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History Education
PREPARING TOMORROW'S SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS
The secondary history education program produces middle and high school teachers who are dedicated to transforming the lives of future generations through teaching social studies. Our graduates are committed to helping adolescents become informed, engaged and caring citizens, knowing that these same students will be the history makers of tomorrow. Our goal is to inspire our future educators to teach passionately and knowledgeably so that all students are included in the mosaic of the past, present and future. This commitment, combined with rigorous program standards, enables our graduates to secure teaching jobs throughout the Eastern Seaboard, the nation, and abroad.
AREAS OF STUDY
- American History and Culture
- World History and Culture
- Historical Research and Writing
- Civic Engagement in the Past, Present and Future
- Teaching and Motivating Adolescents in a Diverse Society
- Educational Technology for Teaching Social Studies
CAREER OPTIONS
- High/Middle School Teaching
- School Administration
- Museum Education and Research
- School Counseling
- Human Resources
- Historical Interpretation
- Nonprofit Organizations
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
- History/History Education
- Masters in Secondary Special Education (4+1 Program)
- Social Sciences
- Law
- School Counseling
- Museum Studies
What’s special about this program?
Effective social studies teaching requires extensive content knowledge in different areas of social studies as well as teaching skills. Our strong emphasis on pedagogy and content knowledge prepares our teacher candidates to teach history as well as the other social science disciplines, including civics, economics, psychology, sociology and geography. Even before they begin student teaching our candidates complete over 75 hours of classroom experience tutoring, mentoring and teaching adolescents in local secondary schools. In their senior year candidates participate in a year-long placement in the middle or high school where they will complete their student teaching.
Get Involved
E. Lyman Stewart Internship
Various Scholarships & Awards from the History Department and from UCTE (University Council for Teacher Education)
History Club
Phi Alpha Theta (International Honor Society in History)
SET (Secondary Educators of Tomorrow)
Sample curriculum
| UNIV101 | First Year Experience
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| ENGL110 | Seminar in Composition
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| HIST 103* | World History to 1400
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HIST 104*
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World History Since 1400 |
HIST100 or 200-Level
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History Elective
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MATH113 or 114/115/117 or 200-level or Higher (with exceptions)
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Mathematics Requirement (Dependent upon placement) |
| POSC150 | Introduction to American Politics
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105/106/107 Level
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Foreign Language Requirement (Dependent upon placement) |
Related Coursework** |
University Group A Breadth Course
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*Satisfies the multicultural requirement **See program page for specific courses
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EDUC414
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Teaching Expectional Adolescents |
GEOG120
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World Regional Geography |
GEOG Course
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Geology Elective - Group D w/ Lab |
HIST100 or 200-Level**
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History Elective |
HIST300-Level**
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History Elective |
| HIST316 | Civic Engagement in America
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| HIST329 | Teaching History via Economics
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107-level
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Foreign Language Requirement |
CAS Breadth
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Group D Course |
| *Satisfies the DLE requirement | |
**Can satisfy the History Department’s |
EDUC413
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Adolescent Development and Educational Psychology |
EDUC419
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Diversity in Secondary Education |
HIST100 or 200-Level*
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History Elective |
HIST300-Level*
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History Elective |
HIST300-Level*
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History Elective |
HIST315
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History for Teachers |
PSYC100
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General Psychology |
CAS Breadth
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Group A Course |
CAS Breadth
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Group D Course |
Related Coursework**
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Group A or B Course |
Free Elective
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| *Can satisfy the Second Writing Requirement when offered, the History Department’s Pre-1700 or Asian, African, Latin American or Middle Eastern Requirement |
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**See program page for specific courses |
EDUC400
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Student Teaching |
EDUC420
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Reading in the Content Area |
HIST400*
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History Capstone Seminiar |
HIST491
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Planning a Course of Instruction |
| HIST492 | Integrating Instructional Technology into Social Studies Teaching
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HIST493
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Problems in Teaching History and Social Sciences |
POSC Course
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Policitcal Science Elective - Group A or B Course |
Free Elective
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| *Satisfies the University Capstone requirement and can satisfy the History Department’s Pre-1700 or the Asian, African, Latin American, or Middle Eastern requirement |
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