in this catalog. Students with a concentration in education must take HIST 1305 and HIST 1306 to fulfill the history core requirement.

Preparatory Requirements

(Courses in this area may be reused from the common core)

6-8 Hours of Foreign Language:

Complete 6-8 semester credit hours in the same foreign language. Semester credit hours are contingent upon placement exams, courses taken, or transfer credit. Semester credit hours bypassed by placement must be made up in elective credits. Hours earned in excess of three semester credit hours for any foreign language course may be applied to the elective area.

Major Requirements

HIST 1312 - Texas History (may not be reused from the core)
HIST 2315 - Introduction to World History I
HIST 2316 - Introduction to World History II
HIST 3390 - Historical Methods (Students should take this course early in the sequence)

9 Upper-Level Hours in Non-U.S. HIST:

Complete 9 semester credit hours from:

Note:

HIST 4390 - Special Topics in History ; HIST 3399 - Directed Study in History courses; and HIST 3342 - History in Film may be applied to this area if the course content focuses non-U.S. topics.

9 Upper-Level Hours in U.S. HIST:

Complete 9 semester credit hours from:

Note:

HIST 4390 - Special Topics in History ; HIST 3399 - Directed Study in History courses; and HIST 3342 - History in Film may be applied to this area if the course content focuses U.S. topics.

Secondary Education

PED 3301 - Introduction to Special Populations
READ 3309 - Teaching Reading in the Content Areas 4-12 (prerequisite of READ 3305 does not apply to 8-12 certification)

Professional Development Courses

Student Teaching

Note:

**Student Teaching courses require 15-week full-time supervised work in grades 8 - 12 (may be one or more grades).

Free Electives

Majors are required to complete a sufficient number of elective semester credit hours so that their entire coursework, including the above requirements, totals 120 semester credit hours. Upper or lower-level courses may be applied to this area, with the exceptions described under the “Requirements for CHSS Majors ” section.

Teacher Certification Checklist

Undergraduate degree plan completed
TexES Content test passed
TexES PPR test passed
A cumulative GPA of 2.5 (undergraduate degree)