2024-25 Undergraduate Catalog

Bachelor of Science in History, Licensure in Grades 6-12 Concentration

CIP Code: 54.0101

(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 101Education as Profession

2

HIS 111History of Civilization I

3

HIS 112History of Civilization II

3

REL 201World Religions

3

PSY 113General Psychology

3

Additional Required Courses (12)

HIS 201History of the United States I

3

HIS 202History of the United States II

3

PSY 211Developmental Psychology-Lifespan

3

SOC 211Principles of Sociology

3

Required History Core Courses (12)

HIS 221/POL 221American Government

3

HIS 240Tennessee History

3

HIS 241World Geography

3

HIS 300Historiography and Historical Method

3

Required History Major Courses (9)

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

HIS 350Jeffersonian & Jacksonian America, 1800-1848

3

HIS 354American Civil War Era, 1848-1877

3

HIS 370The United States Since 1945

3

World History to 1500 (Choose one from the following) (3)

HIS 321Early Medieval Europe, 395-1000

3

HIS 323High Middle Ages, 1000-1400

3

HIS 324Renaissance and Reformation

3

World History since 1500 (Choose one from the following) (3)

HIS 408History of the Far East

3

HIS 412History of the Middle East

3

HIS 465The World Since 1945

3

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

HIS 350Jeffersonian & Jacksonian America, 1800-1848

3

HIS 354American Civil War Era, 1848-1877

3

HIS 370The United States Since 1945

3

HIS 422The American South

3

HIS 425The American West

3

HIS 430American Environmental History

3

HIS 435Social and Cultural History of U.S.

3

HIS 440Religion in America

3

HIS 444/ENG 444The Comic Book in America

3

HIS 470History of Gender

3

HIS 499Special Topics in History

3

Professional Education (36)

EDU 201Planning and Procedures for Teacher Education

2

EDU 308Psychology of Learning and Cognition

3

EDU 315Exceptional Child

3

EDU 331Educational Assessment

4

EDU 342Classroom Management

3

EDU 360/SOW 360Multicultural Education

3

EDU 415Teaching Reading in Grades 6-12

3

EDU 425Strategies for Teaching Grades 6-12

3

EDU 456Clinical Practice in Secondary Grades 6-12

11

EDU 457Clinical Practice Seminar, 6-12

1

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

EDU 410Technology in Education

3

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

Total Credit Hours: 120

Recommended Four-Year Plan for History, Licensure in Grades 6-12 Concentration