History Licensure Grades 6-12 Concentration Requirements

(SLO) Expected Outcomes:

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

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

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

Degree Requirements (Semester Hours)

General Education Courses

Core Requirements to include:

EDU 101	Education as Profession	2
HIS 111	History of Civilization I	3
HIS 112	History of Civilization II	3
REL 201	World Religions	3
PSY 113	General Psychology	3

Additional Required Courses (12)

HIS 201	History of the United States I	3
HIS 202	History of the United States II	3
PSY 211	Developmental Psychology-Lifespan	3
SOC 211	Principles of Sociology	3

Required History Core Courses (12)

HIS 221/POL 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 (9)

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 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 one from the following) (3)

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 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 470	History of Gender	3
HIS 499	Special Topics in History	3

Professional Education (36)

EDU 308	Psychology of Learning and Cognition	3
EDU 315	Exceptional Child	3
EDU 331	Educational Assessment	4
EDU 342	Classroom Management	3
EDU 360	Multicultural Education	3
EDU 410	Technology in Education	2
EDU 415	Teaching Reading in Grades 6-12	3
EDU 425	Strategies for Teaching Grades 6-12	3
EDU 456	Clinical Practice in Secondary Grades 6-12	11
EDU 457	Clinical Practice Seminar, 6-12	1

For the Bachelor of Science Degree: Computer Literacy (3)

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

Total Credit Hours: 120