History as a Second Teaching Field Minor

SSH PEAK

This minor is designed for students intending to pursue a teaching license. Students may qualify for licensure if they complete all of the following: a major in Interdisciplinary Studies in Elementary Precertification or an approved content area major, the History as a Second Teaching Field minor, and the fifth-year student teaching experience. Students interested in becoming licensed educators should contact the Education Department about all requirements related to certification, including admission to the Teacher Education program.

20 semester credit hours, to include a minimum of 6 semester credit hours of US History survey and a minimum of 6 semester credit hours of World History Survey. Remaining coursework must be in History. May include 3 hours in American Government.

American Government

POE-100

Essentials of American Government

3 credits

US History Survey (6 credits)

Students must select two courses from the list below.

HIS-200	Introduction to the History of United States	3 credits
HIS-300	The United States Since 1945	3 credits
HIS-301	History of American Ideas	3 credits
HIS-302	History of U.S. Foreign Policy	3 credits
HIS-306	The American South Since 1865	3 credits
HIS-307	The American West	3 credits

World History Survey (6 credits)

Complete two world history surveys, which may include HIS-110 or HIS-112.

HIS-110	Civilization: Western to 1000	3 credits
-	or
HIS-112	Civilization: World to 1800	3 credits

World history survey electives

Select courses from the following list to complete the world history survey requirement:

Asia

HIS-210	History of Modern East Asia	3 credits
HIS-340	Pre-Modern Chinese History	3 credits
HIS-345	Modern China	3 credits
HIS-359	Pre-Modern Japan	3 credits
HIS-384	Modern Japan	3 credits

Latin America

HIS-230	History of Modern Latin America	3 credits
HIS-380	Colonial Latin America	3 credits
HIS-382	Revolutionary Mexico	3 credits
HIS-385	Conquest and Encounters	3 credits
HIS-386	Religions in Latin American	3 credits
HIS-387	Cuba	3 credits

Mediterranean

HIS-331	Ancient Greece	3 credits
HIS-332	Ancient Rome	3 credits
HIS-368	Jewish History	3 credits

History elective

Students must complete two additional HIS courses (6 credits) not counted above.

Total Credit Hours: 21

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this minor, students will be able to:

1) Make chronological and thematic connections between political, social, cultural, and economic concepts;
2) Understand how international and domestic relations impacted the development of the United States;
3) Understand how significant compromises, conflicts, and events defined and continue to define the United States;
4) Understand the political, social, cultural, and economic development of the United States and the peoples of the world; and
5) Demonstrate an ability to research, analyze, evaluate, and interpret historical evidence, including the appropriate use of primary and secondary sources in interpreting social studies concepts, historical perspectives, and biases.