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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
- Educational Leadership
- 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
| ECON101 | Introduction to Microeconomics
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| ENGL110 | Seminar in Composition
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| HIST/103/104 | World History I or II
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| MATH Requirement |
Math 114 or Higher
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| POSC150 | Introduction to American Politics
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PSYC100
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General Psychology |
UNIV101
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First Year Experience |
University Breadth Course
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Foreign Language Course
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| History Elective |
ECON103
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Introduction to Macroeconomics
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| EDUC414 | Teaching Exceptional Adolescents
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| GEOG120 | World Regional Geography
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HIST103/104
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World History I or II |
| HIST268 | History Methods Seminar
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| HIST315/HIST316 | History for Teachers/Civic Engagement in America
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| HIST300-level |
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University Breadth Course
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Foreign Language Course
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EDUC413
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Diversity in Secondary Education |
EDUC419
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Adolescent Development and Educational Psychology |
| HIST300-level | Second Writing Course
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| HIST315/HIST316 | History for Teachers/Civic Engagement in America
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History Elective Course
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Geography Elective Course
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Social Studies Course
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| University Breadth Course |
EDUC400
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Student Teaching |
EDUC420
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Reading in the Content Area |
HIST491
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Social Studies Methods |
| HIST492 | Integrating Technology into Social Studies Teaching
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| HIST493 | Student Teaching seminar
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History 300 or 400 Level Courses
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Political Science Course
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| Social Studies Elective |
