Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies Education with Endorsement in History 6-12 Requirements

Expected Outcomes:

• Teacher candidates shall demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to succeed in careers within the field.

• Teacher candidates shall complete clinical practice and a seminar course in the last semester of their senior year.

• Teacher candidates of the licensure program will pass the appropriate Praxis II exam.

Degree Requirements (Semester Hours)

General Education Courses

Core Requirements to include:

HIS 111	History of Civilization I	3
HIS 112	History of Civilization II	3
REL 201	World Religions	3
PSY 113	General Psychology	3
PSY 211	Developmental Psychology-Lifespan	3

Additional General Education Requirements (14)

EDU 101	Education as Profession	2
HIS 201	History of the United States I	3
HIS 202	History of the United States II	3
SOC 211	Principles of Sociology	3

Major Field of Study (30)

Required History Core Courses (12)

HIS 221	American Government	3
HIS 240	Tennessee History	3
HIS 241	World Geography	3
HIS 300	Historiography and Historical Method	3

Required History Major Courses (12)

United States History (Choose one from the following) (3)

HIS 350	Jeffersonian & Jacksonian America, 1800-1848	3
HIS 354	American Civil War Era, 1848-1877	3
HIS 370	The United States Since 1945	3
HIS 435	Social and Cultural History of U.S.	3

Foundational World History (Choose one from the following) (3)

HIS 320	Ancient Greece and Rome	3
HIS 321	Early Medieval Europe, 395-1000	3
HIS 323	High Middle Ages, 1000-1400	3
HIS 324	Renaissance and Reformation	3

Topical World History since 1500 (Choose two from the following) (6)

HIS 408	History of the Far East	3
HIS 412	History of the Middle East	3
HIS 465	The World Since 1945	3

History Electives [Choose from those listed below or from any 300-400 courses as offered] (6)

HIS 333	The French Revolution and Napoleon	3
HIS 350	Jeffersonian & Jacksonian America, 1800-1848	3
HIS 354	American Civil War Era, 1848-1877	3
HIS 370	The United States Since 1945	3
HIS 422	The American South	3
HIS 425	The American West	3
HIS 430	American Environmental History	3
HIS 440	Religion in America	3
HIS 444	The Comic Book in American History	3
HIS 455	Tudor-Stuart England, 1485-1714	3
HIS 462	Germany from Bismark to Hitler	3
HIS 470	History of Gender	3
HIS 499	Special Topics in History	3

Professional Education (34)

EDU 308	Psychology of Learning and Cognition	3
EDU 315	Exceptional Child	3
EDU 331	Educational Assessment	3
EDU 342	Classroom Management	3
EDU 360	Multicultural Education	3
EDU 410	Technology in Education	3
EDU 415	Teaching Reading in Grades 6-12	2
EDU 425	Strategies for Teaching Grades 6-12	2
EDU 456	Clinical Practice in Secondary Grades 6-12	11
EDU 457	Clinical Practice Seminar, 6-12	1

Total Credit Hours: 127-130

*See catalog reference or program coordinator for degree requirements for either BA or BS degree in Social Studies Education.