2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

History, Grades 7-12 History Certification, BA

This major does not require a minor. Professional education hours fulfill the minor requirement

Total number of hours required for this degree:

120 semester hours

Total number of hours required in major:

78 semester hours

Total number of advanced hours required in the major:

60 semester hours

Required History Courses: 36 hrs

HIST 1301 - United States to 1865 3 hour(s)
HIST 1302 - United States Since 1865 3 hour(s)
HIST 1355 - World History: People and Events to 1500 3 hour(s)
HIST 1356 - World History: Trends and Issues Since 1450 3 hour(s)
HIST 3300 - Digital History 3 hour(s)
HIST 3324 - History of Texas 3 hour(s)
HIST 3325 - Economic History of the United States 3 hour(s)
HIST 3360 - History of Women in the Americas 3 hour(s)
HIST 3354 - Mexican American History 3 hour(s) or
HIST 4322 - Spanish Borderlands in North America 3 hour(s)
HIST 5337 - History of Modern Asia 3 hour(s) or
HIST 5360 - History of the Islamic World 3 hour(s)
HIST 4300 - History of Information 3 hour(s) or
HIST 4301 - Public History 3 hour(s)
HIST 5335 - History of Modern Europe 3 hour(s)

Required Education Courses: 42 hrs

EDUC 1321 - Introduction to the Teaching Profession 3 hour(s)
EDUC 3344 - Reading Comprehension in EC-12 3 hour(s)
EDUC 4330 - Childhood Growth and Development 3 hour(s)
EDUC 4345 - Literacy Development and Instruction: EC-12 3 hour(s)
EDUC 4363 - Language Development: English Language Learners 3 hour(s)
EDUC 4356 - Differentiated Learning Strategies 3 hour(s)
EDUC 4365 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods 1: Construction 3 hour(s)
EDUC 5303 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods ll: Deconstruction 3 hour(s)
EDUC 5307 - Classroom and Behavior Management 3 hour(s)
EDUC 5330 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods lll: Reconstruction 3 hour(s)
EDUC 5372 - Methods of Teaching Social Studies 3 hour(s)
EDUC 5686 - Clinical Teaching 6 hour(s)
SPED 2338 - Survey of Exceptionalities 3 hour(s)

Required General Education Courses: 15-16 hrs

POLS 1301 - U.S. Government and Politics 3 hour(s)
CMAS 1301 - Introduction to Mexican American Studies 3 hour(s)
HIST 1301 - United States to 1865 3 hour(s)
MATH 1301 - Quantitative Reasoning 3 hour(s) or
MATH 1304 - College Algebra 3 hour(s)
SPAN 1411 - Elementary Spanish I 4 hour(s) or
SPAN 1412 - Elementary Spanish II 4 hour(s) or
CSCD 2341 - American Sign Language I 3 hour(s) or
CSCD 2342 - American Sign Language II 3 hour(s)

Suggested Sequence of Courses:

Fall - Year One

INDS 1311 - Applications of Learning 3 hour(s)
(For first term traditional freshmen)

ENGLISH 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

HISTORY 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

HIST 1301 - United States to 1865 3 hour(s)

FINE ARTS 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

FOREIGN LANGUAGE/MULTICULTURAL 3-4 hrs

General Education Requirements

CSCD 2341 - American Sign Language I 3 hour(s)
CSCD 2342 - American Sign Language II 3 hour(s)
SPAN 1411 - Elementary Spanish I 4 hour(s)
SPAN 1412 - Elementary Spanish II 4 hour(s)

Total: 15-16 hrs

Spring - Year One

EDUC 1321 - Introduction to the Teaching Profession 3 hour(s)
HIST 1302 - United States Since 1865 3 hour(s)

ENGLISH 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

MATHEMATICS 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

MATH 1301 - Quantitative Reasoning 3 hour(s)
MATH 1304 - College Algebra 3 hour(s)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE/MULTICULTURAL 3-4 hrs

General Education Requirements

CMAS 1301 - Introduction to Mexican American Studies 3 hour(s)

Total: 15-16 hrs

Fall - Year Two

HIST 1355 - World History: People and Events to 1500 3 hour(s)
EDUC 4345 - Literacy Development and Instruction: EC-12 3 hour(s)
EDUC 4330 - Childhood Growth and Development 3 hour(s)

ORAL COMMUNICATION 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

NATURAL SCIENCE 4 hrs

General Education Requirements

Total: 16 hrs

Spring - Year Two

HIST 1356 - World History: Trends and Issues Since 1450 3 hour(s)
SPED 2338 - Survey of Exceptionalities 3 hour(s)

SOCIAL SCIENCE 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

POLS 1301 - U.S. Government and Politics 3 hour(s)

LITERATURE 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

THEOLOGY 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

Total: 15 hrs

Summer - Year Two

HIST 3324 - History of Texas 3 hour(s)

PHILOSOPHY 3 hrs

General Education Requirements

Total: 6 hrs

Fall - Year Three

HIST 3354 - Mexican American History 3 hour(s) or
HIST 4322 - Spanish Borderlands in North America 3 hour(s)
HIST 5337 - History of Modern Asia 3 hour(s) or
HIST 5360 - History of the Islamic World 3 hour(s)
EDUC 4363 - Language Development: English Language Learners 3 hour(s)
EDUC 4365 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods 1: Construction 3 hour(s)
EDUC 5372 - Methods of Teaching Social Studies 3 hour(s)

Total: 15 hrs

Spring - Year Three

HIST 3300 - Digital History 3 hour(s) or
HIST 4301 - Public History 3 hour(s)
HIST 3360 - History of Women in the Americas 3 hour(s)
EDUC 3344 - Reading Comprehension in EC-12 3 hour(s)
EDUC 5303 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods ll: Deconstruction 3 hour(s)
HIST 3325 - Economic History of the United States 3 hour(s)

Total: 15 hrs

Fall - Year Four

HIST 4300 - History of Information 3 hour(s)
HIST 5335 - History of Modern Europe 3 hour(s)
EDUC 4356 - Differentiated Learning Strategies 3 hour(s)
EDUC 5307 - Classroom and Behavior Management 3 hour(s)
Additional 2 credit hrs as needed
EDUC 5330 - Interdisciplinary Pedagogy and Methods lll: Reconstruction 3 hour(s)

Total: 17 hrs

Spring - Year Four

Total: 6 hrs

Note(s):

The following components are required in all degrees:
General education, major, professional education and validation of completion of:

overall semester hours - 120
institutional semester hours - 45
overall advanced overall - 36
institutional advanced hours - 24

Required General Education courses:

MATH 1301 or MATH 1304

SPAN 1411, SPAN 1412, CSCD 2341, CSCD 2341, or any one semester of foreign language

This degree prepares students for a career teaching history in grades 7-12. Students are prepared for the TExES History Exam, the state exam for teacher certification in history grades 7-12.

History certification candidates may also add ESL, special education or bilingual certification to their degree plan.